And although home schooling has been a good experience for the Meyers, make no mistake, it's a full-time job. As with any other venture, there are good days and trying days. But the flexibility home schooling has provided for the Meyers has been one of its most valuable assets - both for the boys and the family as a whole. Colby generally studies in the morning, and Trevor, who recently got a job with daytime hours, studies in the late afternoon. Condensing the academic day has left the boys with more time to pursue other interests, Beth said.
Flexibility also means that family vacations double as extended field trips for the boys.
A jaunt to Houston included visiting the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Johnson Space Center. An excursion to Dallas allowed the boys to walk up the steps of the infamous bookstore that housed John F. Kennedy's assassin. And that's a freedom the Meyers enjoy. Texas law treats home schooling as it does private schools. That means students must learn reading, spelling, grammar, math and good citizenship, but the curriculum doesn't have to be approved by school districts.