I live in NY and every year around this time, Columbia journalism students have projects to do. Sometimes they get education, so they end up coming to my homeschooling group.
Teenaged homeschooling doesn't get that much attention, and when it does, it's because of some supergenius who got a perfect SAT score and other c**p like that.
The thing is, I'm not entirely sure how to handle this. I've been interviewed before, and everything I said was taken out of context. I know that at some point, the journalist has the story he or she is going to tell and there's nothing I can do about that, but I want to send the right message.
I'm an unschooler and not religious, but I prefer a somewhat more regimented way of doing things and am interested in religion. I'm also a libertarian and an introvert, so I'm kind of a complete fringe case.
What can I do to send the right message? Any advice at all would be helpful.
My mom is really chatty and tends to get excited, so past interviews have been
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