Is being home schooled fun?

Question

i have to ask that. cuz i hate waking up in the morning and going to school. i kno im lazy but i wanna know how that homeschooling is like.

Answer 1

I have always thought about this because I had the same exact problem as you. I despised getting up at 6 in the friggen morning to go to school. However, you would be surprised how boring homeschooling is and how many skills you build from constantly going to school and being put in an environment with different kind of people and situations. Homeschooling is just as much--if not more work than regular school without the social interaction and in some cases--without getting up early.

I would recommend you just tough it out. It really builds character. I'm in college now and I don't know how prepared I would be if I had been homeschooled, my cousin is homeschooled because shes training to be a tennis pro and she tells me she much rather go to school, its really lonely and monotonous.

Not to mention, such a big decision shouldn't be made on the basis that you don't want to get up early in the morning. But in the end...it's your choice, i know it's tempting.

Answer 2

I loved it!! I was homeschool up until college (by choice) and I loved it!! I had a lot of friends, I was very involved in the community, my church, etc, and yes I still went to homecomings and proms and ball games and had the "high school experience" minus the having to wake up at 5-6 in the morning and get ready to go to school...I woke up by 9 at the latest, started my work, and was done by noon usually because come on!!...you don't have breaks between classes, lunch, homeroom, all the BS that really just make your days longer. I was able to do my work (and learn) and then I had the rest of my day to do what I wish!! Not to mention I didn't have homework because I mean come on...all my work was homework!! I loved it!! Don't let anyone tell you that you can't have a "normal" high school life cause you CAN!

Answer 3

No. You have no one t really talk to.

Answer 4

Nope. I had it for two years and hated it. I was isolated and didn't get to go to prom or graduation.

Answer 5

YES IT'S FUN!!!!!!

I personally LOVE being homeschooled.

But if you're lazy it might be hard for you to make the effort to get out in the real world and HAVE fun, get involved in all the in-deapth, hands-on, real-life experiences available to you, etc.

Answer 6

Sandra Day O'Connor, first women supreme court judge, was homeschooled and does not feel she missed out according to her.  My kids were homeschooled for part of the years, then finished in high school.

It is also better based on teen s*x, gangs, peer pressure, bullies, etc.  You still encounter those things but much less.

More personalized attention, teacher also knows you better as well as your style of learning since it is your parent.

Answer 7

it probably sucks. theres no boys there if you're stuck at home all the time. i like public school. its probably hard to make friends at home too.

Answer 8

Homeschooling is pretty much what you make it, so it can be boring, or it can be tons of fun!  I thought it was really fun (I was homeschooled from 2nd grade through 12th grade).  It is nice when you don't have to wake up so early in the morning and go to school.  I usually started my schoolwork at about 10 a.m. and finished around 2 p.m. (most homeschoolers' days are shorter than public school days).  There are endless ways to homeschool, too -- you can use regular textbooks, library books, video programs, online homeschooling, or a combination of everything!  There are also homeschool groups that allow you to meet other homeschoolers.  Some of those groups also hold co-ops one day per month or per week, when all the homeschoolers get together and go to "classes" taught by the moms who have special skills.  Homeschool groups also host field trips and things like that.

If you're homeschooled, you have to make a little more of an effort to stay involved in activities and stay in touch with friends, but you can definitely do it.  You can hang out with your friends after school like usual, and you can participate in sports and activities through places like the YMCA/YWCA, youth sports programs, park district programs, Boys and Girls clubs, scouts, etc.

Also, homeschooling doesn't mean you have to miss out on "regular school things."  I went to homecoming at the public high school with my friends, went to the public high school's football games, and our homeschool group had a graduation ceremony similar to the ones at public schools.  Anyone who tells you that you'll miss out on things just didn't try hard enough to stay involved.  And it's not that hard to do!  Some schools will even let you just go there for a half a day and homeschool for the rest of the day.

Of course, it's not always fun and games -- you still have to learn things you may not want to learn.  But you get to do it at your own pace, and homeschooling will allow you to make assignments and grades more reasonable and take topics of study in your own direction.

If you are considering homeschooling, come back to this board to ask more specific questions, and I'm sure someone will be able to help you out!

Answer 9

i would have to say that "being homeschooled" is no fun at all. taking your education into your own hands, that is completely awesome and exciting. as long as your gonna let your mom or tutor or whatever, dominate you and teach you everything, it won't be that great. i don't go to school, but i never say that someone homeschools me, b/c i run my own life, and at 16, that is def. very awesome. its hard to run everything and not have people telling you what to do all day, but its worth it. if you don't want to consider all this, stay in school!!

Answer 10

Well, one of my best friends is and she says it sucks. You don't get to meet many other people your aege.

