Is anyone here homeschooled?

[Fracture]

It will be harder to get into college if you are homeschooled and there really isn't a point to do it unless you have some outside activity that you can't do at school and you want to become very talented at (surfing, piano etc.)

Since you have less restrictions on papers and stuff you'll get a false perception of how deadlines work for jobs etc.

no.
Students who are homeschooled are more likely to get into college, as their grades are (usually) higher.

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[TripNick]

no.
Students who are homeschooled are more likely to get into college, as their grades are (usually) higher.

I personally know someone who's homeschooled and will greatly suffer in life because of it. It's actually really sad.

[Narkro555]

The only reason you shouldn't homeschool is because of social interactions. The Pulic Education system is a mess.

[Fracture]

I personally know someone who's homeschooled and will greatly suffer in life because of it. It's actually really sad.

I personally know someone who's been homeschooled and currently has a great job, 3 children, a wife, and a nice house.

[Cowboy6]

I've been home-schooled my entire life and I am so thankful to my mom for deciding to do that, whenever I look around at the kids around me I'm thankful. Yes, you don't have as many chances to socialize, but for me I really don't care much, most of the time the kids who I would have had to socialize with if I had gone to public school I wouldn't want to touch with a 50 foot pole, and I mean that seriously. There's a few that I wouldn't mind hanging around, but most of them there's no way. And no, I'm not socially handicapped, I've been running a one person part time business that it brings in $500-800 a month depending on how much work I get and I have to deal with people (adults) everyday over the phone and in person.

Not only that, but the stuff you learn in public school (not talking about the curriculum), the things that are done (and not done) and stuff that's considered acceptable there, especially in high school....don't get me started. I am and always will be a fan of homeschooling, no matter what anybody says. It's a lot better then the alternative.

[TripNick]

I personally know someone who's been homeschooled and currently has a great job, 3 children, a wife, and a nice house.

Oh, no, I wasn't saying everyone that's homeschooled will turn out this way. I was just saying it's not all good. Honestly, I wouldn't want to be homeschooled. Homeschooling takes a ton, I mean a ton, of dedication to actually do well. If you're being taught by your parents, chances are they're unqualified and biased as teachers. I know if my mom graded my essays I'd get 100% on all of them. If you're going to online school, that means ignoring the massive temptation of the internet beyond your schooling multiple hours a day and not procrastinating your work until later since it's not as scheduled as normal school. I would say a majority of people really aren't cut out for homeschooling and that public schooling is honestly the better alternative. Obvious exceptions would be hyperintelligent people and special needs people, but outside those categories only a truly intrinsically motivated person could I see doing exceptionally in a homeschooled environment.

[Darkness ZXW]

I think the social interactions at school are at least as important as the curriculum.

pfft

like you can make friends freshman-junior year

[Katadeus]

mom graded

if your parent is in any way intelligent, they'd realize that in order for you to learn you'd actually have to be taught. You can't have strong learning without feedback in this way.

pfft

like you can make friends freshman-junior year

I already made a good core group of friends in freshman year.

[RedGajin]

pfft

like you can make friends freshman-junior year

you can if you are actually socially acceptable

[TripNick]

if your parent is in any way intelligent, they'd realize that in order for you to learn you'd actually have to be taught. You can't have strong learning without feedback in this way.

My mom is intelligent. I'm just more intelligent than her. She wouldn't foster growth in my language abilities because she's not a qualified English teacher. Even if she graded me as hard as she could I would still get 100% on every single essay because every single one would be more persuasive than anything they've ever read, where as a college graduate with an English degree and years of experience reading quality writing would easily be able to improve and work with me to expand my abilities.

[Sheath]

I'm finding it strange how people are saying homeschooling is bad because of the social side of it.

Its not like you are locked into a basement when you do it. Socially speaking you have more flexibility if you homeschool, assuming you have the friends there in the first place.

[TripNick]

I'm finding it strange how people are saying homeschooling is bad because of the social side of it.

Its not like you are locked into a basement when you do it. Socially speaking you have more flexibility if you homeschool, assuming you have the friends there in the first place.

Being homeschooled means you're not exposed to new social situations very often. Unless you're part of extracurricular activities you likely won't meet many new people, and knowing only 1 or 2 sets of people won't give you the social confidence that meeting an entire new group of people every year for 12 years of your life and even more often if you pursue higher education.

[Sheath]

Being homeschooled means you're not exposed to new social situations very often. Unless you're part of extracurricular activities you likely won't meet many new people, and knowing only 1 or 2 sets of people won't give you the social confidence that meeting an entire new group of people every year for 12 years of your life and even more often if you pursue higher education.

I guess again, it depends how you work from home and whether or not you are currently working as well. I think people are being a bit simple minded with their answers as if there is one standard scenario for working at home.

[blocklandiansprofile]

I sure am