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Lillian Mejia: Artist and Immigrant

On December 10, 2020December 14, 2020 By christykim

Lillian Mejia: Artist and Immigrant By Christy Kim Lillian aka Lily Meet Lillian, also known as Lily, who is a […]

Migration in a Quickly Changing World

On December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 By alisejarvis

Migration in a Quickly Changing World Tensions continue to rise in the face of mass migration By Alise Jarvis and […]

Refugee Crisis: Will Politics or Grace Prevail?

On December 2, 2018 By micahmcintyre

OPINION Refugee Crisis: Will Politics or Grace Prevail? By Micah McIntyre Taking only what can be carried on foot, a […]

Syria: The War That Defined A Generation

On October 15, 2018October 19, 2018 By micahmcintyre

Syria: The War That Defined A Generation By Micah McIntyre From his freshman year in high school until after he […]

Filipino Native Determined to Achieve American Dream

On April 24, 2018April 24, 2018 By matthewtheis

Filipino Native Determined to Achieve American Dream A Filipino Loyola Student’s Adaptation to American Life By: Matt Theis “You […]

Lost In Translation: When English Isn’t Your Mother Tongue

On December 13, 2016December 13, 2016 By danielleely

Photo From: https://static.pexels.com/photos/203237/pexels-photo-203237.jpeg “I feel like, I’m like a six year old coming to a place where all the […]

Pui Tak: Chinatown, Immigration, and Wendy Yong

On November 28, 2016November 28, 2016 By estherkao

Pui Tak is nestled in the old part of Chicago’s Chinatown. Inside the distinctively Chinese architecture children and adult voices […]

When God Had Depression

On October 31, 2016 By estherkao

“My belief in God…has kept me from harming myself. When I really didn’t want to be conscious, didn’t want to […]

Why Millennial Christians Lean Left

On October 26, 2016October 27, 2016 By estherkao

“The denunciation of injustice implies the rejection of the use of Christianity to legitimize the established order”–Gustavo Gutierrez I am […]

Life Across the Border

On April 27, 2016 By frewippel

Life style is defined as a way which a person or group lives. So, it is a topic that affects […]

Emma Folts, a sophomore at Wheaton College, shares her experience about her transition into college and how homeschool has both helped and hindered her.
How has your homeschool experience benefitted you, especially in your transition into college?
I think the one thing that homeschooling did that was really helpful as I entered college was that it taught me time management. As a homeschooler I had the same freedom as a college student has to put things off during the day and go see a friend instead. Since I had that experience, I knew the cost of that.
Also, personal responsibility and accountability with assignments. I feel like a lot of the other students had more expectations for gentler grading and that the professor would give them retakes or extensions, but that wasn’t something that ever happened to me in school. That learning curve wasn’t added because I never had it the other way. I think another thing was that because I was homeschooled, I was familiar with the format of teaching and then studying on my own.
Did you see any issues with your transition socially?
I think that homeschooling had two ramifications for me socially. One was helpful, one was hurtful.
It was really helpful because as a homeschooler, I had spent a lot of time realizing and developing who I was as a person and learning to recognize people who were being themselves, and those were the people I sought out as friends. Friendship as a homeschooler takes a lot more investment. I knew I was choosier with my friends which made me a lot less anxious and a lot more content.
The only real negative impact of the social bit was that I was really used to getting to choose the time I got to spend with people. As a homeschooler I spent a lot of time with people, but that time was controlled by me. As a college student, I found that you can’t really control the time you spend with people and alone time is not really available. Learning to deal with that was a lot harder than anticipated.
Any last comments on homeschool and how it has affected your college experience?
I think homeschooling is really helpful, however it does take a slightly increased amount of advocacy with your peers when you’re entering into college. I think a lot of people come in with certain assumptions about homeschool, especially students. You’re going to get a lot of, ‘oh my gosh, you don’t seem like a homeschooled person!’ [You can’t] take that too personally and explain your experience so that friends can understand it’s an important piece of you, though it might not look like the homeschooling that they’ve seen.
My encouragement to anyone who is a homeschooler transitioning into college is to realize the benefit that you have having been homeschooled, and to realize that the bit of advocacy and explaining that you need to do with your peers is totally normal and that it’s not a big deal. Once they understand your experience, it’s not something I’ve experienced being looked down on for.