ATLANTA—Annette Hew discovered the world of home-schooling 16 years ago when she realized that the public school system could not meet the needs of her oldest son who had a severe learning disability. After a short time Hew discovered that home-schooling wasn’t just about learning at home. “It’s a way of life,” she explained.

“Learning is an ongoing process. Everything we do teaching goes along with it.”

Whether at the breakfast table or in the grocery store, Hew has educated her five children, now aged 24, 20, 18, 10 and 7, and all have done well so far.

“When you’re going through it day by day, you don’t really see (the progress).”

Her oldest son, whom she was told would not be able to read or write, completed high school, works at Publix and is now applying to study at a community college so that he can land a better job and buy a home. Her second oldest will return to Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina, and the third will begin school there this fall.

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