Supreme Court to other members of their family, it seemed as if Paula and C. Madison's uncle was the famed civil rights attorney James Nabrit, who, with Thurgood Marshall, had argued Brown v. This decision was especially poignant for the Nabrit family because C. Madison, decided to home-school their children after racial incidents at public and private schools led them to the conclusion that the traditional educational system would be damaging to their sons' self-esteem. But in this inspirational and practical memoir, Paula Penn-Nabrit shares her intimate experiences of home-schooling her three sons, Charles, Damon, and Evan. "Home schooling has long been regarded as a last resort, particularly by African-American families. How we expanded their universe through travel - Why we included ritual - How we measured their progress - How we did the college search - How we survived college admissions without a guidance counselor - How they've adjusted (so far) - How we are adjusting - What we learned - So how is this relevant if I don't choose to home-school? what happened? - Why we did it - What it was like for us - What it was like for our kids - What it was like for our families - What about their socialization? - How we knew what they needed - How we knew what we couldn't teach - How we got tutors - How we scheduled our lives - How we kept them fit - How we kept them cultured - How we kept them connected through community service - How we used our village - How we enriched them with summer programs, etc.
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