What is the weirdest thing someone has asked you regarding homeschooling?

Question

What is the weirdest thing someone has asked you regarding homeschooling?

Answer 1

umm like wheres ur teacher at

Answer 2

Usually its, "You're homeschooled? Lucky! So, you never have to do any work, right?"

Usually people assume that I sit around all day and do nothing.

"So you can like sleep in all the time?" [With my dad? As if.]

"How do you meet people?" [How did I meet you?]

"Do you get to do school in your pajamas?" [Umm... Yeah.]

Answer 3

"Wait, I thought you were home schooled in third grade. How the heck did you have friends?"

Somebody asked me this after I talked about doing something with a friend in 3rd grade.

Answer 4

when is your prom?

Answer 5

"How can you put up with your kids on a daily basis like that?" Yeah that was rude ay?  grin..

Answer 6

OK, I have two:

"Is that legal?"  Yeah, I'm breaking the law and freely admitting it to every moron I meet.

"What about socialization?"  Oops, did the little critters get out again?  I thought I had locked that closet.  But seriously, you can look at the average high school student and ask ME about socialization?

Answer 7

"uh... don't you guy's have like no social skills?" - Actually the kids that are home schooled that have no social skills would've turned out that way even if they were in the crappy inefficient school system. Some of us have done part time, full time, it really makes no difference it just depends on the child.

and

"Do you actually do schoolwork? How long?" - Yeah we do, it doesn't take nearly as long as it does in public school because there aren't 30 kids trying to get the teacher's attention. Besides, you're always learning so it never really stops, you just aren't really doing busy work the whole time. This actually varies through families.

ooh it gets better!

"Wait, you're smart?" - No I'm not smart at all, I don't currently attend an early college high school and no i won't graduate from that high school with my associates degree and enter a university at 17 as a Junior because I'm just not smart.

Answer 8

The question posed to us more than once did not really fall in the weird category as much as it saddened us; they asked "how can you stand being with your kids all the time"?

Our answer, "actually that is one of the most precious benefits of home schooling".

The second question asked most often is about living on one income, and how that is possible in today's world.

Answer: carefully planning, a budget, and setting priorities, but not according to society or the marketing industry.

Needing two incomes is a myth, unless you have the need to keep everyone else who wants to sell you something in business.

Answer 9

Do you get to do w\e you want?

Answer 10

if i was allowed bathroom break.

:D

I dont know, i am really just making

things up.

<3

Answer 11

My dd was asked if she reads every morning. She has also been asked, "Don't you *want* to go to school?" (To which she replied, "No, I like being with my mom." :) )

Answer 12

"Omigosh, do you like have any friends?"

" Are you stupid to have to be homeschooled?"

I responded to the last one with "Yeah, I'm stupid I got 11 post high schools on my S.A.T.'s"

Answer 13

Do you have friends?

I was like, "I go to co-op {a place to get help, school wise and to get friends} once a week, go to parties, and hang with friends at least once a week!"

Answer 14

Who do you mail your work to?

Answer 15

So,what do you do all day?

How will your children learn to fit in with others when they grow up?

Answer 16

"since you homeschool, you wouldn't mind heading up this committee would you, I mean, you are home all day, right?"

or

"I tried to call you three times yesterday. Why didn't you pick up. You homeschool, so you should be home to answer the phone, right?"

or

We need a meal cooked for this family tonight, and we thought we would call you first, since you have your days free. Can you have that meal for 6 ready in about an hour and deliver it too?"

stuff like that.

:)

I really love volunteering my time, I find it weird that people think I am ready at a moments notice and have oodles of free time because I do nothing more than homeschool.

Answer 17

"Why would I do that to my kid?"

That was the strangest question I EVER got.

My response? "I can't afford NOT to."

Answer 18

"Don't you get sick of your kids?"

"With y'all living on one income like that (no debt) aren't you afraid your kids will have an unrealistic expectation of how people really live when they grow up?"  - from the real estate agent when we paid cash for a house we could afford.  

From a new neighborhood kid to mine at his backyard playset, " So like is this like your playground?"

Answer 19

I had a youth pastor ask my son, in a shocked voice, "You actually want to be around people?  Aren't you scared?"

And when my son gave him a very confused look, he (completely seriously) told me that he thought homeschoolers were scared to be around others - that's why they stay home.

Uhh, ok...

Answer 20

do you home schoolers watch tv all day?

Answer 21

One time a delivery man came and I signed for the Package and He asked if I had the day off and I was like no and he was like oh then why are you not in school and i am like i am homeschooled and he was like do you ever leave theis house! and I was like Duh! then I slammed the door in his face!

Answer 22

"You actually leave the house!?" Yes, we do. Music lessons almost everyday, hiking, homeschool groups, science club, paddling, trips to the city, farm work...

Answer 23

what's the tuition cost?

Answer 24

It is not a question but a comment that I received from a lady who had 2 unmotivated, antisocial, and very unusual teens in the public school.  She said to me, "I just could not do that to my kids."

I smiled and tried to be polite by not laughing.   I controlled my sarcastic nature and just told her that our son learned better with one on one instructions and without the distractions of classroom activity.

That was 3 years ago when we first started homeschooling.   She hasn't put it into a direct statement, but I think she has changed her mind after watching our son grow up.  She is very complimentary on our son's maturity level and social grace.

Answer 25

If I ever talk to other people my age.  It was particularly ridiculous considering the person who asked was my own age.

Answer 26

"When do you eat?"

"You do school on the computer?  That's weird."

"Do you get homework?"

"Is it easyer?"

Girl: I got a 40 in math today!

Me: You got that in math?

Girl: Yepp =]

Me: Oo..  I got an A today! =]]]]

Girl: Cool!

Boy: You shoudn't be bragging you're work is easyer

Me: O_O..  No it's not..

Everyone says..  "Wow you homeschooled?"  when they first ask about it.