I am being homeschooled for the first time and have a lot of questions?

Question

i am a freshman in high school and my mom recently decided to homeschool me. i dont really know much and i was wandering some things! like, what are the chances of me even getting into college? and what happens if i go back to public school senior year will i still be able to graduate? or will i have to do loads of work just because i was homeschooled? any other information along those lines would be great!!!! thanks ahead!!!

Answer 1

I actually chose that route for my freshman year for high school too. My mom had homeschooled my brothers so i thought it looked fun and different. I ended up returning to high school for my sophmore year....some of my credits did not transfer over so i had to make up some classes. (even though the books i used were similar and i had proof of my work) I am still trying to make up my gym classes and some history classes. So advice to you--if you plan on going back your senoir year just make sure you took the right classes that correspond with the requirements that your high school says you need for graduating. Meeting with a counselor from your high school would help a lot just to make sure you are taking the correct classes! Good Luck!

Answer 2

Most colleges take homeschoolers

What a high school will do if you come back is hard to say.  They may not let you in advanced courses (AP or Honors) then again they might.  They will look at your transcripts, if any, from accredit programs like Penn Foster or ABeka if you took the accredited approach.

NY doesn't like most of those programs and probably wouldn't allow the credits.

Public schools to a degree have problems with homeschoolers because it robs the system of money (that's the ENTIRE reason they take attendence for FEDERAL funding per day per hour a kid is in school) and the Teachers Union opposes homeschool (even though a surprising number of teachers do it themselves for their own kids) because they fear layoffs and an excess of teachers with no classroom space.

Homeschool has grown from > 0.1% in 1980 to 8+% today and it's expected to reach 12-15% by 2020

Those are scary figures to school systems and teacher unions, thus they shun homeschoolers because of economic reasons

Colleges find homeschoolers to be smarter and have more staying power than general public schoolers, because they are already self-disciplined and used to independent studies.

The US Dept of HEW also finds homeschooling to be very good

Many school systems are now offering on-line.  This has grown from one or two to almost two dozen today.  These are extensions of the brick public schools and award accredited state diplomas.

These also make teacher unions fearful as do they make administrators fearful for there is no need for a Principal or VP or new campuses.  Teachers would have to relocate to where the computer center is or could possibly work from home.

Now, that could change Teacher views if teachers could work from home.

Universities are now offering long distance education and it is anticipated some Liberal Arts programs from places like Harvard may become available on line to anyone who can pay the fee.

This it is possibly by 2050 a Harvard, Yale or Oxford education may be available to anyone with a computer and the funds to pay the course fees, which will still be charged.

Answer 3

Take a look at statistics on how well public (i.e., government run) schools are educating students. Depressing, isn't it?

Answer 4

Well, first, I will answer your questions you listed.

When homeschooled, your education will increase because there are no distractions, boys/girls, etc. So, your chances of getting into a college will increase too. When you go back to public school, it will be just like being in 8th grade. Everything will be normal. And finally, you do LESS work when homeschooled because of no distractions. I only work about 2 hours a day, and no work on fridays. But, I am ahead in my classes. So technically, if you want a higher education, it is alot better to be homeschooled.

Then, there are my personal reasons. You can sleep later, go out more, do your work whenever, and alot more. It really matters on what your mom thinks is best for you. And yes, you will lose some friends but there are plenty of homeschool groups out there you can join. Just look them up!

Answer 5

ok, I am very glad you are learning in this wonderful way. First of all, I don't see why you would want to go back to public school to graduate. You certainly don't need to!!! And yes, you can DEFINITELY go to college. It will take a lot of hard work, just like going to college after public school. You will have to do work, it isn't just playing on the computer all day, but I personally think you don't feel as stressed about doing work because you can do it at your own pace.

This doesn't mean don't work hard, DO YOUR BEST. But if you need help, you can get it. Or you can do 5 chapters of math in one afternoon, if you can.

Here is a site that has helped me A LOT:

guiltfreehomeschooling.org

Answer 6

Your chances of getting into college are good if you meet their admissions requirements.  Many colleges are actually actively recruiting homeschoolers.

Here is some more info on homeschooling high school:

http://www.hslda.org/highschool/default....

I am not sure what will be required if you want to go back to public school your senior year.  You need to check with your school district about that.  Hopefully you will be so happy homeschooling that you won't want to go back!