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=ChrisB=
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Hey all, I just wanted to see if there are any out there (home schoolers, that is). I used to be one, but now I'm going to a charter hi school.

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A friend of mine used to home school and is now going to a charter high school.


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I had homeschool for a year, now im going to a public highschool.

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homeschooled my entire life, so far

(of course not for college )

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Yeah, me.

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Sweet! I've never set foot inside a public school... And its possible I never will .

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You guys are/were missing out on all the fun. Public school was awesome, though from an actual learning viewpoint it sucked.

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Posted: 23rd Aug 2005 14:33 Edited at: 23rd Aug 2005 14:33
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The only person I've ever seen homeschooled in the UK was disabled.

It seems to be quite common in the US - I can imagine if you live on a ranch in the middle of nowhere - but is it a popular alternative to actually attending a school?

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Well, it depends on where you are...here in east texas it's quite common...but some places it's rarer then a steak fresh of the cow *cough* new mexico *cough*...at least it was 10 years ago...so much so that my mom had to be very carefull to keep good records of what we had done or the child protection agency would come and take away all us kids from her (of course it never happened to us, but it's happened to a few other people) because they didn't view homeschooling as real school...though the funny thing is we end up with a much better education (at least if it's done right, we know a family that basicaly just let's their kids draw with crayons all day... we're not friends with anybody in the family but we know them ...no it's not flynn's )

anyway homeschooling used to be very rare but it's gaining popularity with adults, not kids....kids who have been in public/private school tend to think it would be the most boring thing in the world and you'd never spend time with your friends, though in reailty since i finish my school waaay earlier then public/private schooled people i get to spend much more time with any homeschooled kids in the neighborhood (namely "Flindiana") somedays i'll finish school as early as lunch time! because we don't have to waste all that time in-between classes, or at lunch time, or any other of the various things that aren't actual learning...so we have the rest of the day for pure whatever...

though actually i tend to finish school at around 3:00 most days (especialy because i'm taking dual credit stuff at Letourneau) even then though i end up with alot of time...

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You home-schooled guys aren't missing anything.

If you enjoy talking to people who's minds are 7 years under-developed after their bodies, that's high school in a nutshell.


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Quote: "You home-schooled guys aren't missing anything.

If you enjoy talking to people who's minds are 7 years under-developed after their bodies, that's high school in a nutshell."


Yes but I would rather be talking to girls who's minds are 7 years behind their bodies all day, than at home talking to my parents

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Quote: "than at home talking to my parents "

who says we do that

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Quote: "Quote: "than at home talking to my parents "
who says we do that "


I love an atitude like that!

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Yes but I would rather be talking to girls who's minds are 7 years behind their bodies all day, than at home talking to my parents"


Errrmmm, I agree.

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I dont know about that... I like Homeschooling! Have enjoyed it, and will miss it during college.

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But how do you homeschoolees meet, umm... other people? You have to rely on neighbours????


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Posted: 23rd Aug 2005 22:42 Edited at: 23rd Aug 2005 22:43
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Quote: "It seems to be quite common in the US - I can imagine if you live on a ranch in the middle of nowhere"


Very ignorant perspective actually. It's popular all over the place. There is a trend for convservative Christians to want to homeschool their children because of the secular/democratic nature of many of the things taught in public schools, but that's a dying majority. There are over 1 million homeschoolers in the US currently, and some of the biggest groups are along the coasts and in large cities.

Quote: " You guys are/were missing out on all the fun. Public school was awesome, though from an actual learning viewpoint it sucked."


That's kind of the point... the US public school system is woefuly inadequete. The simple fact is that US homeschooled children are far better educated than US public schooled children.

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Yes but I would rather be talking to girls who's minds are 7 years behind their bodies all day, than at home talking to my parents "


What makes you think homeschooling involves staying at home all the time? As a high schooled homeschooler I do 99% of the reading and work myself, only doing tests with my parents present and having them check my work. And since I'm free to finish my work on my own schedule I have more free time than the average public schooler.

Quote: " But how do you homeschoolees meet, umm... other people? You have to rely on neighbours????"


Eh... social clubs? Meet-ups? Public events? And there's also this crazy thing called "the internet" which makes it easy to meet people

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Quote: "Very ignorant perspective actually. It's popular all over the place. There is a trend for convservative Christians to want to homeschool their children because of the secular/democratic nature of many of the things taught in public schools, but that's a dying majority. There are over 1 million homeschoolers in the US currently, and some of the biggest groups are along the coasts and in large cities."


Woah woah - I'm sorry if I'm not up to scratch on my conservative Christians but I'm just going by what I've seen this thread (and a documentary I saw years ago on homeschooled children in the Aussie outback).

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Posted: 23rd Aug 2005 22:58
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Quote: "Woah woah - I'm sorry if I'm not up to scratch on my conservative Christians"


I didn't mean that to come across as defensive or angry, I was just pointing out that the common view (yours ) of homeschooling is not up to par with the modern facts. It's cool

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Posted: 24th Aug 2005 01:10 Edited at: 24th Aug 2005 01:11
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Quote: "But how do you homeschoolees meet, umm... other people? You have to rely on neighbours????"

nope, we have secret voodoo meetings in the woods at night where homeschoolers can meet other homeschoolers and in the process they get educated about how to kill heathen public schoolers

or you could just join a homeschool group...or meet other kids at church...or any number of a thousand other options

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im not a homeschooler but felt like posting here anyways...

