How could my education have been saved?? Could I have used home eduacation? if so then how?
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Clemance, my young friend. you cannot change the past. If you want to succeed in life, use the frustration you are feeling to energize yourself, focus on the future, you are still able to get an education, stop worrying about what happened and move on. Of course you have been through a tough time, the people you have lost would not want you to fail, Your life is in your own hands now. Come on mate you can do it.
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I have homeschooled for years now.  I hear from my old fart neighbor "When are you going to let them go back to school?"  Ugh.  It never ends.  I just don't broadcast it to the locals because THEY choose to be close minded and to not educate themselves about hsing.  Consider this 'comeback' as it's my best one:  My son gets a one-on-one education.  It's better than a private tutor.  He is fully socialized as he can go to church, soccer, chess club, library groups, the local rec center programs, 4H and scouts."  Folks that flip out and bring up socialization usually just grab that word because everyone that knows little about it uses it.  Good luck and you can email me for any help you need.
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Read a history book. It may actually require some time and thought. Take responsibility for your own education.
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This is a very tricky situation.  I remember when I was young my mother went back to school and was gone a LOT of the time.  I missed her dearly, but in the end it was for the best - I eventually got my mommy back, and she was much happier having a degree and good job.  Sometimes you have to sacrifice a little to get where you want to be.
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Ummm... Probably not going to happen that way.  If you have some time, but not enough to go to school, then it *MIGHT* be appropriate to try and learn a bit of web based languages yourself.  If you'd like to try, then here is a page with many good resources and tools for free.
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Take classes at a community college for a year or two and get excellent grades.  You can retake some of what you failed in the past if you need those classes for a degree.\n\nYour situation is not that uncommon.  Many people felt forced  into attending college right out of high school and they did poorly.  They needed to grow up some and bounce around for a while, and they often make very dedicated students once they return to school.  Good luck!
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I would recommend trying to hook up with a local homeschool support group. They will be able to tell you all about the regulations where you live, what sort of things are available, etc.\n\nAlso, check out www.hslda.org yourself for the regulations and just surf the web a bit and check out your local library--there should be some books on homeschooling in the education section.\n\nBeyond that, consider what type of homeschooling you want to do. You don't say how old you are, if you want a diploma or anything like that. There are a ton of online programs to choose from if you want to go that route. There are also just a ton of other programs available, period. A Beka, Robinson and Sonlight are three that pop into my head at the moment, but there are others, too--oh, like Switched On Schoolhouse, AlphaOmega... You may also just be able to do your own thing. Depends on the regulations where you live!\n\nTo those naysaying your interest, I say ignore them. Homeschooling can be great if you make it great.
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Hello,\nMy name is Donna. I home schooled our daughter for 10 years. She graduated home schooling a year ago. I now have a website just for home schoolers. With free lesson plans for any age. Unit studies, free curriculum and more.\nPlease come by for a visit\nDonna\nhttp://groups.msn.com/toolsforhomeschoolingandunitstudy
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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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Hi MomOfSeven.  We also have seven children, some special needs, and we have home educated our children since 1988.  We have graduated five of them.  It has been a challenge.  Nothing actually goes smoothly.  The rewards sometimes come way down the road.\n\nI pulled my hair out the first year.  Would our school look like public school?  Would we have classes?  Would we make up report cards?  All of that stuff.  \n\nPlus, we had some behavior problems.  That is why we got fed up with the public school kindergarten!  (Long story.)  \n\nWe filled out the forms, bought the books, made a plan... la la la la la...  I was ready.  But, the kids weren't.  I had to parenthetically teach about everything.  Soon, I made up my own worksheets for extra practice.  I made up my own literature program.  I put a lot of effort into helping the kids journal and record their thoughts, etc.  Instead of doing workbooks when we read a story, we would pause at different points and draw pictures of what we just read.  Then, the child would tell about the picture and I would caption the picture.  They would assemble the pictures into their own book.\n\nThere is so much you can do if you are willing to be flexible and creative.  And don't worry if you are not creative.  It does come from somewhere inside when you see that a bit of this or a little that could help your child better understand.\n\nMy advice is two-fold.  In the home school community, it is likely that the parents have children who are acing every test they take.  They will talk about percentiles and give you lots of golden evidence about the value of home school.  The fact that your 10-year-old child sat through a story might be huge to you, but it dims in comparison to a four-year-old that is completing essays on The Courage of Sarah Nobel.  Also, many home school parents believe their children are well behaved and quite self-sufficient.  I was asked not to attend one parents group because my children were less than model citizens.  They would disrupt the other children.  They would need to be supervised.  They might cause the other children to behave badly.  You have to know this is coming and find people who can relate to your struggles.  I was so hurt I withdrew.  It took YEARS to find the support I needed.  Yet, I knew home schooling was working for my family.  I just had no one to share that with.\n\nThe second piece of advice is to be persistent but don't be afraid to step back and re-attack the work.  Many states are very flexible about your progress and allow you much freedom.  Some states are very difficult.  Proving progress can be very hard.  Sign up with Home School Legal Defense Association and always, always, always, go to them when you need advice.  They have access to information about groups and teachers that support home schooling special needs children.  \n\nStay in tune with your child's needs and flex the curriculum and materials to meet your needs.  Use a copier to copy pages and make the words bigger and easier to read.  Copy the workbook pages and allow the kids to cut the words and place on the blanks so they can see if what they want to do makes sense.  Then, let them paste them in the book if drawing lines is too messy and confusing.\n\nYou must have a computer with a printer and a copier.  That way, you can make your own worksheets.  Sometimes that will be very important.  Access to the internet helps.  You can print themed pictures for the kids to color and cut or to write reports about.  You can do it without, but I think it has saved us money in the long run... and has definitely helped my creativity and sanity.\n\nKeep up to date with doctor's visits.  Having a doctor in your corner is a wonderful thing.  If your doctor isn't supportive, get another doctor.  Many doctors, you will find, are very supportive of home schooling.  \n\nHome educating your children is a lot of work and a really serious commitment of time and resources.  I w
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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've got access to the internet,but basically\nlearn from your own mistakes\n\nlearn a certain principle,master it and move on\nto something more interesting\n\nyou do the best you can do-get a good teacher\nand don't move on until you know the reason why\n\napart from that,it is a lot of work and good luck\nto you\n\ndo your best
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I did mine with LearnDirect.com.  Did all the studying using my own PC and apps then went online to do the tests.  I could also have done it at the local college or school too.
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my son is home schooled, stay with it look on line for home schooling, look up svc , we are in Ohio so thing are not the same, but there are alote of on line schools just do not let the real school get in your way your state should have a help line the Government has on line schools also. that will help you.you have to be in a school, until you 18 go on line and look up your Gide lines, you will find theme, and some on line schools you do not have to do all the testing to get out of school. what about going and just getting your GED you parents or garden just have to sigh you out of school and see you do your GED tasted,
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i had my son home schooled for awhile all i did was go to the public school that was in my district and let them know. from there the school may help you w/ material but if not you have to supply it yourself and you have to report to the school what your teaching the child(ren) and they grade him or her to see if your educating him or her successfully or not.thats what i had to do where i live it may very but this is the idea of it i hope it helps you out.
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You can always home school kids that need it. Or volunteer your time at a library, school, lots of places need volunteers to help tutor the children.
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Type home schooling in the search box over on the side of the yahoo!Answers home page.  There are 25 answers there.\n\nI homeschooled my children, and now my grandchildren.  It requires a lot of time and effort, but the results lead to children who actually know how to take care of themselves.  Instead of learning how to say what the teacher wants, they learn how to think for themselves.\n\nGood Luck