Most people don't ask their childs teacher what credentials they have. But they'll ask a home school parent what credentials they have. Colleges think that we have bad grades, but our parent just gave us a A, or B, or whatever. Some people even think we never do school.
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Homeschooling is still a very new concept. Universities, colleges, and the military are really beginning to make the adjustment finally. We had no problems with college admissions officials this year with my son. As a matter of fact he has been downright chased for admissions. LOL. \n\nFor admissions purposes, the ACT or SAT score weighs the heaviest in most schools. That is a level playing field whether you are homeschooled or otherwise. The transcript is often treated with a bit more suspicion for homeschoolers because the transcript is not objective and nuetral. When the parent does the training, makes the transcript, and has a decided interest in that transcipt looking good for college admissions, this is understandable. But don't assume that they do not also look with suspision upon the transcripts from public and private schools. Grade inflation is rampant in schools. I know a senior here in town who is in being mainstreamed vis special ed. She cannot read a book beyond the second grade level, yet she is graduating with a B average. Now that is grade inflation. Colleges will look more closely at the correlation between the ACT or SAT score and grade point. If they are wildly out of balance with each other, grade inflation is often assumed and dismissed. \n\nAs far as neighbors that say you never do school, remember that they are assuming the traditional 8am to 3pm, 9 month schedule that public school kids do. The same little old ladies that tut-tutting my cruelty at having my kids school through the summer seemed to have forgotten we did that when I give them a week off at a non-traditional time in the middle of the winter. LOL. You just have to take it all with a grain of salt. \n\nEducate when you can. Let people hear about the neat opportunities you get because you homeschool. That will help. For instance . . .\n\nI took a group of homeschoolers up to page in the state Senate and House after out government co-op course. They wouldn't have been able to do that in our public school because we live so far away and there are limits to how many pages from each senator's and representative's district they can have each day. \n\nSome of the homeschoolers in our area get some really interesting biology experience because they take their biology course right out onto the farm and apply it hands-on. We spent a whole summer as a homeschool co-op learning about stream studies in which we monitored a stream (chemical analysis of the water, monitoring macroorganism levels, observing crayfish behavior and the frog life cycle in the in-house lab tanks, etc. They plotted out all the data where able to realize trends that only such a long project could have revealed. They were doing things that real scientists do. Most public schools will not be able to have daily, easy access to a creek that is undisturbed by human activity aside from the monitoring.\n\nMy kids have had the opportunities to go lightyears beyond what they could have done in public school which computer skills. They each have their own computers and use them for most of their schoolwork during the day. My oldest son is making some money with building and repairing computers which he taught himself. All three of my oldest children run their own forums and webpages. My 11 year old just spend his birthday money from us and grandparents ($60) to upgrade to a commercial server because he needed more power and room that what the free sites could offer. He and a team of other kids from across the US are working together of their own initiative to make a game mod together. He is the project leader, he is doing the html and design work for the project website, and he makes the levels. The other kids are working on making the models, testing designs, and working out puzzles and storyline. Remember - my son is only 11 and he is doing all this of his own initiative as part of a school project. The one hour at most with only limitted access to a computer at school, p
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the grades you get in school can make a difference in the rest of your life.\nit means being able to go to a better college, or scholarships, and the better the education, the more money you make for the rest of your life.\nif you wait until after school and talk to your teachers about what problems you are having most will be willing to help you understand the school work better, if your parents are pressuring you for better grades, maybe they will pay a tutor to help you.
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That's bogus because they didn't complete high school so how are they getting a Certificate of Completion. I'd make them complete their work or issue them nothing.
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Your parents just want you to understand the importance of getting a good education, which means staying in school, not skipping classes, paying attention in class, doing your homework, and studying for exams.  Once you prove to them that you take your education seriously, I am sure that they will "unground" you.  Work hard!
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Dont worry about it! u get way better grades then i do and i am in sixth grade. those grades are great! Those are above average, because those grades arent C's and a C means average. So even if you did get a C that would still be pretty good. Please dont worry about that, I would kill for good grades like that, and even if you did get a bad grade that doesnt mean you are not smart! Just try your hardest and dont slack off, and be proud of yourself, I hate to sound corny but dont sweat it. those grades are Great!!!
