Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

Mike Farris:
Daniel Beasley, who's a homeschool graduate and a current law student with Oak Brook School of Law, is with me today. Dan, welcome!

Daniel Beasley:
Thanks! It’s an honor to be here.

Mike:
Dan, you took some classes at a community college and now you’re in a correspondence program with Oak Brook School of Law, that’s out of California. How did your homeschool experience prepare you to continue your education? Is there anything you wish you’d done any differently in your high school years?

Dan:
Well, being educated at home specifically prepared me for college by teaching me self-discipline and motivation. Since I’m now enrolled in a distance learning law school the ability to learn on my own and motivate myself to accomplish academic tasks are irreplaceable.

While in high school, I do think I would have benefited from paying closer attention to how I learn, be it through audio or visual aids, or outlining. Balancing a full-time job with law school and other activities make it essential to get the most bang for the buck, so to speak, in studying.

I also think having a more focused vision would have better prepared me for college. Looking back, I feel many of my school days were spent learning the materials as fast as possible so that I could get on to other things that were more fun than school. Taking a little more time to read and digest what I learned would have been helpful.

Mike:
What interested you in being a lawyer?

Dan:
I enjoy seeing justice done, and I enjoy persuading people to what I, to what I feel is right.

Mike:
Well, you’ll have lots of opportunities to do that as a lawyer, Dan. Thanks for joining me today. I’m Mike Farris.