Bad social life?????

Question

Okay now I am being home schooled and allot of my friends are saying oh their goes your social life! And I am like what the heck I will still do teen activities with you guys when school is out! And they are like my mom and dad say that we must be in public school so we can know how different people are and we should not be kept from the world..... Okay I already know how different people are gosh! I have been in public school for 11 years counting pre k and kinder........... But what else can I do to be social besides sports cuz I hate sports but I do like artsy stuff and crafts..... I will be joining CAVA and I live in California any clubs groups are suggestions????

Answer 1

I'm joining CAVA too =)

You won't be having a bad social life. You could still hang out with your friends after school or go to the movies. You could still talk to people online (myspace?) and meet new people. You won't be kept from the world because once you're out of high school, I'll be entering the real world. If you're going into a university/college and you'll still have your social life. It's not like you'll be homeschooled and kept from the public world forever.

Good Luck! =)

Edit: Thanks Alot! =)

Answer 2

You can join all the clubs you want, still doesn't mean it'll make a difference.

Whether or not you know it, it will affect you in some way.

And trust me, once you do things with them outside of school when the school year starts, it's only a matter of time before they start leaving you out of things and  you're going to be left alone because they're going to have people they see everyday and build up better relationships with them, and you're just going to be a second thought to them. Then when they start talking about things at school, and like "Oh yeah! Remember when Marcus did that! And then afterwards he was doing that!" Or "Remeber in that class?!". And they start telling stories, and you'll start to feel left out, and then they won't even explain the story, and you feel like you're missing out on all those little things and memories.

At least that's the way it was, and is with me.

Hopefully it won't be the same with you. I'm just not naive, and refuse to tell myself everything is fine, when I know it's not.

Answer 3

Glad your not buying in to that ignorant "social life" argument.  My first suggestion would be to look around for a homeschool "play group".  Most locales, even rural ones, have at least one home schooler group -- many of them can be found in Yahoo groups.  You mentioned art -- are you musically inclined at all?  If so, you might try starting a community music group.  We have had great success starting those where we have lived.  It usually also gives you a good opportunity to interact with the "less deviant" public school students.  Good luck!

Answer 4

I'm a teacher, and I have not noticed that home schooled kids have any worse social skills than any other kids.

Answer 5

The YMCA also offers art/craft type classes now as well so that may be something to consider. Try to ignore negativity.

Answer 6

My high school sons are involved at our church. Look for a big youth group in your community. My boys  are way more social than their friends because they don't spend all that time on homework.

Warm Regards,

Jana

www.purehomeschooling.com

www.summerhouseliving.com

Answer 7

My child has been homeschooled for almost three years now.  She has loads of friends.

Google your town's name and the words "park day" to find the nearest homeschool park group.  They are all over, and you will make lots of friends that way.

In addition to park day, my child has made friends through:

Art classes

Homeschool choir

Horseback riding

Tae Kwan Do

Reading groups

Science classes

Volunteer work

And the list goes on and on.

Try reading this book http://www.fun-books.com/books/9170.htm for more great ideas.

Answer 8

I think hanging out with people your age or close to all day long does not deem a good social life. Besides who has time to really "socialize" at school. Only a short few minutes between classes and on the lunch hour. Really now come on.  There is also a lot of negative socializing going on between classes and afterwards.

Don't listen to those idiots. Anyone that is what they call "out of the norm" is gonna get a bad rap. I would rather have my Daughter home so she can socialize and learn how to talk to people of all ages on different levels then to be stuck all day long in a class full of kids her own age. When she gets out in the working world not everyone will be her age so she has to learn. Better now than later.

Answer 9

Yep.  Your social life should improve.  You can get your work finished and actually have time to hang out with your friends.  You won't be wasting time on changing classes, waiting for the teacher to take care of paperwork, and  waiting for the rest of the class to settle down so that the teacher can give assignments, lecture and do whatever teachers are paid to do.  

Don't fall for the silliness chatter from the uninformed.