A few homeschooling questions.?

Question

i have read a lot about homeschooling and have a few questions

1-lets say i am missing 1 credit from 9th grade. and .5 credit from 10th grade. another .5 credit from 11th grade and have about once semester of 12th grade completed. how will homeschooling do this?

[i mean like i put i am in 12th grade since i really am in 12th grade. but how can i earn credits for the ones i missed? does it even count?}

2-how do they get my transcript/grades

3-do universities accept home schoolers?

4-which is a great and well known homeschooling site?

i might have more later. but thats it for now (all i can remember lol)

Answer 1

Homeschooling is completely different from public school  You don't compete for credits nor go by grade levels.  You just learn. There is no such thing as failing when it comes to learning.

Many homeschool children begin to take extra college courses around age14-15.  The University of MO has a wonderful program that can earn college credits at home.  Most local community colleges do to.  So instead of doing "Homeschool" Algebra 1 when a child is 14-15, he can take college Algebra and get college credit for the work.  It still counts as Algebra if the parent counts it, and isn't a waste of time because they earn 4credit hours from the local university. It can work for any subject.

Homeschooling is just about learning.  It's a private program created by your parents.  It has nothing to do with somebody else's idea of acceptable credits.

If you were my child, I would simply put you into a couple of college courses and let you follow your interests in research for other things.  I would demand some sort of math, either college or lower level.  And you would get your diploma at the end of the year with some extra college credits already finished.

Answer 2

In homeschooling, you put together your own transcript - as long as you have finished the coursework your parents set down (which would include a minimum total number of credits), you graduate.  It isn't necessarily based on credits from each individual year, but the cumulative total.

You and your parents keep track of your transcripts and grades.  There are software packages that are very easy to work with, they'll format all of the information into any report you would need.

Yes, nearly every university in America is happy to accept homeschoolers, and many of them openly court homeschooled students.  Even Ivy League universities enroll homeschooled students each year.  The only system that I'm aware of that doesn't accept hs students is the UC system, and you can get around that by transferring in after a year or two elsewhere.

Homeschooling sites - there are tons of them.  What in particular are you looking for?  Homeschooling doesn't have to be done through a cyber school - you and your parents can determine your coursework on your own.  There are tons of great curriculums out there for every level, subject, and learning style.

Edit - about setting up your own transcript, your parents have to sign it.  If they would sign a fictional transcript, then I suppose it is possible to lie...but in my experience, any parent that would take on the full responsibility for their child's education wouldn't be the type to sign a paper full of lies.

In fact, I know of homeschooling families that purposely keep some of their kids' credits OFF the transcript because there's no way that anyone would believe the student had earned as many as they had (like double or more what is required for graduation).  Credits go by work and hours that you put in on a specific subject - in homeschooling, because you don't have to sit through all of the downtime and off-topic stuff, you can spend a lot more time on-task and get your credits earned.  You and your parents keep track of your time, which is how you earn your credits.  Your parents grade your papers, which is how you earn your grades.

Hope that helps!

Answer 3

Since you don't know how to research your own question, I do not recommend home school.

Answer 4

1) You make your own homeschooling transcript.  So, you work on whatever classes you want to fill out your "missing" credits.

2) You send your own transcript with or without grades.

3) Yes, most all universities have accepted homeschoolers.  In fact, they accept a higher percentage of homeschool applicants because they like to have a well rounded student population, and homeschoolers help in that aspect.

4) http://sandradodd.com/unschooling

Good Luck :D