Thursday, December 14, 2006

Famous Homeschoolers

So, what do the following people have in common?

Leonardo da Vinci
Irving Berlin
Frederick Terman (President of Stanford University)
John Witherspoon (President of Princeton University)
Claude Monet
George Patton
Douglas MacArthur
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Edison
the Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Brigham Young
Joan of Arc
Pierre Curie
Albert Einstein
George Washington Carver
Booker T. Washington
Winston Churchil
Benjamin Franklin
Hans Christian Andersen
C.S. Lewis
Mark Twain
Charles Dickens
Agatha Christie
Will Rogers
Florence Nightingale
Charlie Chaplin
Ansel Adams

Answer: They were all homeschooled.

Thanks to the website referenced below for compiling the list. And, I have only selectively picked from the list, so check out the website. Inspiring, don't you think? Looks like we are in good company.

List of Famous Homeschoolers from www.christianhomeschoolers.com

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