He said there is great value in students learning and thinking with other students. Lani is a quick learner and would get easily bored in a classroom. Chip is home schooled because he isn't socially ready to be in a classroom setting. Lani is active in a local middle school's choir, band and computer classes. She also took piano and French lessons and is involved in drama.
Chip plays in the band, plays in sports and takes computer classes.
Professor Lubeck said home schooling helped his children relate to people better. He said public schools boast of diversity but surround students with classmates their own age. In a classroom setting, Lani and Chip wouldn't be stimulated to perform at their full potential, he said. Public school Wayne Strickland's two oldest daughters started out in Christian school, but are now in public high school and college, along with his youngest daughter. The transition was shocking.