Hey what is homeschool like ?

Question

hey i need your advice i am thinking about homeschool but i dont know what its like does anyone know what it is like?

Answer 1

I was home schooled and I regret it. I missed out on a lot of things in school and it was really hard for me to catch-up with the other students in college. I'm still struggling in college because of home schooling. If you do home schooling just make sure you have a really good program where you will cover everything that's covered in high school if not more advanced stuff.

Answer 2

lol yeah im homeschooled :) its really not so bad. i love it because i can do things at my own pace. You can really have the work bend to you. you also dont have to deal with all the school drama :)  i used to go to public school but, now i am glad im homeschooled. as along as you have friends and you can get social interaction lol , id say go for it :)

Answer 3

I could write a book, and I intend to once I complete college. I know this is pretty much sending you on a goose chase, but please read my other answers relating to homeschooling. They're all quite detailed and I'm sure you'll find them helpful. Homeschooling is the best thing that could have ever happened to me. My social life, my education, my confidence, my maturity, and my self-motivation have all skyrocketted since I began homeschooling. And don't listen to the dork who says he wouldn't hire homeschoolers. If he ever actually payed attention to those applications he claims he threw in the trash, he'd see that homeschoolers tend to be more desireable employees in the work place as well as being actively saught out and recruited by top notch universities across the nation. HS FOR THE WIN!

Answer 4

My little brother was homeschooled for a while and it was ridiculous; he couldn't learn anything without a proper class setting, despite being a very smart child with two genius parents and a genius older brother helping him.

He ended up having to repeat grades when he returned to a normal school setting.

I would personally recommend, for other reasons, that you absolutely STAY AWAY from home schooling if you want to get a decent job after high school.

I have worked for several businesses in a management positions and...

A) I have often been told to simply toss in the garbage any applications and resumes that indicated the individual was homeschooled

B) Even if I had NOT been so instructed, I would ignore those applicants anyway; every homeschooled person I have ever met (and I've met several) has been a complete idiot and isn't worth hiring, in my opinion.

GET A REAL EDUCATION.

Answer 5

Qmaus...what an incredibly ignorant and discriminatory practice.  Not only is it based on fiction, it deprives your company of some applicants.  That's just sad.

Now to answer your question :-)

Homeschooling is different in every home - that's the beauty of it.  Through homeschooling, you can have a curriculum that is tailored to your learning style, educational needs, and future goals.  It isn't right for everyone - no one schooling choice is - but it can be great.

It takes motivation on your part, as you don't have a teacher to keep you accountable. Depending on your age, you determine your coursework and your schedule with your parents, and then you do your work.  If you're younger (middle school), your parents will need to present a good portion of your lessons; if you are in high school, you can likely be responsible for a large portion of your studies.  Your parents' job would be more along the lines of asking questions, grading your work, and guiding you through new concepts.  It would also be their responsibility to find materials for you (you can help in this too, my 10yo helps in picking his curriculum) and in finding instructors for any subjects they are unable to help you in.  (This can be done through your local homeschooling groups and co ops.)

Your schedule is largely your own.  This can be a fairly big transition when you're coming from a classroom environment, one that has structured your time for you.  However, it's also great training for college - where you'll be required to structure your own time from the start.

Hope that helps!

Answer 6

I LOVE HOME SCHOOL!!!

    I have done it all my life, but I am allowed to

1. Got at my own pace, I can go faster or slower if I need too

2. Learn about things that interest me, and do extra work on them ( that does not mean I don't have to do things I don't like)

3. Have a lot of great times with my family, if we were public schooled I do not think we would be as close as we are close.

I also can focus better because I am alone rather then with a bunch of kids my age.

Answer 7

I have been homeschooled my entire life.

While it has it's ups (I can work at my own pace, no peer pressure, I can really focus on the subjects I need too, I seem to be more mature than other high school students), it has it's downs as well (No peer pressure means I don't really know the fashions or the 'hottest' music, I have a bit of trouble interacting with people my own age [I prefer to interact with adults], I'm afraid of college because I have never really been in a classroom).

I would honestly suggest homeschooling however. If you (or your child, I don't know whether or not you are asking for yourself or your children) love a certain subject you can take as much as you want on the subject without being held back by other people in the class or your teacher. You can graduate earlier than other students as well.I don't know what state you live in, but Ohio requires 4 years of English, you can easily take 2 years worth of English in one year without being told that you can't. I don't know if this has helped you, if you have any other questions do not feel hesitant to e-mail me and ask!

Answer 8

Qmas must be a Union Teacher or Union symapthizer, those are the only ones opposed to homeschooling which IS RECOGNIZED by the US HEW as not only working but working better than public and private schools.

College studies show the typical homeschooler doing 1-3 grades better than brick schoolers.

The materials used are similar

With certain exceptions (English and Math teachers, mostly) teachers in schools couldn't hold a real world job (and most never have) if their lives dependned on it.

Teaching is mostly baby sitting and taking role.  They have to use the book assigned them, they have to teach the program that states says, they have an answer book, most of their tests come from the text book.

A 17 year old girl can do most of that job.

Watch the smart kids in the class, those who have UNSCHOOLED in computers for 5 years take the poor computer programming teacher to task in a classroom.

The homeschool pianist who has taken private lessons since they were 9 can out play most high school music teachers with their pathetic BA degrees

And any job that doesn't want you is a job you don't want to have yourself.  They might also throw away applications based on your skin color.

Prejudice is prejudice and when one is tainted by their own parents and sibblings failures it is the worst form or biasness there is.

Homeschool doesn't work for everyone and when it fails, it fails miserably.

You have to be a self-starter, motivated, with a curious mind and tenacity.

Without those traits you're a moo-cow you needs a rope around your neck and has to be led around the classroom.

With that said, homeschool is what you make it.

It's home, it's your school.

The idea is to complete a certain amount of work in a period of a year.

THe minimalist idea is 1,000 hours of work in a year which is equal to a brick school.

When and how you do it is up to you, there are a wide variety of programs, indivudal sources, texts and on on-line materials.

They will generally cost $$

Anywhere from $20 to $1,000 a year.

Depends on the way you decide to go and how involved you get.

Some courses may require tutoring, but to be frank my friend who was a Astrophysics major at UCLA handed me his Caculus text and had me one one chapter.  All I did was read the instructions and do the math.  I got the answer right, but I screwed up on the decimal place, which is, technically an 7th grade issue.

The thing of it is, without a background in Algebra 2, Geometery 1 and 2 and trig I was able to actually dervive a calculus answer and got the numbers right, simply by following what the UCLA text book said to do.

So anyone who can follow written instructions can succeed at homeschooling right up to calculus.

If you can't comprehend what you read, then you need a teacher to hold your hand, but don't attempt college of you will be one of those 40% who drop out, because they don't hold yur hands in college

My friend was in a 500 student auditorium class for his Caculus 1.  He got solid A's in high schools and was in Honors Math and Physics and he squeeked out of that UCLA course with a weak C.

Answer 9

I love homeschool.  It gives you so much more freedom in everything!  I was homeschooled since grade 9 for highschool.

Answer 10

Here's a comparison of homeschooling and publicschooling.

http://www.successful-homeschooling.com/...

Homeschooling is more like the real world than traditional school.  You are not cooped up in a classroom, working at a desk most of the day.  You have time to pursue your interests and you can learn at your own pace.  You also don't have to deal with the negative social aspects of school, like peer pressure and bullying.

Answer 11

It is great!

It will be what you make it.