I switched schools 10 times, between homeschool, public, and private. It shaped how I parent.

"During elementary school, I often resisted being homeschooled or attending a private evangelical Christian school, so the summer before seventh grade, I begged my parents to let me return to public school. They agreed, but that transition was also difficult. I felt like a fish out of water, completely naive and innocent in terms of pop culture and developmental knowledge. In other words, no matter which form of schooling I endured, there were real challenges: physical, mental, and emotional."

"We moved around a lot because my father was a "church planter," which meant that I switched schools 10 times. Not only that, my parents often switched between different schooling methods, from public to homeschooling to private, and then back again to public, depending on what was happening in our lives and what they felt best suited our current situation. Finances were consistently tight, so we didn't always live in areas where my parents felt comfortable sending us to public school."

Frequent family moves led to ten school changes and exposure to homeschooling, private, and public schooling. Financial constraints and a father's role as a church planter shaped schooling choices and geographic instability. Transitions between schooling formats produced social, cultural, and developmental gaps that caused feelings of isolation and naivety, especially upon reentering public school in middle school. Resistance to certain schooling types occurred during elementary years, with a difficult transition back to public school before seventh grade. The accumulation of physical, mental, and emotional challenges showed that no single educational method proved superior. Parenthood and teaching experience later shifted perspective on education's complexity.

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