Modern homeschoolers?

Question

I know there are some great people in history who have been homeschooled but I would really like to know about big names who have been homeschooled in modern times?

Answer 1

Do you mean like celebrities?  Frankie Muniz and maybe Topher Grace.

Answer 2

Dakota Fanning and her younger sister are homeschooled.

The twins who play on the show "The Suite Life of Zach and Cody" are also homeschooled.

There are others, but those are the only ones coming to mind at the moment.

Answer 3

Although their names may not be in lights, it is the individual contribution that many home schooled graduates, students, and their families make on a daily basis.

Comparing oneself to "famous people" is not what home schooling is all about.

It is about individuals, and personal excellence with humility.

Home school graduates are often your entrepreneurs, small business owners, self employed workers, and so on.

Check with Patrick Henry College, and see what fields their graduates are in, and for more statistics on home schooled adults, and young people go to http://www.nheri.org/

Answer 4

Christopher Paolini:  best selling author at age 19

Jason Taylor: defensive end for Miami Dolphins

Tim Tebow: quarterback who helped lead Flordia Gators to  

                      National victory in 2007

                    -when spotlighted to name high school on television he says:  "Homeschooled.  Thanks, Mom!"

Answer 5

a lot of the child stars out there are homeschooled or have personal tutors.

Answer 6

Lindsay Lohan was homeschooled her senior year of highschool..the other years of highschool were either at a "real" school or like tutoring on the set of a movie or something. many people in movies have been or are homeschooled....another one is AnnaSohpia Robb...she was homeschooled but didn't like it so went to a public school

Answer 7

Sandra Day OConnor

Whoopie Goldberg

Jennifer Love Hewitt

Jason Taylor

Hilary Duff

Dakota Fanning

Alan Alda

Louis Armstrong

LeAnn Rimes

Rebecca St. James

Bode Miller

Maria Sharapova

Venus and Serena Williams

Gloria Steinem

Parents homeschooling:

Garth Brooks

Will Smith

John Travolta

Darrell Waltrip

Lisa Whelchel

not totally inclusive, just a few

Answer 8

If you look at most of the people in the media (politicians, businesspeople, etc.) you'll find that the vast majority of them were "in school" in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, so it took them 30, 40, 50 years to "get famous".  Since homeschooling has only recently (1990s) made such a huge "comeback" (if you will), it will take a decade or two to see how successful homeschoolers are in the "real world".

Even then, I wouldn't expect to see a huge number of them, as the percentage of students who are homeschooling today is still relatively small (approximately 1% of the school-age population is homeschooled).  Given those small numbers, I wouldn't think that 1/2 of our politicians or businessmen would be from the homeschool ranks (but I wouldn't be surprised to see more than 5-10%, either).