HOME SCHOOLING QUESTIONS about my daughter?

Question

we live in Sturgis Michigan , My daughter is in 10th grade and has gone to public schools all her life. She recently asked about homeschooling because her public school requirments have changed and its a lot harder now. I was woundering what are the programs that u have to go through to get started , also what does it cost? and what the main requirements are.

How does all of this work?

Answer 1

You are required to design a curriculum that is aligned with the curriculum of your home district, so it would in theory not be any easier. She would have to take the same standardized tests that her peers do. I would encourage her to rise to the challenge. She might be surprised what she can accomplish and how much she will better herself.  Also high-school social events are a big milestone in many teens lives. She shouldn't miss out on those.

Honestly, I think that attendance policy is rather lax.  It is certainly more lax than most employers. She should just make it a point to wake up earlier.

Answer 2

To everyone on here trying to discourage a family from homeschooling, you should be ashamed of yourselves as homeschoolers! And if you're not homeschoolers, you should see yourself to another category.

To the OP, I left HS after 9th grade. The social scene nor the work was conducive to what I wanted in life. I unschooled myself until I "graduated", then went on to a trade school and eventually opened my own business with no formal HS education and no college degree.

Government eduction is a false setting trying to teach things out of their natural context that often don't and never will apply to one's life. It is not for everyone and many who leave HS end up being more succesful than their graduating peers, simply because they tend to think outside the box. There is a sying in business - college grads are the managers while high school drop outs are the owners. ;-)

You need to go to HSLDA.com for your state's requirements. I would recommend unschooling (Google it and Google deschooling) for your daughter; this will mean she can lead her education from now on and learn what is relevent to her interests. She may not need higher levels of math or science for her goals and that's OKAY.

The point is to honor her goals and her feelings toward an establishment that many, many people do fantastic without.

She (and you) may also enjoy reading Grace Lewellyn's (sp?) book "The Teenage Liberation Handbook"

Answer 3

The first thing you would have to do is to go on this website.

www.hslda.org

This website will give you the info on how to get started with homeschooling.

Homeschooling doesn't have to cost you anything.  For instance, if you want to homeschool with a public online school, you will only have to pay for internet, like you are probably doing now.  

www.flvs.net is an online public school that takes kids from around the world, just as long as they can read/speak/write in English.  

See if your state has a website like FLVS with these sites.

www.k12.com

www.connectionsacademy.com

If your state offers an online charter school, they will probably give you a computer, printer, paper, books, and even pay for internet.

High school is not always ment for everyone.  It wasn't ment for me.  The teachers were not keeping me interested enough to stay awake in their class.  Some kids like to spend longer time on certain subjects and breeze through others.  It all depends on the kid.

I'm glad that you have listened to your child about their problems they are having in school.  Remember, homeschooling doesn't have to cost you anything, and if you do not have a problem with paying for a private online school, I recommend Penn Foster High School.

www.pennfoster.edu

or www.pennfosterhighschool.com

They are accredited by the right people and you will not have a problem with getting into college after.  If your child feels that they may not be ready for college, it's ok because Penn Foster also has a College that works the same way as the high school program.  The high school program is about $900, but it includes both books online and in print.  It covers all four years of high school.  If your child has gained credit, at least a "C" in her regular public school classes, you will be able transfer those credits and the tuition will be much less.  Also, if you cannot pay the $900 if full, you will be able to make monthly payments of $34.  Penn Foster is a great school and I am also a student.  The lessons are so simple to understand that you shouldn't have a problem understanding the material.

Answer 4

if ur daughter cant handle public school what is she gona do when she gets in the real world, make her stay in public school

Answer 5

best advice for her stay in school try harder quit complaining home school maybe so she can mess around all day that's not a good reason

Answer 6

I think that your daughter needs to stop whining and get her but to school on time.  7 a.m. to start school is not too early that is what us people in the real world call NORMAL.

Answer 7

I agree.  This will not benefit your daughter, nor you, nor any other homeschooler out there!!!!

It is a bit insulting to parents who work very, very hard to provide a HIGH QUALITY education to their children at home to hear someone think that homeschooling is a good choice because it is EASY!

If you want to really scare her straight.......you might tell her that around here......we homeschool year round!!!!!!!!   And, most of our public schools are on a modified year round schedule.  She has it about as easy as it gets in reality.

Answer 8

she wants to be home schooled because "it's become harder"  are you kidding?!?

tell your daughter to buck up.  this is her future you are dealing with.  no reputable college or career after that will want someone that says oh i was home schooled the last couple years of high school because I'm lazy and didn't want to work hard at keeping up my grades and my mother allowed me to cop out and be home schooled.

i find this pitiful.

Answer 9

7:00 is pretty early, but so what?  She may have to get a job that requires her to be there at 6:00 in the morning.

Are you sure you want to go through the hassle of home schooling?  You have a lot of things already to do on your own, and to add home schooling is another entire responsibility.  Do you know everything that she is going to be taught?  I mean in Texas, I'd think home schooling with an educated parent would be good, but in Michegan, I know that the education is different.  

So what it's harder?  She should start learning right now, since she's what 16? that school is the beginning of her life and she needs to learn to adapt to those things that are difficult, one cannot always get their own way, and things don't always go as planned.

I do think 7:00 is pretty early, but you have to think of all the extra things that both you and she will be required to do with home schooling.  They don't give you a break just because you have chosen an alternative to public schooling.  It is sometimes more difficult than going through the formal educational system.

Don't let her just quit school, that is telling her it's OK to stop something because it got hard... not a good lesson to teach a 16 year old girl.