Answer 11

YEAH IT ROCKS WAKE UP WHENEVER U WANT AND EAT LUNCH WHENEVER AND DONT HAVE TO WORRY BOUT BEING ABSENT!!!!

IF U WANT FRIENDS HANG OUT ON MYSPACE OR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD!!!!!

Answer 12

I've got to agree with the people who say it can be but it's up to you. The people who say they were bored and had no friends, well they have only themselves to blame.

Answer 13

If you are lazy....homeschooling is NOT for you.  If you think you will be having fun all day--you will be disappointed.  

Homeschooling tends to work best for motivated students with heavy parental involvement.  On the other hand, it is possible, that your attitude toward school is burn out and is not the way you would feel about learning if given the opportunity to pursue your own interests, move at your own pace,  and be removed from undue peer pressure to act like you "hate school" .  You need to be, at the least, committed to your own future.  

You need to do some serious soul searching and intense conversation with your parents.  Without the full family's committment to the process and a confidence in your own ability to control your own behavior and overcome your tendency toward procrastination,  you will likely not progress adequately and you will find the experience disheartening.

Answer 14

Well in many school districts, they allow kids to join after school clubs and join the Jr/Sr high sports teams and attend prom.  Also, at my high school you can come for one or two classes.  Like if you want to take French or Trig, and your parents are clueless on that subject, you can take just that one class at school and do the rest at home.

Answer 15

yes...if ur parents are pedos

Answer 16

It all depends on the person, and what they make of it. For me, I like it. I don't have to worry about if I'm wearing the right outfit or whatever. I've been home schooled all my life so far and I'm going to finish home schooled. My Brother (which now is in collage) and I have done the Abeka videos he started in 5th grade and I in 6th. For me I wake up around 8 start school 8:30, eat lunch while doing school, and finish around 1, it all depends on the day.

  In my church we have more homeschooling so every Fri. we have chapel and a gym time where we can play. I enjoy it, allot. The only thing I find hard is homework. But who doesn't.

Answer 17

It's awesome, I love it as much as my kids. I'm really sad that so many people had bad experiences with it, but as others say, so much depends on you and your parents. We get out of the house nearly every day, but if we're tired we can just drop what we're doing and hang out at home.

We unschool, and so everything is child directed. They make their own schedules, and find their own interests, and it is like saturday every day. We mostly despise mornings too, only two of my kids get up before 8am, they just all learn better in the afternoons and late at night.  My teen is studying graphic design and three computer programming languages, while the younger kids focus on their special interests, photography/video production (9yo), art and art history/anthropology (8yo), archeology/paleontology and anthropology (6 yo), manga and foreign cultures (4 yo), and the baby is mostly focused on preemergent reading and such (ie play lol!)

Answer 18

Yeah, Its more fun when you have your brothers and sisters doing it with you. Of course it is not all fun but I like it.

Answer 19

"It's the best thing in the world." - 16 year old unschooler.

Imagine summer vacation going on forever :)  I think it's fun, definitely more fun than public school.

Good luck :D

Answer 20

I was homeschooled up til 8th grade and it's horrible. Hey if other people like it then fine, but it was depressing for me to be stuck in the house all the time. (Then again my mother was a control freak and homeschooled me for that reason- your parents might be normal.)

Answer 21

Well, it's as fun or as boring as you make it.  If you're not willing to put the effort into fun projects, or to get out of the house and have fun, it won't be fun.

However, with homeschooling you have a lot of freedom - freedom over your schedule, over what and how and when you learn, and what you do/who you do things with.  The people who get bored with homeschooling generally don't take responsibility for that freedom - they don't take advantage of it.  Instead, they sit at home on the computer and whine about how bored they are.  I'd be bored if I did that, too!

There are tons of opportunities out there, but you do need to choose to take part in them.  Kind of like in school - there are clubs, sports, etc., but if you don't choose to sign up for them, you can easily get bored.  Same thing at home - only you have a lot more choices over what, when, and how you do things.  If you get out of the chair and actually do them, homeschooling can be a lot of fun!

My son, for example, participates in baseball, basketball, theater, Scouts, library classes (drama, book discussion, art, etc.), and hangs out with his friends.  His schedule is extremely flexible, so if a friend calls him to come over during the day, he can do that - he just finishes his schoolwork after spending time with friends.  He takes field trips often and gets to choose his coursework.  He really enjoys the freedom.

*Note - you still have to work at it, and may have to work harder to keep yourself motivated.  Factor that into your decision.  You won't have a teacher keeping you accountable on a daily basis - when you homeschool, that's your responsibility.  Your parents will help, but a lot more of it's on you than when you're in a classroom.*

It all depends on you - are you willing to let it be fun?  If you are, then yes - homeschooling is fun :-)

Answer 22

No, I despise it.