Homeschoolers, Do you like homeschool?

Question

I am homeschooled (first year) 7th grade, and love it but returning to public school for 8th grade.

Answer 1

Being homeschooled is *awesome.*

I get all of my schoolwork done in three hours at the most. Then I have the entire day to be an idiot with my friends.

I know, it's amazing. I have friends! And we do stuff! Without our moms around! It might be hard to comprehend, but eventually it may make some sense.

Sometimes it's hard, being so socially deprived. I mean, on Tuesdays and Thursdays I spend all day (12:30-9:30) with my theater group, hanging out afterwards, and the evening with my boyfriend. Mondays and Wednesdays are really rough too, because I've only got karate, jamming with my friends, running around being weird in subway stations, and general hanging out. Fridays can be a little iffy sometimes, since I'm not always around on weekends and have to head out in the evening, but I guess math class and a day with my boyfriend aren't too antisocial. Really, I don't know how I'm ever going to live in the real world.

You know, last Sunday, when I was out until 11:30 with my friends (I have a midnight curfew on weekends) at a movie, I was really wishing that I had to be in bed an hour before the movie started, so I could wake up at 6:00 to go to a flourescent hellpit and follow orders all day. That's so much better than getting all my work done from 11 AM to 1 PM. Oh, and passing notes to my friends is just so much better than actually doing stuff with them. I sure am missing out.

Also, instead of a yearbook, I have six programs from the theater productions I've acted in. Real shame I'm missing out on a yearbook, though. I mean, yearbooks are so much cooler than having a record of a meaningful experience that was just flat out badass. Nah, it's better to get your picture taken as a trophy for surviving.

Some days I wonder why I even bother living, since I'm so isolated and never get out in the real world. I still haven't found the part where everyone makes my decisions for me and I get praise for being able to form relatively coherent sentences, but I'm sure it's there.

To the second answerer: If you didn't go to school, you would have different experiences and meet different people. I've met Max, and we've been together for over a year now. We're both homeschooled. People who live in Scotland don't have the American experience; should people not be allowed to grow up in Scotland?

Answer 2

youre gonna love it in public school. i mean aside from people judging you--whether youre nerdy, jock, prep, emo, etc.--public school is a blast. i really dont know how people can stay home for school. i like having friends around me all the time, winking at boys during class, and the benfits. I mean think of all the programs public schools have to offer. If you were in public school smart seventh graders participate in Duke Tip and take the Sat or Act early--a chance for major scholarships. no offense but i would probably die if i had to skip all the crazy moments that feel my typical school day. Like my hilarious teacher Ms. Monica or crazzy Mr. Dennis or blonde Ms. Michelle. i would even miss all the notes passed about mean teachers. i would cry about not having school yearbooks of me, teachers, and all my friends. i dont think i would be the same me without my school. i definitly would not have straightened up from my bad/daredevil streak if it werent for Ms. T. without being crowned queen of the dance that night, i wouldnt have met Patrick. if it werent for school i wouldnt have met the most wonderful people in my life, my best friends. without school i would still be irresponsible, daredevil, dreamer, but still hot of course. trust me i think youll live.

i love school and im sure glad i go--never thought ide say that.

youre gonna love it--remember first impressions are everything.

i kinda feel sorry for all those kids out there studying behind closed doors--at home--you miss out on so much.

Answer 3

Absolutely love it! Why would you ever want to go back to public school if homeschooling is working?

Answer 4

I'm 15, I've been home-educated all my life and I love it; it rocks!

@ Hottie: As surprising as it may be, those of us who are home-educated are not stuck at home behind closed doors all day!! Neither are we a bunch of dags who spend all our time hanging out with our mums!! In fact your misunderstandings are one of the very reasons why the government in my country has rejected the use of the term 'home schooling'. What we do is not 'school at home'; it is community-based education (education not schooling).

Believe it or not, we still have very similar experiences to you...the only difference is that whilst you have those experiences in a classroom, we have them at the beach; the local pool; the mall; the library; the ice rink; the local theatre; Young Farmers; Venturers; Duke of Edinburgh Awards; Under-18s club/disco; AND at the old folk's home talking to a 106 yr old about his experiences in World War 1 (just one of our many surrogate grandparents who love to spoil us rotten!); tracking a group of wild camels through the bush; on top of the highest cliff-face; whilst white-water rafting through a local canyon; at the local stud-market; whilst helping to relocate a family of brumbies (wild horses); helping to deliver a newborn calf or foal or lamb and then introducing it to its 'mamma' for the very first time; out fishing for Barramundi in a croc infested lagoon; whilst exploring an old abandoned gold mine; AND in a million and one other places.

They are the sort of things 'homeschoolers' are getting up to with their mates every single day of the week whilst you're sitting in a classroom poring over the books, listening to other people droning on and learning how to 'toe the line'.

Plus we get to do it all for free or at a greatly reduced entry fee, compared to what you'd have to pay, by going during those days when you're stuck in school.

Somehow I reckon we have the better deal!!

We also have plenty of other adults in our lives (as well as our mums!)  who are greatly influential over who we are and what we do and who we become; who become our mentors...in exactly the same way as you've been able to find mentors from among your teachers.

The only difference being we go out into our local communities and meet and find such people for ourselves rather than simply having them handed to us on a plate in the guise of teachers. That and our mentors are not constrained by legislation or the confines of any 'teacher/student relationship'.

Answer 5

not to much, but at the same time i don't know what id do in public school. im going to a private high school