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YEAH me too - TDP your so "against the system".


No really, your not. Dont try so hard.


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this thread.....well, i cant think of anything clever to say.

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Why even try? I mean all you know how to say is, "Im gay", and, "your mom is a whore", right?

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no its n---well, kinda... .....i said i was cheerios on an.. ..anoth.... ...another thread. Now you made me cry!

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Quote: "And there's also this crazy thing called "the internet" which makes it easy to meet people"


If you meet most of your real friends on the internet, then I feel sorry for you. It's not exactly the cleverest way to gain a real friendship. I only know of one couple that met on the internet, who have thus far been successful after they met (about 5 years ago), but that is rare.

Case in point: One of my old friends met an American on the net, and they were writing love letters back and forth, etc. They met up in real life for the first time in Victoria, and he proposed to her. This was the first time they met! 5 years later she's stuck in the US with a neo-Nazi wife-beater who won't let her leave the house. Very pleasant. You really don't know someone for real until you get to know them in person.


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Quote: "Quote: " You guys are/were missing out on all the fun. Public school was awesome, though from an actual learning viewpoint it sucked."

That's kind of the point... the US public school system is woefuly inadequete. The simple fact is that US homeschooled children are far better educated than US public schooled children."



Not necessarially true I go to public school and know alot of homeschooled kids and I'm way better than them in English (Both Comprehension of Novels and Prose),Mathamatics like Trig,Algerbra 2,Geometry,Pre-Calc,etc..., and I own at history and foreign language. Then again they dont learn a foreign lanugage .

Oh and they're not considered stupid and I'm not saying that I am either I mean I have honors classes and still do good in them.

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Quote: "If you meet most of your real friends on the internet"

i haven't met any of my friends on the internet

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Quote: "If you meet most of your real friends on the internet, then I feel sorry for you. It's not exactly the cleverest way to gain a real friendship. I only know of one couple that met on the internet, who have thus far been successful after they met (about 5 years ago), but that is rare."


Thats how I met 1 of my recent girlfriends, and I'm only 14 . She li ved about 10 miles away from me, and we never knew this until, well, almost a month after we started to know eachother (sounds wierd, doesnt it?).

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Quote: "though actually i tend to finish school at around 3:00 most days"


What time do public schools finish over there, then? Because that doesn't seem much earlier at all.


Quote: "Quote: "It seems to be quite common in the US - I can imagine if you live on a ranch in the middle of nowhere"

Very ignorant perspective actually."


I believe the word you're searching for is 'uninformed'.


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Quote: "If you meet most of your real friends on the internet, then I feel sorry for you."


Why thank you

Quote: "Case in point: ... You really don't know someone for real until you get to know them in person."


Naturally. I'm not talking about friends I keep over the internet, I'm talking about meeting people locally through the net. There are plenty of people and bands I can find on just one service, for example (myspace.com) within five miles of me. Everyone uses the internet to communicate with all their friends, it's not just a long distance tool anymore.

More to the original point, isn't being able to meet people easier a rather weak reason to put your kid through an awful education system (speaking of the US of course)?

Quote: "Not necessarially true..."


I was just pointing out the general statistic. Obviously there will be public schoolers who are smarter than the average, or most, homeschoolers. If we're talking on a personal level I scored in a variety of 85-100% on the subjects of my last yearly exam (99% total battery), so in my cast at least the trend of homeschoolers absorbing more of the knowledge they're taught is true.

That's also not because I take less subjects, by the way. I've already got enough behind me to apply to most of the colleges I'm looking at for two years from now

Quote: "i haven't met any of my friends on the internet "


You do your thing .

I'd be able to make plenty of friends through local homeschooling networks -- I know there are several homeschooling teens in my immediate vicinity -- if I wanted to, but I actually don't tend to get along well with most people who homeschool. I scare them

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What time do public schools finish over there, then? Because that doesn't seem much earlier at all.
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Mine is 3:00, I thought he was saying that he usually finishes with most public schools.
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Quote: "i haven't met any of my friends on the internet "


Well were your friemds .

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I get out of school at 1:45.

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I think I remember being homeschooled for Preschool ,

But ever since then its Public school for me.
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Quote: " The simple fact is that US homeschooled children are far better educated than US public schooled children."


There are some things you will learn in public schools, that you will never be able to at home, Mouse. Just keep that in mind.

Quote: "And there's also this crazy thing called "the internet" which makes it easy to meet people"


That was meant to be a joke right?


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Hello,

I'm back to the forums (just for a while)

Anyways, I'm a homeschooler and graduated 2 (almost 3) years early
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i am ashamed of you... i kick myself when i get less than %90

Quote: "Well were your friemds ."

oh really?

