Mary Pride is the publisher of Practical Homeschooling and the founder of the world's most-visited homeschool web site, namely, the one you are now visiting! A graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with two degrees in engineering, she and her husband Bill, a graduate of both Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Covenant Theological Seminary, are the parents of nine totally homeschooled children. Their oldest son, Ted, is completing his degree in Computer Science via online and distance learning, and is the webmaster of this site. The next two children are National Merit Finalists, which qualified them to receive full scholarships at many top universities. Sarah chose to attend Patrick Henry College and Joseph is in his third year at the United States Coast Guard Academy.The remaining six are still being homeschooled. All but the youngest are active in Civil Air Patrol.