Haron

     Hello, I'm Haron (like the bird). I know it doesn’t sound like a normal name, but I picked it because a little kid could not pronounce my name and it was pretty funny. I am 17 years old and in my second year of homeschooling and my senior year. Before this, I was in public school for my whole schooling career. My parents wanted me in homeschooling because it was safer for me. They were right, it kept me out of trouble and I found Jesus as my savior. 

     Homeschooling is a lot more challenging than public school because of the curriculum that high school students are going through. There are a lot of classes, alternatives, and enrichment opportunities for home schooling students. The reason why I chose to join The Thought Box was because I wanted to share with people the wisdom and facts that I have learned the past two years and because I like writing. Writing has been a large part of my life. Going through public school I had to write a lot of essays and papers over the constitution, the revolutionary war, and Abraham Lincoln. Not to say that none of that is important, but those were the main periods we went over. I have enjoyed these past two years because I have learned much more about different time periods than I would have if I was still in public school. Also, I have read a lot more literature and classic books in homeschooling. Before, I did not like to read, but now I do because we have read so many amazingly artistic novels.

     Because of the last two years and the family I have been schooling with, I have learned to trust Jesus to take care of me. This time last year if you would have asked me what I believed and had faith in, I would have said, “I do not know.” Some people had called me an atheist, and for the longest time I just ignored the title that people had applied to me. But after a while of reading the Bible and studying it, I realized in the past few months that there is a God, and only one true God. I know that by writing as a Christian, I will have a bias, but I will do my best to keep biases out of my articles that I write to all of you. Over the next few months I will be writing to you about preparing for hardships and difficulty and giving it to God, the true meaning of thanksgiving, and an open ended article analysis of Creationism vs. Evolution. I am looking forward to being able to share my knowledge on these topics and inviting you to look up more about them. I know I will be waiting to be able to see how many of you have read all of the articles on The Thought Box and support us. Thank you for reading my first article, have a good day!

     Haron