Why does everyone think homeschooling is easy or the people who do it are lucky?

Question

let me tell you, i am homeschooled. i have no time to slack off, or my mom yells at me. i have no advantage, only in being more educated.all you public schoolers do is:

1st- sit, do work.

2nd-sit, do more work.

3rd- Opps, jimmy got in trouble, time for a lecture on why not to do what he did!

4th-bathroom.

5th-lunch.

6th-recess.

8th-sit, more work.

9th- opps, Robert forgot his assignment, a lecture from your teacher telling him not to do that anymore, in an angry rage.

10th- homework for all the lost lecture time (you know that IS the only reason the teachers give you that, right?)

well, no criticizing. i am not trying to be offensive, but i am sitting here, all done with school, because:

1st-I have no homework, because i do not have to makeup for the lost time the lectures took.

2nd-I get all my question asked, so i don't have to sit there holding my hand up.

I am not trying to be rude, just telling you the truth about what goes on in your day.

Answer 1

Public school suck s bad, you don't get as good of an education as homeschooling and you cut the time out at home of transportation to and from your home

Answer 2

Home schooling is not easy ,easier or easiest ,it has nothing to do with luck.

How I see it  , it requires more "discipline" both from parents and  their children. We are all human and we all normally go through the ups and downs of life. I don't want others to see us Home schoolers some sort of super human . What if we woke up in the wrong side of the bed should we call it a holiday?

The system is very good in itself but it is how you carry it out. You don't have to limit yourself to some lessons assigned to you. There are many sources where you can download  educational materials. If you have access to internet there are many sites that can help you get busy.

It seems you have a problem with your supervisor ,why is she angry and have to shout at you?

My children 2 boys and 2 girls  ages 7 to 15 enjoy our cooking lesson very much. We play video games and engage in different extra activities, don't you do anything like that?

Like you I also wonder why others who are also home schooling so bored.

Other children consider they are lucky because not all parents can do it or can't do it for some valid reasons  and some of my personal friends really wish they can do it .

It is a partnership between you and your parents , you have to have a system otherwise you will find it , yeah boring ...

Answer 3

One reason I home school was the four hours of teaching and doing homework assignments with my daughter. Once I realized how much time we were wasting by sending her to school we pulled her out!

Answer 4

I, for one, don't think homeschooling is easy. I'm not homeschooled; i go to a private school, and i can actually concentrate better at school than at home.

Answer 5

I have a question for you. Have you ever been to a public school? I went to a public school for a long time and now I am homeschooled so I have seen both sides of this. Some of what you say say is accurate, some isn't. And a lot of it comes off as bragging. I think you have made your point of homeschooling isn't for slackers. I am not trying to criticize YOU either, just stating some facts.

Answer 6

My friends tell me I'm lucky all the time, but it is a lot more work than people think.

The way I do it is:

I am on a home-bound program due to illness and I teach myself.  A "teacher" (she doesn't actually teach me) picks up my work twice a week.  I take classes offered by my local high school and the teachers send work home for me as I try to stay on course with the students.  However, I'm usually 2 weeks behind them.  Also, I'm always working because even if I finish for the day I feel guilty about relaxing.  I know that's irrational, but I always feel like I should get started on the next day's work.  

I think people don't factor in the learning part of it.  They assume I just do a few worksheets for 2 hours a day and that's it.  However, they do have a few points about the "lucky" part:

.Flexible schedule- You can go on vacation and just take the work with you

.Choose your own daily schedule- You can sleep in until 9 or 10 and do work in the afternoon or evening

.No dealing with a lot of the negative social issues that go on in school

Other things I appreciate about homeschool:

-Bathroom breaks when you need them without a teacher interrogating you and then giving you 2 minutes to go

-Avoiding things like people running through the halls, the constant chattering in class (can you tell I'm not a very social person? ( ;   )

I'm not saying public school is bad at all- I just prefer to learn from my own home, however I wish people would stop thinking that the work is so much easier...

Answer 7

People have the stupid idea that your overprotective parents give you nice easy lessons and give you straight As, so you can sit around at home all day watching TV and eating ice cream or whatever.

I just let them continue being pathetic and then go hang out with my friends while they're stuck in school.

Answer 8

"let me tell you, i am homeschooled. i have no time to slack off, or my mom yells at me. i have no advantage, only in being more educated.all you public schoolers do is: "

You may want to think seriously about re-writing this statement with thought toward grammar and punctuation.

Answer 9

I never claimed it was easy.  I never claimed Public School was easy either.  Regardless of where you study, getting a quality education requires effort and hard work.

What is "Opps"  did you mean "oops"?