homeschooling

[oliverstwist]

Does anyone here home educate?

My husband and I were both homeschooled from preschool through high school. We anticipate homeschooling our children as well.

Homeschooling was what fostered my love for animals as we lived on a farm and had 26+ of them. I cared and trained and showed animals in my free time in 4h.

So do any of YOU homeschool? Or hope to?

[kc261]

We homeschool our 9 yr old. Homeschooling is a wonderful choice for educating, although it is not the right choice for everybody. For us, it has been and continues to be a fabulous experience for all 3 of us. I could go on and on about it, but I know since you were homeschooled yourself, I'd just be preaching to the choir.

I am a little surprised and disappointed that on a big active forum like this, you haven't gotten more replies yet.

[Raptor]

I didn't like it. It put me at a major disadvantage when it came to math since mom never did anything higher than algebra I. On top of that, I'm highly antisocial. I honestly feel I'd have been better off having gone to public school. I probably would have better study habits.

[Jeremy Browning]

i'm home schooled and have actually become more social. only because im a part of many teen groups but that keeps me social. as far as work goes do u know any other 13 year old working on high school level work

[Raptor]

I wasn't in any groups, besides camp fires. Even then, I was a loner ebcause the other kids treated me like crap since they all knew each other from school.

[fluffpuffgerbil]

I'm homeschooled. I have been my whole life and got out of 'duel enrolling' sort of.
Last year I went two days a week to a school nearby to do my math classes, the rest I did at home.
This year I was going to be going to that same school 3 days a week for all my classes.
I didn't want that at all.
So I got out of it and am now going to be doing online school. Plus, I feel that if I did go to that school and be a 'public homeschooler' then I wouldn't have enough time for my dragons and snake. Now I can be home with everybody. :3
Plus I don't like being around all that highschool drama and other junk like that. Because I'll be starting highschool this year. I still have Church I go to and a good friend I made over my math class and other stuff.
But most of the people I talk to are all online. I have a lot of friends over Deviant Art and stuff like that, and I keep up with my friend on there. :3 I'm social over the computer.
And I hope to make more friends at the anime convention coming up in a week. (I'm so scared and excited for that. XD)
but I like being homeschooled and I don't want that to change

[nick_kennedy25]

We are seriously considering homeschooling our kids. I am only afraid that they wont have the proper social skills they need later in life. I'm sure that we will figure that out though as we are very unhappy with the education they are getting to this point. It would be nice for them to homeschool anyway as I have to travel often for my work and I would like them to have the freedom to visit me sometimes.

[Raptor]

The major problem with homeschooling is the parents don't having the knowledge to teach the math and sciences since only recently were Algebra II, trigonometry, and pre-calculus required to graduate highschool. If you don't have the knowledge, your kid will end up having to do developmental classes at college. Developmentals cost more than regular classes.

[Obscurus28]

i am 17 right now and i was in public my whole life. may parents divorced when i was 2 and neither of them give a :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: about me. my stepdad was abusive all my life. i lived w my mom since i was 2 till i was 16. my mom and stepdad pulled me out of school to do homeschooling. (i was doing just fine in regular scchool) my stepdad knew that was my only escape from him. so i lost all my friends and was pulled out my junior year. my stupid mom and stepdad have messed up my future. they didnt know what they were doing and i now am behind in credits because 1 year of at there work counted as nothing. i recently moved to my dads house. i have been deppressed out of my mind. i feel so alone. being homeschooled is the worst thing that ever happened to me. luckly i found a program called options. so i can get credits and get a diploma at almost the time i should have. I have no friends right now and would rather live with my mom and take mental and physical abuse to still see my friends. rather then live how i do now. i say like 3 words a day. sleep. think. sleep. eat. rinse and repeat. if u homeschool... know what ur doing... please.... and i DO NOT RECOMEND pulling someone out of public into homeschooling. it is a drastic change. if u know what u are doing and acctually love your kids.( unlike my mom who cares about my stepdad more. and my dad who likes weed more). then A'ok for u. - :/

[Obscurus28]

IF YOU DO NOT READ ALL JUST GET THIS MESSAGE! KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING B4 YOU DO IT. AND AT SOME POINT I RECCOMEND LETTING THEM CHOOSE. TY

i am 17 right now and i was in public my whole life. may parents divorced when i was 2 and neither of them give a :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: about me. my stepdad was abusive all my life. i lived w my mom since i was 2 till i was 16. my mom and stepdad pulled me out of school to do homeschooling. (i was doing just fine in regular scchool) my stepdad knew that was my only escape from him. so i lost all my friends and was pulled out my junior year. my stupid mom and stepdad have messed up my future. they didnt know what they were doing and i now am behind in credits because 1 year of at there work counted as nothing. i recently moved to my dads house. i have been deppressed out of my mind. i feel so alone. being homeschooled is the worst thing that ever happened to me. luckly i found a program called options. so i can get credits and get a diploma at almost the time i should have. I have no friends right now and would rather live with my mom and take mental and physical abuse to still see my friends. rather then live how i do now. i say like 3 words a day. sleep. think. sleep. eat. rinse and repeat. if u homeschool... know what ur doing... please.... and i DO NOT RECOMEND pulling someone out of public into homeschooling. it is a drastic change. if u know what u are doing and acctually love your kids.( unlike my mom who cares about my stepdad more. and my dad who likes weed more). then A'ok for u. - :/

sry lol not an old post.