Carline Crevecoeur was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1963. When she was five, Carline’s parents immigrated to the United States with her and her five siblings, settling down in a two-story house in Brooklyn, New York. Carline attended St. John’s University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1985, majoring in Chemistry. She went on to pursue her dream of
becoming an OB/GYN, obtaining a medical degree from SUNY Downstate Medical School.
After an unforeseeable series of events, she eventually retired from medicine to homeschool her five (now college-aged) children. She is the author of the upcoming book Pressure Makes Diamonds, in which she describes her memorable homeschooling journey. Today, she lives in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania with her husband Michael.
I am sure you will enjoy this conversation with Carline as much as I did. Carline brings great experience and gives careful thought to everything that she shares with me. Yes, all five of her children attended Ivy League Universities but their goal was not homeschooling to the ivy leagues. Carline’s goal was (and still is) family, to honour each of her children’s unique needs and interests and enrich their life. Carline talks about pressure, but not pressure on her kids to succeed. It’s the pressure the we put on ourselves as parents, on our kids, on each other. But it’s surviving these pressures, that we come out a stronger person.
“They kids tell you what they want to learn. What they love. You just have to listen.”
What You’ll Hear In This Episode
- For the beginning homeschoolers- Carline’s advice and tips. I love how what Carline recommends is practical and doable for each of us. Reach out to others, visualize how homeschooling can be a fun reality and decide to do it. We talk about embracing the attitude
- Homeschooling within a regulated state- How she worked through the requirements and standardized testing of her state
- What homeschooling opened her eyes to- What she learned about her kids once they started homeschooling
- Supporting her children’s talents and choosing their own individual path- how she did this for each of her 5 child
- Homeschooling to the ivy leagues (university) and how each of her kids entered the Ivy Leagues
- The best moments and the difficult moments of homeschooling, including homeschooling through illness
- What impacts our current world will have on our society and education
- What life lessons that homeschooling has taught her
Resources
Find and connect with Carline:
Website-https://www.carlinecrevecoeur.com/
Instagram-https://www.instagram.com/crevey22/
Twitter- https://twitter.com/medicrev
Facebook-https://www.facebook.com/carline.crevecoeur
If you would like to hear more about parents that homeschooled to the Ivy Leagues, check out my interview with Milva McDonald.