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Not a damn bit.\n\nI've hired loads of people and I don't think I've ever asked what someone's GPA was when they graduated.  The only time it is ever brought up is when someone is part of the National Honor Society or achieved excellent grades and wants to brag about it.\n\nSo don’t worry about it.  It is the degree that matters.
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Marks contribute to getting into university or college, and sometimes getting a job, though rarely. What will really determine what your future will be is, what do you do with the opportunities you have? If you do a good job, no one will ever ask what your grades were in school. However, whether or not you learn things in school is a whole other matter...
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idk,, need to know all the grades u have, and the exact grade of D and percent that the final counts and other grade,, it could cound 90% of ur grade than no way u would of gotten a C,, and more grades u have less points its ganna effect so idk,, u need to know all the grades u have and the percentiges of all the grades
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It varies among people.  Some folks are ready to roll right out of high school; others have had enough of the academic life and want to see something of how the real world works before diving back into academia.  One is likely to find that the real world is rather cruel to people without college degrees, and that may help motivate one to head back to school.
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Private, charter, or home schooled.  Parents don't have enough say in what the public schools are teaching because the federal government is too involved in education.  Public education went downhill after Jimmy "Mr. Peanut" Carter pulled the cabinet position of secretary of education out of his ass.  It needs to be done away with and parents should take some responsibility in what the schools teach their kids.
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learning good values and integrity has nothing to do with what school you send your children to. it's all about what type of person the parents raise them to be. everything starts in the home.
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Happens all the time.  Just about everyone has an ACT or SAT score used to determine there college eligibility.  Many schools will use those as the true indicator of your chances of success at their institution.  YOu could ask for an exception if you feel strongly about it.
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Many public school systems, like the ones in New Jersey, created a No Child Left Behind Act which tries to enforce that all children will learn through modifications - whether that means having a child study team evaluation for an IEP, or having a teacher make modifications within their lesson plans to help a child learn.  \n\nPublic school teachers HAVE to do evaluation assessments on all the students they teach during the school year.  Usually if we see a "problem" (possible learning disability or non-specific LD) we will contact the parents for an initial meeting.  PARENTS NEED TO BE THEIR CHILD'S ADVOCATE and many times must push the school system to evaluate a child and offer assistance.  Assistance may be a one on one aide, involvement in a special education class, large print books, occupational and physical therapies, etc.\n \nI believe that many children slip through the cracks because parent/teacher communication may be weak.  I also believe that it is a teacher's NUMBER ONE priority to ensure the students in his or her class can learn.  Sad to say many teachers become complacent in their careers and are not looking to hard for the children who need help.
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It depends on your school or university. Most often there is a system that your own school has in place on its website.  Without knowing where you go to school. it is impossible to tell.
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Becuase most of the public state universities _have_ to take students from that state, provided that they make some sort of minimum requirement, usually some form of combined GPA and SAT.  Now GPA's from high schools can range from "informative" to "absolutely worthless" with regards to what they say about the student who got them.  Basically they have to admit a lot of students, who to put it bluntly, have no business being at an institude of higher learning in the first place.\n\nReally, the universities don't have "weed-out" the students, as the student's tend to "weed-out" themselves.
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When you are out of school completely, whether you got straight A's does not matter. Depending on the college you apply to depends on whether or not they will look at your grades. You can still find a successful job and not be perfect.
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The correct statement is "Experience makes the best teachers"... so it depends on the experience of the parents as to whether or not they "know best".\n\nIf you are ACTUAL going to debate this (as in a formal debate class) lean your pros to pointing out how experience is an invaluable teacher and how children do not have the frame of reference nor the maturity to make many choices.\n\nIf you need to defend the Con side, point out how parents often do not follow their own advice and how actions speak louder than words and children learn through doing and lessons learned by action are retained longer than mere words.  You can also use case files of child abuse to point out parents who did not know best and how parenthood is not license, regulated, taught or monitored.