I want homeschooling and im in the 10th grade !?

Question

So what are the good and bad sides of it ?

Is homeschooling harder than school or easier ?

I think i would have more time to take college classes and i can do my work at home whenever its suitable.

I am planing on going back my senior year and getting my diploma. Some students say they went back to high school after getting homschooling and graduated a year ahead ! Is that true ? can you do that ?

Answer 1

I dont think u can do that because u can only be homeschool until grade 8

Answer 2

Homeschooling requires more concentrated effort than regular schooling, especially in the high school years.  However, this means that if you spend 5 or 6 hours a day "doing school" you can absolutely graduate at LEAST a year ahead of your peers. I did not homeschool, but I took my CHSPE exam (sort of a ramped-up GED) in the 10th grade so I could move on to college early, where I was on the student council and was a member of the Resident Advisory Board at Cal State University, Long Beach.

Of course, your parents need to be on board with the plan. My son is only in Kindergarten, and is homeschooled. We cover, in a (3 hour) day, what his peers are covering in a WEEK at school. He goes to a charter school 2 days a week, so he has plenty of interaction with his peers (we also do field trips and such at least once a week with his classmates). I can only imagine how much ground you could cover on you own as compared to what you would cover in high school!

Also, I am completing my Masters degree (from an accredited univeristy) online. I am able to do my schoolwork in probably 1/5 the time I would spend if I had to travel back and forth to school, listen to lectures that were essentially a condensed version of the text, etc. I am not against public education, but I think that for very bright, motivated, visual learners, a classroom education may be redundant.

If you are serious about homeschooling, I would reccomend that you check out the HSLDA.org website and see what the options are in you area. HSLDA does not support charter schools, for philosophical reasons, but you may want to check those out in your area as well. Present your parents with a variety of options in the homeschooling arena, and they may very well sign on. Intelligent high school homeschoolers do not need much parental help. If your family is Christian, you may want to check out the Sonlight Cirriculum. They offer many courses. You can order AP prep classes for very little money. Even if your family is not Christian, it is a great resource. Also, check out The Well Trained Mind, by Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer (her completley homeschooled, now a professor, daughter) so you can show your folks a VERY rigorous high school cirriculum.

Another option would to be to enroll in your school district's ISP (independant study program). You will not have as many options as a student who is entirely homeschooled. However, I had a few firends who did this (as they were HUGELY bored by even the AP courses at our high school) and they were able to complete at least 2 years of high school for every year they worked at it. My time estimates assume that you are either VERY bright, or VERY motivated. If you are both, who knows what you could accomplish in a semester???

You will be spending fewer hours a day doing "school," but many more hours actually learning, as you will not be distracted by things like school spirit assemblies, waiting while teachers discipline losers, etc.

Good luck!

If you are really interested in getting ahead, why even bother going back for your senior  year? I graduated a year early from high school. I had already been to prom 2 times. I attended my friends' graduation. Eventually, I went to my own (college) graduation. In a few years, I will attend yet another graduation for my Masters, and my pHD should be about 1 1/2 years after that. Senior year is completely overrated! When you are 17, this seems like an insane statement, but once you are in your 20's or 30's, you will see that high school was unimportant. Trust me...unless you peak in high school (a VERY sad thing!) it is irrelevant once you get to college! It is less than irrelevant after that.

If your parents are conerned about your missing your junior or senior year, have them email me. My contact information via Yahoo Groups is private,  but I think you can request a contact (I've never done so, so I have no idea how to do it!)

Answer 3

The only thing with homeschooling is you can do it at your own pace most of the time.

A lot depends on the program or study situation

Some are NOt different than brick schools nd require you turn in papers on Friday by postal mail

SOME programs allow you to accelerate, others do not.

Answer 4

Since you are planning to go back for your senior year, bend over backwards to know what your state and high school expects for graduation. You wouldn't want any last minute surprises about courses and credits required for graduation. We had one of the homeschoolers in our local support group that had completed all his homeschool work a year early and decided to go to public high school for a senior year to play football. He aced all of the hardest classes they had including calculus and AP physics as well as play some pretty good football. A week before graduation they told him he couldn't walk for graduation because of some shortage of a gym class in his high school transcript. It didn't slow him down. He went on to college with a full scholarship and is on the chancellor's honor roll there.

Answer 5

Go to the Home School Legal Defense Association website and look up what it takes to do it in your state.  hsla.org

Answer 6

I'm a homeschooled 10th grader. I live in Ca so i go to www.caliva.org, to find your state if they have it (for my program) go to www.k12.com

Best Wishes,

Bethany B

Answer 7

there are some pretty good websites that you can homeschool through and your parent doesnt have to teach you.

itt tech k-12 & the move up program through marysville

Answer 8

The number one factor is if one of your parents is certified to be your teacher and if they are willing and able to do so.  You will have to check the laws and regulations regarding homeschooling where you reside.

You can get a lot of questions answered in your high school guidance counselors office.

Good luck and have a good day.

Answer 9

No, you can be home schooled in whatever grade you are in.

Homeschooling is just as hard, if not more, then public schooling. You have to be self-motivated and determined.

Type in the search bar Pros and Cons of homeschooling..a bunch of stuff should come up.

And also be sure to check out the laws and regulations in your state at hslda.com

Answer 10

The plus sides are that you don’t have to listen to teachers all day, you get to wear whatever you want, typically you get smarter depending on how much you push yourself and lastly, you’re not around the types of kids who give off bad influences such as drugs, drinking etc… for the negative sides I would just say that you don’t get to be around friends and that kind of environment. I would also suggest doing PSEO at a college to get credit for two years (junior year and senior year).

Answer 11

Why do you want to be homeschooled youll miss out on the awesome highschool years.