i homeschool...is there anyone else here that does.???
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I don't homeschool,but I was homeschooled. I agree with it till high school. I think their is a time you need to let them interact with others before they get out on their own.It hurt me in many ways
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You are not alone..I see math as a hobby:)
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... after working at Head Start and doing teacher aid work in a middle school- I agree!\n\nThe teacher aid work made me change my mind about teaching. The teacher didn't have enough time to spend with the kids who WANTED to learn, much less dicipline those who were distruptive. The class was getting a mediocre education, at best.\n\nMy parents pulled me out after 8th grade and home schooled me. I passed the college tests, and started taking college courses alot sooner than most... Overall, my year and a half of being home schooled equalled four years of high school!\n\nUntil I did my teacher aid work, I still thought that maybe Home School kids don't get the socialization that is approprait. I think that I would trade any percieved "lack of socialization" to homeschool again, because when the school systems fail, there are bigger drawbacks than "lack of socialization"!\n\nAlso, nowadays, there is the internet and more homeschool "groups" than there was in the 80s :)
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I think alot of parents are teaching their kids at home because they want to control what is being taught  to their kids. I am one of those parents. They are teaching kids therorys instead of facts. I teach my kids facts about life.
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I was a home schooled teen and i loved it. I mean sure there were times when i got frustrated and wished i could have been with other kids my age.\nBut my parents were great about the curriculum they chose and the activities that gave me alot of interaction with other people. And I helped set up my schedule and got to help choose what classes i took from what place and took jr college classes and now i am in a private college and i fit in well. I scored high on my entrance exams and passed into 3rd  year English among other core classes with a high score in math and science and i am female. So i think that it takes discipline and that homeschooling can be awesome.\nI do think that it helped me be more independent and that i have a greater appreciation for education and morals and plan on homeschooling my own children.
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i home school my daugther and find it alot better but it will be time consuming at times. there's a website for $8.95 a month etap.org  good curriculum. then theres also American school that will give him credits and graduate. if your children decide to stay in homeschool you will have to notify the school superintendent that you are establishing a bonafide school for ________ and it will be based at this address. also another book is Homeschool your child for free theres more than 1200 smart, effective and practical resources for home ed. on the internet and beyond. i wish you and your children the best of luck and feel free to email me.
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You are perfectly qualified and within your right to homeschool.  It sounds like you would benefit from it.  Firstly, you should check out www.hslda.org for all the legal information in your area.  Then you should check out your local library, or even Yahoo Groups, to find a support group, that way you'll know what kind of clubs and things there are for homeschoolers in your area (for when you are ready to be out there again).  \n\nGood luck with your decision, and I hope you feel better soon.
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hey, thats really cool! i was homeschooled all my life! dont you hate when other ppl say you dont have a social life? i had a friend a few years ago, and all she ever did was make fun of homeschoolers.
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I'm 16 and will be graduating high school this year. I have been homeschooled all my life and I think it's great. It gave me a chance to learn things when I was ready to learn them. Sometimes I wished I could of gone to a traditional school and joined in on all the clubs and sports, but now I'm glad I didn't. Being homeschooled gave me chance to have a very flexible schedule and do way more than most people. I truly admire those who have the discipline and patience to homeschool their kids.
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Check out Accelerated Christian Education, or ACE.  Their curriculum is designed for the student to work at their own pace.  I graduated from high school as a homeschooler and loved it.  Actually finished a year early and got a free ride to college!  Definitely check it out.
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I was homeschooled through high school, am now in college (I think I'm the youngest in the whole campus!) and I think I'm plenty street smart.  I mean, I can protect myself and have my share of common sense.  Being homeschooled doesn't mean sheltered from the world.\nMy elder brother, a kindergarten drop-out, was pulled from mainstream school when his seatmate on the bus had a gun pointed at his head.  Granted, we grew up in what even the residents referred to as a ghetto, but still, the fact that me and my broher are both still alive and moral says something.\nYou'd be amazed at how many people have asked my mom to a) teach them how to homeschool or b) homeschool their kids.   A friend of mine was being sexually harrassed, reported it to the principal at her school, and was told to "deal with it".  Does that strike you as healthy?\nI believe that homeschooling is more of a protective than an academic measure, seeing as every homeschooling family I've met has chosen that path for moral or protective reasons first and educational reasons second.\n\nSocialization-- the #1 question.  I'm naturally shy in person (not in writing, as you can see!), and I'm quite certain that my shyness is not a by-product of homeschooling.  Neither of my brothers are one bit shy.  In fact, my kid brother doesn't know a stranger.   Extra curricular activities for all of us involve heavily social environments.  We all know how to protect ourselves should we be attacked, we all learn things the hard way, etc.  Though I'll admit to a certain degree of naivete in the past semester of college, by no means does this mean I learned everything out of a book.  \n\nExample:\nDiscussing Native American stereotypes in Poetry/Short Stories this April, I mentioned peyote beadwork, referring to it as "peyote".  My experience with the word "peyote" has always been limited to a group of Native American dancers, all of whom made their own costumes and beadwork.  Peyote, as far as I was concerned, was a style of beadwork, as opposed to applique or loom beading.  I was embarrassed to learn, in that very class, that peyote is a hallucinogen.  The memory still makes me feel naive and wet behind the ears, but I learned a valuable lesson: Open mouth insert foot; Remove foot, insert other foot.  Oh well.\n\nNot all of my education as come from the curricula my mom has pieced together, but I confess a lot of the things I learned comes  from books.  "The Blue Girl" by Charles DeLint, "The Moorchild" by Eloise McGraw, "Dreadnought!" and "Battlestations!" by Diane Carey, (Star Trek novels are my guilty pleasure) and numerous other novels, ranging from science fiction and fantasy to mysteries and romances.  \n\nSo, to conclude, homeschooling doesn't, by definition, mean sheltered from the world.  \nI think Bruce Tinsley said it best, though be worned that the following quote can be described as rude and unkind: "Contary to popular belief, homeschooled kids are not less socialized than other kids. They just have to use smaller words and shorter sentences."\n\nI never said I was a saint.
