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Originally Posted by elcollins

'Homeschooling' was a convenient label used to describe a level of parental autonomy and responsiblity that worked until the virual academy, etc were developed. The label was/is easy, but it was never intended to simply describe 'where' the child was being educated, but an educational experience and philosophy that is different from a charter or vs experience. By limiting the defintion, it is not intended to make any value judgement on our vs/cs sisters, only to preserve the original definition.

This is exactly it. This is why home school has become a one word noun "homeschool". Just like, ITT Tech is a Technical School, not a university; why a distance learning course is not the same thing as "homeschooling"; etc. It's not about where you are--because homeschooling is done everywhere we are. When we are at the museum, though, I don't switch and call it "museum schooling" or at the park we're not "park schooling". Homeschooling is the experience of parental autonomy and family directed learning.