Are all homeschooled kids this way?

Question

Their is a 15 year old girl I know, who is homeschooled and she can't prounounce the easiest of words when we read.. She is in my "Sunday School" classes. She claims to be on a Senoir reading level, I was just wandering if this is more common in homeschooled kids than I know of.

Answer 1

No way! Every homeschooler I know is extremely smart. They pass up regular, public school kids is a lot of subjects. Reason being, they can skip over unnecessary things and learn things that are really going to help in life. And as well as being book smart, they are also "world smart" as I like to call it. They know practical things. Most of the younger, homeschooled kids I know, know how to cook, change diapers, do laundry, mow the grass, etc. at a very young age..where as other kids are too focused on homework that they don't have time to learn those things.

Answer 2

Sounds as though the young lady has a learning disability, which would result in this problem no matter how she is educated.

Answer 3

You were just "wandering"  ???

My neighbor is 14 and can't add - are all public schooled kids that way?

Answer 4

No, it is not more common in homeschool than in public school.   All people are different.

By the way,  "their" and "there" are two different words and you used the wrong spelling for the first word of your question.     Do you think that all public school kids are that way?  (smile)     Maybe she is pronouncing the words right and you just don't realize it.

And  "wandering" mean traveling without a purpose and "wondering" means that you are questioning, pondering.

Answer 5

it is not necessarily "common" for home schooled kids. It sounds like she just has reading problems... and when kids are home schooled they are less likely to be diagnosed as so. Just be nice to her, she is probably defensive and sensitive about it.  (I had reading problems when i was young and when people would ask i would lie and make up excuses to why i couldn't read certain words.. it turns out i was dyslexic but no one diagnosed me till i was in college :)

Answer 6

Who are you to talk??  You were just "wandering" if this was more common and she can't "prounounce" the easiest of words.  Maybe she can't pronounce words but it looks like you can't spell.

Answer 7

she is probly realy selfconcice so she lies about it. just try beibg nice to her and try to help her

Answer 8

No they are not. You should never expect all of any group of people to be any one way.

Answer 9

I got home schooling for a while, and I turned out just fine. I can pronounce just about anything, spell pretty good, use good grammar, and I know how to use 'big words' lol.

I'd say it depends on the person. Some people just have a tougher time when it comes to learning. She may have a learning disability - which is actually pretty common. She probably just needs an extra boost. She may claim she is higher educated than she really is because she may be embarrassed.

But all in all, it just depends on the person ;)

Answer 10

I know highschool grads who not only can't pronounce the words...they don't even know how to spell them or what they mean. It's no more common in homeschoolers than it is in public schoolers. If anything, it's most likely less common since statistics and studies show that a typical homeschooler scores up to two grade levels higher than public schoolers on standardized tests and the SAT/ACT tests.

It's possible that this person just isn't a very good reader, no different than if she went to public school. It could be that she's nervous when reading out loud in front of people. That can make even the best readers slip up and probably feel really embarassed about it...thus causing more nervousness the next time. It's possible that she has some condition that affects speach or the ability to process what she reads and understands into spoken words. Such conditions do exist and aren't horribly uncommon. It's possible she may have a vision problem that affects her ability to read out loud. I am legally blind. When I read to myself or take tests, I read at a college level. I was reading at a senior level when I was in 4th grade, but because of my poor eyesight it was very difficult to read out loud. It would take me a long time to make sense of what I saw since it was usually very blurry and jumbled together, and sometimes I might see an A and think it was an O, or think an E was a B, or M was N, and so on. I would mispronounce words because of this, and people thought I just couldn't read (students. Teachers new better). This made me nervous and it only got worse until I started homeschooling and was able to read text in more accessible formats. It could be she has a stutter and this makes it seem like she doesn't pronounce words correctly... There are a lot of factors. But no, this isn't typical of homeschoolers any more than it is of public schoolers. You can't judge an entire group of people based on one person.

I hope this helps.

Answer 11

I don't think it is common in homeschooled kids, however this girl very well may read at a Senior level.  If she works independently and reads a lot, her reading vocabulary probably out weighs her spoken vocabulary.   When you read a word silently in a book, and look it up silently in a dictionary, you miss hearing it pronounced, so unless you are really good at figuring out the diacritical marks in the dictionary, you might mispronounce words that you can read and tell the meaning of.

Perhaps you should suggest to her to start looking up her vocab. words on an on-line dictionary, most of them have audio so she can hear the pronunciation.

BTW, if she was reading something you wrote, maybe she had trouble pronouncing the words because so many of them were misspelled.

Answer 12

Wow.  Do you normally judge millions of people by the actions of one?

No, it's not common for homeschooled kids to not be able to pronounce words.  And quite frankly, her reading level may have no connection to her ability to read out loud.  She may be nervous reading in front of a group (some people are), or she may be able to read very well to herself but have a "glitch" when it comes to reading out loud.  Some people do.

Her reading level pertains to the level of material she is able to read and understand, not to the level of material she is able to read out loud to the class.  

Seriously, if you're going to criticize someone's language arts skills, you might want to make sure that your own are up to snuff...your question comes across as the pot calling the kettle black.

Answer 13

No. Just like all public schoolers aren't that way, but when I was in college I was *amazed* at how pathetic a lot of the public school graduates could not pronounce the easiest of science words.