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For one.. you're crazy for being homeschooled.. do you know how much of life you are missing out on??. you're missing out on how to deal with the interactions of everyday life.. no wonder you want to kill yourself.. but no that is not the answer.. who cares about your stupid church kids.. I'm sure they think they are so much better than you are.. but wow they are in church.. shouldn't they include everyone.. oh and wait you can't judge neither.. so none of them should be there.. one thing you need to learn.. there are hypocrites.. you can deal with them later.. secondly.. I'd rather be considered a geek than try and be friends with people that are like that.. I would stand up for myself..and let them know you don't need them to be happy....
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Oooooooooooooooooooooo ! Homeschoolers are obviously a defensive & arrogant lot. It's disturbing to see such an innocuous question generate so many vitriolic responses. Why are they so intimidated ? Across most of the world families use  'homeschooling' in one form or another, it's nothing to be ashamed of !!
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I was homeschooled from 2nd to 9th grade and went to a Catholic high school in 10th grade til graduation. We tried to get me in for 9th grade but there wasn't room, so they guaranteed me a space the next year.  There were two of us who were homeschooled and entered at the same time/year and both of us did very well academically and socially.  There were no issues related to homeschooling at all. The real issues are about parents and their perspectives about education and relationships, and that affects kids no matter where they go to school.\n\nI did go to the first semester of 8th grade in a public school, and it was so irrelevant and frustrating (because home schoolers are with adults so much that they don't get into a lot of typical middle school stuff) that I asked my parents if I could come home again.  I recommend a higher-performing school or a more nurturing community school if you decide to put your kids in junior high. Everything people are saying here about the crud of middle school was my experience and I didn't need it.  \n\nHowever, the one thing I realized after I entered the corporate workforce in my late 20's, was that I hadn't learned what I call "playground politics" in school (they weren't kidding when they said that "all I ever needed to know I learned in kindergarten"), and so I had to be a quick study of how petty politics of personality work (Ironic, huh? I didn't need this in high school but I did need it in the San Francisco workforce!). I'll never be an expert at playing the game but I think it's also because I'm a more straightforward and optimistic personality and had not really experienced the brunt of passive-aggressive tactics before.  \n\nAlso I think it's very important to know the social players in your environment and your kid's environment, and talk about it with them. Make them aware of what's going on around them and teach them to network and have lots of different kinds of friendships, from the loose aquaintances to the tight-knit. My parents didn't teach me that and I graduated from a high school full of the kids of Silicon Valley millionaires with no clue of what was going on around me.  Also have them do a skills/career options inventory early on so they know what they might be good at or interested in doing with college/career and can be thinking about it before they have to make choices in college.  That doesn't have much to do with homeschooling but sometimes more relaxed families don't think about it. \n\nBottom line: homeschooling spared me a lot of grief, allowed my personality to fully develop, and allowed me to read more than my peers, so I have better reading breadth and comprehension, and my mom taught me phonics and grammar so I can spell and write better than a lot of the teachers I had! I had time to enjoy competitive horseback riding and I had to give that up when I went to school. Homeschooling is great when you have friends to do it with and plenty of interaction with the community.  High school is great for getting ready to go to college and it's at the developmental stage where a child is discovering and defining their individuality. It's a good time to go.
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I think this is WONDERFUL!!! You are homeschooling what age are they? I have Crystal 8 yr 2gr, Jeffy 6yr 1 gr, and Robin 5yr kgr.  I have taught my self and know how to read music and that's what I did is went to a few different stores started with my fav. home school store and they told me of their fav. music stores and found a few begg. song books 1 I got was How to teach Keyboard.  But if cost is the problem check out your library (really good if you live in a city!)  You can make copies and recheck out many times!  Or Check ebay they have lots of good cheap stuff!  and you don't have to use a credit card ( I thought this was the only way but learned many people will take money orders!)  Good luck and keep up the good work!  if you need another home school support mom to bounce around ideas always can email me tishniaeq069696@yahoo.com! Have fun!
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Yes i am totally in agreement.The teachers now a days expect the parents to teach your child at home,i believe in helping your child,but i refuse to teach my child and pay the taxes that we do.Now a days the children will be left behind with what is being taught,but not being explained to them.My kindergartner's teacher is complaining of his reading,excuse me,i never learned how to read until the second grade.See Jane run,See Dick get Spot,you know?It is totally a money issue not a caring child issue,or things would not be like this in our school systems.Sorry for the bluntness,but this is also a touchy subject for me as well.Take Care!
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By law you parents or guardian has to homeschool u!\nwww.americanschoolofcorr.com