Greetings,
Homeschooling is growing in our community. I receive many emails a week ask about how to get started on this beautiful journey of educational Kujichagulia (self-determination). Here are some brief answers to a couple of questions.
Legal: Go to your state’s website for education and find the information on the home study application process. It is likely a simple application that you send to the state notifying them that you are now homeschooling.
Certified teacher: You do not have to be a certified teacher to teach your own children or the children of others in your homeschooling co-op. In fact, I think most certified educators are indeed miseducated and would find it difficult to teach and guide the learning of Afrikan children in a liberating environment. You must have a love of learning and be willing to continue grow during this process. Our children will teach you a lot about life and about yourself. I love it.
Homeschooling alone?: You can certainly homeschool alone. Most homeschoolers are mothers who to take on the responsibility to educate their young. As we know, the Afrikan woman is the first teacher and the mother of civilization. However, male energy is certainly needed within the homeschool environment if at all possible.
Afrikan-centered curriculum?: Nana Amos N. Wilson encourages us to simply ask, “What kind of Afrikan do we need to build, in order to meet the challenges that we face in our communities?” This certainly includes the academic subjects like english, math, and science, but also encompass Afrikan languages, classes on self-esteem, entrepreneurship, arts, critical thinking, rites of passage, courses on success, etc. Knowledge alone is fine, but when that knowledge is wedded to Umoja, Ujima and Ujamaa we are on the road to liberation.
More to come.
Revolutionary Love,
Samori
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