Question for people who have homeschooled someone or has been homeschooled????

Question

I was wondering how you guys liked it. I'm thinking about being homeschooled in a couple years. How'd you guys like it? And would you do in your free time ?? (i will have a lot of free time because my parents wouldntt be home until about 4 oclock, and then they would start homeschooling me)

Answer 1

I've always been home schooled and I love it. I have 2 sisters in the same grade so its easier for me to get help when needed. Since one works til 3 and I babysit til 4-4:30 we do what school we can and finish what we can when we get back. The other one has to watch my 2 other sisters when mom and dad are at work. When I don't babysit I watch them and she volunteers to help mom at work and I help them with their school and of course watch them. Its a lot easier then it sounds. We still have time to do what we want or need to do.

Answer 2

I homeschool my children and they love it. We have a network of homeschool families and we plan lots of activities and field trips together.

You didn't say how old you are, but usually too much free time without supervision for kids and teens is not a good thing. Try to find something positive to do during the day like volunteering or part time work.

So far my kids are pretty smart. I have a son who is a Network Administrator/Part time college professor and a daughter who is leaving for Veterinary School next week. The remaining four are doing well educationally and socially.

I only recommend it if you and your parents are prepared to make a big commitment because it takes a lot of time, dedication and patience.

Answer 3

I've been homeschooled all through highschool and I'm graduating this December.

I absolutely LOVE it. I work mostly independently, so even when mom isn't home I can still work through lessons and get things done. We don't just do the dull and pointless reading out of a textbook and answering questions at the end. Oh, I have text books and I use them, but there's more to it than that. I do a lot of creative, hands on projects. We use games and manipulatives in Algebra and Geometry and Pre-Cal as well as video lessons and the usual practice pages. We use REAL nonfiction books for history that go much more in deapth than the textbook, which we use as a guide, and history and social studies are project based for us. I learn and show I've learned by demonstrating and doing rather than just memorizing answers for a multiple choice test. Science involves a lot of labs and experiments and observations. This isn't hard for homeschoolers. You can find the things you need fairly cheap on the internet, or use household things or things found in nature. English is a lot like it is in regular school for me, only we use real books for the literature portion instead of those short story readers that basically butcher the best stories and dumb everything down. Economics, for me, is very hands on. We use a computer program that is basically a fun strategy game that requires you to use the information and skills you learn throughout the course. I also have the freedom to take a lot of classes not even offered in Public school. Last year I took Programming andRobotics, and I actually got to build and program my own robots from the ground up, getting them to do simple tasks, navigate obsticle courses, etc. I also studied 3D animation and other really interesting things.

In my spare time, I had outside activities. I play guitar, piano, bass guitar, and I sing. I take guitar and bass guitar lessons, and I play in a small 60's rock and roll band I started with a few close friends. I fence (competitive non-lethal sword fighting) in a pretty big fencing club, and I go there a few nights a week to practice and have lessons and just fence for fun if there are no competitions coming up. I go riding horses with my boyfriend and our friends some times. I'm involved in a few community art classes...things like silversmithing and fusing glass and ceramics. I used to play soccer for a comunity team and then later for a small homeschool team that played against private schools and other homeschool groups. Our local homeschool support group has park days, beach days, field trips, dances, prom, holiday parties, Not Back To School parties at theme parks, science fair, movie nights, academic team, Odyssey of the Mind, co-op classes (those are small group classes of homeschoolers with a volunteer parent or community member who teaches a specialty subject like drama, creative writing, art, bottany, debate, etc) and other events and activities. I've joined a community drama club at a local theater. I've joined a homeschool band that meets and practices at a local music school. I've been a part of the People to People Student Ambassador program and got to travel to England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, and then later to Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. I'm part of a poetry club and a chess club that meet at the local library, and I volunteer at the library as well as a few other places. I still spend time with my public school friends, meeting them after school or when they have a lunch break, or hanging out and going places on weekends. I started a yearbook club for local homeschoolers where we meet and work together to create individualized yearbooks, then send them off to be bound at the end of the year. I stay fairly active, doing just as much as (if not more than) the average public schooler my age would be doing. You'll find things to do in your spare time (or along with academics) as well if you just look around, get involved with a homeschool group, and be open and willing to try new things and meet new people. Good luck

Answer 4

I was homeschooled for 6 months in my junior year in HS and I LOVED it.  My mom did work all day so I was home alone and I personally enjoyed the quietness of the house and knowing that I was trusted to get my assignments finished on time.  I was an A student during that time because I had pride in myself and my work.

I homeschool my kids.  I do stay home all day though and recommend you visit the library to get books and movies (classics are a good way to learn) to keep you busy while learning at the same time.  My kids have to read in their "downtime" during the school hours of the day.  I challenge them to learn harder things and they enjoy it.  Good luck!

Answer 5

my mom was going to school to get her degree during the day, so she would leave my assignments for me to do.

i would do those, eat, watch tv, go swimming, or whatever. then when she got home she checked my work.

it was okay sometimes because you get to sleep in and stuff, but i missed my friends.

so i ended up only being homeschooled for 1/2 of a year.

Answer 6

I didn't like it alot because you never got to see your friends and i felt left out when my friends would talk about school

Answer 7

My kids love it and never want to go back to public school. I would ask your mom if you can do work on your own while she's at work.

In your free time..

write a book

learn an instrument

read

start a blog

talk with other homeschoolers online

Best of Luck

jana

http://www.purehomeschooling.com