This is what I'm hoping for!!

A quote I love from an article written by a woman who was homeschooled and intends to homeschool her child as well.   This is what I strive for:

"When it all comes down to it, homeschooling helped me to believe that learning wasn’t just something you do because the classroom bell rings, or because a grade depends on it…it’s something you never stop doing. It’s something that fills your soul with fervent energy to start your day fresh; something that propels you forward to meet that new person, to send out those shock-waves, or to strive farther; and something that makes you want to pass that same love along to your own children."

Another quote I like:
"Others might assume that homeschoolers are simply shy, withdrawn beings, who can’t easily slip into the noisy foray of the public school, and instead must be protected (quietly) at home. Needless to say, if anyone ever stepped through the doors of the standard homeschooling household, the term “quiet” may not be the adjective that comes to mind. In my experience, most homeschoolers are, in fact, quite the opposite. They are perpetually excited, energetic, and open-minded about their education, able to converse with children and adults of all ages and abilities (perhaps because they aren’t simply accustomed to a classroom of peers), and unjaded by societal opinions of how they should conduct themselves to be deemed “cool”. Sadly, the image most often branded on the world of homeschooling is that of the sheltered child, who is kept locked inside their home (undertaking such alarming acts as reading novels, and doing word problems), so that they never truly learn how to function in the ever-popular real world."