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Helene Warton and her sister, Charlotte, don't go to school. Instead they are taught in their 1 by their parents, Heidrun and Richard Warton. the Wartons are one of the rapidly growing number of families in Britain who are 2 with the school system. The most famous 3 is probably the Lawrence family, whose home-taught daughter Ruth recently 4 a first-class degree at Oxford University, at the age of 13．
Until Christmas 1982, Helene and Charlotte Warton 5 their local village primary school. But Helene, a clever and tidy girl, had difficulties: “I'm 6 at writing and things like that”, she says, “I don't like reading aloud; I got left 7 ” It was not until Mrs Warton met another family who were members of a (n) 8 called Education Otherwise that she 9 that it was possible for children to be 10 at home.
However giving up school can produce an unpleasant feeling and effect on both parents and children. “We were very 11 in the beginning. ” says Heidrun Warton. “We tried to 12 it like school at first. ” But gradually the family relaxed, and soon noticed the 13 of home education. Helene could work at her own 14 and began to read a great deal. Curiosity and self-motivation became very important. 15 was no longer competitive; it was not divided into subjects and it became more practical. 16 learning from books, Helene and Charlotte started to cook, help in the garden, do woodwork, visit museums and other places of interest with their parents, and go to drama and music lessons. They got more 17 to see what their mother calls “ 18 life ” their parents and other adults 19 everyday things.
Heidrun Warton is not a qualified 20 , and she believes that parents don't need special qualifications (资格) : “Young children want to learn,” she says; “You don't 21 children at home ; you just allow them to learn ”. She has become very 22 about the normal school system; “Education authorities are not willing to really 23 . They feel that they are the experts, and the only ones 24 to teach children. But mothers will 25 teach their children more than anyone else-but in a natural way. ”
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