Quote: "That's also not because I take less subjects, by the way. I've already got enough behind me to apply to most of the colleges I'm looking at for two years from now "

hehe, like me, main reason i'm not at college is because my parents want me to stay for 3 more years (also it would suck to be 4 years younger than all the other kids at school )

though i get to take dual credit courses...so far my GPA is 4.0....but i've only taken 2 classes

@vid1987- 2-3 years? not bad for an oklahoman
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Quote: "There are some things you will learn in public schools, that you will never be able to at home, Mouse. Just keep that in mind."


Like smoking pot

Quote: "That was meant to be a joke right?"


Yeah, I've never really met anyone over the net, I was just making fun of how useless it is. All this new technology is overrated.

Quote: "i am ashamed of you... i kick myself when i get less than %90 "


I'm hardly the best

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Im a homeshooler but there was a problem with the scheduling so I'll have to stay here for at least 2 years more. In my college people usually graduate earlier than students in a traditional school since home schooling here is year round, meaning no summer vacation, but if you fail modules you would have to wait for a year to re-take the module plus you would have to pay $150.

Most of my friends doesn't like the idea since it sounds really boring. To tell you the truth I'm getting kinda bored myself sometimes, but my classmates seem to like it, nothing went wrong with their schedules anyway. Here in my country homeschooling is fairly new so I don't have a lot of classmates, I only have 1-3 each module. But in some other countries it has the size of a normal class.

For those who would like to try homechooling, I suggest keep close contact with your classmates and teachers to prevent confusion. Also get friends and a pastime to prevent boredom.

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Thats the only subject they teach at Fort Bragg Hi; my mom's reason for not sending me there.

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I have a former friend who dropped out of school a year and a half ago, spends all his time at home now, and STILL smokes pot. So don't worry, I wasn't talking about that.


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I was homeschooled until Jr. High, then I went to public Jr. High, then Public High School, and I just started going to college today

I loved homeschooling when I was in there, because i could finish my schooling in 30minutes if i really wanted, then have the rest of the day off. But i'm really glad i went public, that was i was able to take real computer classes and everything and i learned thing i wouldnt have in homeschool...
but the problem was, i didnt really know how to do homework, because before i did my work and played, then i went to public school, spent 2x more time in school then came home and do homework? NO WAY , so i had B average.

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Quote: "So don't worry, I wasn't talking about that. "


Mind telling me what you're talking about ?

Quote: "But i'm really glad i went public, that was i was able to take real computer classes"


Ahhh, lucky my dad's a professional programmer huh

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Call me ignorant, but I still don't understand the big deal with homeschooling. First of all, one of the parents must be at home to "teach" you, so then you have just one parent out there making the dough. This is fine for some, I guess.

If it's public education that you hate so much (even without trying it), how about private institutions? I was raised in a private school up until the last few years of high school, and while I thought it was strict at the time, I am forever grateful for it. I'll bet if you compared homeschoolers with private schoolers, you'd have a tough race.

Private schools are expensive, I know, but isn't staying at home costing money in lost wages, too?

I will put my kids through private school if I can afford it--- there's social aspects of schooling that are important, things you just can't get out of homeschooling. And I know that kids shouldn't go to school to socialize, but growing up sheltered on the opposite end of the scale is also not a good thing IMHO.


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Quote: "so then you have just one parent out there making the dough. "


Quote: "but isn't staying at home costing money in lost wages, too?"


Well, if your mom is already a "stay at home" mom, than making the switch to homeschooling isn't at all costly

Quote: "And I know that kids shouldn't go to school to socialize, but growing up sheltered on the opposite end of the scale is also not a good thing IMHO.
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I agree... Some homeschoolers i would call sheltered...but...umm..not our family as far as "socializing" (what a funny term) My oldest brother went to public school for 1 year, private school for 3 years (or something close to that)...my second oldest brother went to private school for 2 years (same with my older sister) my and my little sister are the only ones though who have been homeschooled all the way... but this has been made up for in part(other part is other homeschoolers) by lots of contact with college kids...we almost always have one or two staying with us...one summer we had 8...also we have them over for all the holidays and stuff and overall we see alot of them...because my dad teaches at the university...

as far as sheltered...well...
ok, let's see..contries i (or one of my siblings) have been to on mission trips (month long)... (forgive my spelling on some of these )
-Nicaragua
-Taiwan
-Philipines
-Ecuador
-Mexico (too many times to list)
-Ethiopia
-Hong Kong

i may have forgotten one or two...(because i didn't go to all the same ones as my siblings...)...and btw my little sister has only been to mexico but she's only 12...

anyway, i doubt many public or private schoolers can boast exposure to the world like that ... (Ethiopia isn't a very rich place... )

and i almost forgot to mention my parents went on none of those mission trips with us...(except for mexico)

--Peter

"We make the worst games in the universe."

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Cian Rice
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But what if your mom is a moron who suprisingly had a genious of a child like me?

Nah my mom is really intelligent but even if I wanted to be homeschooled she couldn't cus shes a teacher in a nearby town for bio and chemistry.

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Quote: " i (or one of my siblings) have been to on mission trips "


The hcurch theme keeps on reappearing

"A book. If u know something why cant u make a kool game or prog.
come on now. A book. I hate books. book is stupid. I know that I need codes but I dont know the codes"
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