A lot has to do with experience. Biblical names and places are often difficult to sound out phonetically, and I've known pastors who pronounce them differently and it's totally acceptable.

If she was lying, perhaps she was hurt by the fact that people were pointing out her flaws (and since you were in bible study, I'll point out Matthew 7:3-4) and not giving consideration (James 4:12)

Answer 14

My best friend is homeschooled and she has no problem reading, trust me.  She reads 6-7 hours a day at BIG levels.

Answer 15

absolutely not. my friend is homeschooled and she is the smartest person i know. it also depends how you are homeschooled. some teachers are better than others.

Answer 16

My children can spell and read fine, but it sometimes takes them longer to get round to learning to read and write, mainly because it isn't necessarily much of a priority to them.  Maybe she's home educated because of dyslexia.  By the time they're 15, i would say almost all of them are adequately literate and probably more able than schoolchildren of the same age.

Answer 17

I usually don't comment on someone's spelling and grammar here on YA... but in this case I will make an exception.

I assume that you are a public school student.  

You say and my corrections: "Their **THERE is a 15 year old girl I know, who is homeschooled and she can't prounounce ***PRONOUNCE the easiest of words when we read.. She is in my "Sunday School" classes. She claims to be on a Senoir ***SENIOR reading level, I was just wandering ***WONDERING (WANDERING means your are moving about aimlessly) if this is more common in homeschooled kids than I know of. ***DON"T end a sentence in a preposition"

Five spelling / grammar errors in a couple of sentences.  Now, would it be fair for me to ask if all public school students are this way?

Answer 18

No its not just home schooled kids she may have an issue no one has addressed because i know a girl who was home schooled and she is smarter than i am and she taught everything she learned to herself so i don't think being home schooled is the issue.

Answer 19

There is such a thing as stretching the truth.  she could be also it depends on the teacher   *IE* her parents that could be teaching her wrong as well...  All teachers and students are different especially homeschooling.

Answer 20

I see extremes on both sides.  I've met homeschooled teens who couldn't read Dr. Suess to save their lives.  But I've also met an astounding little girl, 8 years old, who enjoys reading the dictionary to 'find all sorts of new words'. (true story!)  I've also met public schooled teens who can't read very well, and other who excell in reading.  It really depends on the person.  I LOVE to read, but my brother doesn't do very well in it.  It really depends on the person.

Short answer: no.

Answer 21

I dont really know. She might be lying, but wouldn't you just ask her about it maybe?

Answer 22

No, not all home schooled kid are this way. Our children spell and pronounce just fine. I know many kids, public school kids too, that can't spell to save their lives. We even do acronym tests for our children. How many kids do you know that can tell you what KGB, FSB, WD-40, BMW, or WHO mean and get it right in English and the country of origins' native language?

Ours can.

Answer 23

No, I think she is just acting the part of a ditz.If not then she must be behind in reading then

Answer 24

She may be homeschooled because she may have a learning disability (dyslexia has been mentioned) and the *public* schools may have *failed her* (not in grades - failed to teach her), so that is why her parents HS her.

As "YSN" said, you may choose to pick on her reading level, but your spelling and grammar need a lot of work.

FWIW, my son was barely 5 when we started HS'ing and he passed a reading assessment up to a 23 year-old's level.  That is *why* he's homeschooled - because he's so far ahead.

I wouldn't be able to use my son's example as a generalization of all HS'ers, nor should you use your friend's as a generalization of HS'ers reading ability.

Answer 25

nope its not commin in home schoolers, she is just the rare case that sets the stero type that homeschool kids aren't really smart as everyone else there parents just let them slip by

Answer 26

She could Have a speech impetement OR she could be able to read very well but Might be shy around others when reading Or she prononces somethings wrong out of her nature there is SO many reasons why this might happen!

Don't Judge a book by it's cover. Also no all homeschooled students are not like that!

Answer 27

This is rare among homeschoolers, although there are exceptions.   Most of the homeschooled kids that I have met tend to be very bright, and those tend to be girls.  She may be able to read on a 12th grade level, but sometimes basic Bible words are difficult to pronounce even Bible books regardless of reading level.

Answer 28

she's probroly tring to be the best there

Answer 29

I was home schooled for a couple months. I wouldn't say all homeschooling kids are that way, cause that's an absolute and absolutes really don't exist. Possibly her parents don't teach her verbally very much? She probably just studies through books all the time. Personally I think it should be balanced more otherwise things like what happened to her start to happen.

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Answer 30

She may be able to read very well in her head but not be able to read out loud. It's an actual form of learning disability. It could just be nervousness, too, or maybe she hasn't been properly assessed and her parents are inflating things. It's certainly not ALL homeschooled kids, nor is it very common.

Answer 31

I read beyond a senior level, I should I'm 25. My spelling is bad, grammar unless I re-write things over and over again or pay close attention is really bad. I can trip over the simplest books in the world because my mind goes to fast for my speech or I get nervous and my eyes jump around the page. I also have concentration issues.That does not mean my reading level is off. It means when reading out loud I sound like I don't know what I'm saying because I have to read it so slow to compensate for the issues I have to deal with when reading out loud. My other option is practice before and memorize what I have to read. Guess what..... I went to public school!