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Ep 18: Home Schooling in New Zealand: One Man’s Lifelong Journey Outside the System - with guest, Davo
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What’s it like to be homeschooled your entire life, with seven siblings, in New Zealand?
In this episode, we talk to a journalist who was home educated from birth through to further education, without ever setting foot in a traditional school.
We dig into everything from socialisation and sibling dynamics to how he tackled exams, discovered his passion for journalism, and whether he’d home educate his own future children. He shares honest reflections on what worked, what was tricky, and what he wishes more people understood about home education.
Whether you're considering homeschooling in New Zealand, the UK, or anywhere else, this is a rare and insightful peek into what lifelong home education can really look like.
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1. Ep 18: Home Schooling in New Zealand: One Man’s Lifelong Journey Outside the System - with guest, Davo (00:00:00)
2. Why did your parents choose home education? (00:02:14)
3. What did a typical day/week/month look like? (00:02:47)
4. Did you follow the curriculum? (00:06:18)
5. Did you ever have any outside tutors? (00:06:58)
6. When did you know you wanted to be a journalist? (00:07:40)
7. Are there any subjects you think may have been harder to learn at homer than in a school setting? (00:10:29)
8. Did you do exams and how did that work? (00:12:14)
9. Were you fairly self-directed? (00:15:18)
10. Socialisation, go! (00:17:00)
11. How often did you get out and do social stuff? (00:18:17)
12. How did it work meeting the interests of 8 siblings? (00:19:20)
13. What’s your relationship like with your siblings? (00:24:05)
14. Did you go into further education and how did you get into it? (00:25:08)
15. Is there anything you feel you missed out on while being home educated? (00:28:52)
16. What were the best and worst bits of home education? (00:30:30)
17. How many of your siblings decided to go to school? (00:36:50)
18. Do you feel you have ever been treated differently because of being home educated? (00:38:54)
19. Has being home educated helped you when working remotely? (00:41:48)
20. If you had children, would you home educate them? (00:43:30)
21. Do you have any tips/advice that is new to or thinking about or doing home ed right now? (00:47:47)
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