If you were home schooled, what effects does it have on your life?

Question

Both positive and negative effects.

Answer 1

I was homeschooled for 10+ years, and in my experience, there were very few negative effects. People like to say that homeschoolers don't get the socialization they need, but I was exposed to people from all different age ranges and backgrounds through homeschooling. There were times when my brother and I were involved in so many activities with other kids that we were out of the house all day most weekdays. Lack of social skills is only an issue of parents don't make the effort to get their kids involved, and you'll find plenty of public or private school kids who are way more sheltered or unsocialized than most homeschooled kids.

Other negative aspects...the beaucratic structure of the school system IS good in that you've got to get things finished on time...for homeschoolers, the school year isn't finished until you've gotten all your work done, and sometimes there's just not the motivation to do it. I have friends who were still doing school in July. Then again, there's a positive aspect in that you can also do your work on your own schedule and then take breaks whenever you want.

Positive aspects...I got to meet a lot of cool people and do a lot of cool things--going on an archaeology dig with a group of students in my homeschool group was particularly fun. I got to study the things that I wanted to study, at the pace that I wanted to study them--I didn't have to wait for other students to catch up or spend months reviewing things I already knew like I did when I was in public school. I was responsible for my learning, which did a great deal toward preparing me for college. I got to spend a lot more time with my family. I didn't have to wake up at 6:30 in the morning to make the schoolbus on time. And it's always fun to tease my friends at college who went to public school and have no idea how to cook, do laundry, or do the other little things that I grew up being able to do.

I'm currently about to enter my senior year of college double-majoring in Biology and English, minoring in Chemistry, getting a B.S. and a B.A., in the College honors program...this semester I'm going to be undertaking independent research in both of my majors so that I can graduate with honors in them, something I'd be very wary about doing if I hadn't already had the experience of working on my own when homeschooling.

I could go on...for me, the benefits far outweighed the negative effects, which were few and far between.

Answer 2

Positive effects:
- Learning though curiosity and self-motivation as opposed to being told what to do.
- Able to go through all subjects at their own pace; Excelling and going ahead in some aspects, rather than being held back with the rest of the class.
- Flexibility in schedule. Able to explore more interests and do more things (such as computer programming, art, music, etc).
- Sometimes able to start college work early.
- Learning to work with and act like thinking adults. Spending more time with their family.
- Keeps kids out of problems often found at school, (such as drugs, violence, etc.)

Negative Effects:
- Some kids become lonely or shy. This can be helped by finding complementary activities, such as through church, sports, homeschool groups, part-time enrollment in school, etc.

Answer 3

Well it really depends on how you were home schooled. There is the case in some of not having the interaction school provides, but some areas allow home schooled students to join the clubs and sports teams of the locca lschools. There is also the perk of accelerated classes so you could finish early or take more classes.

Answer 4

positive side- more time spent on learning skills, many classes do not give more one to one assistance, more quality time with family
negative side- decreased social skills, and exposure to criticism on your performance in a work source environment

Answer 5

it generally causes more socialization skills, as the person would not know how to deal with new people (s)he meets

Answer 6

you wouldnt get the social interaction and mixed views/opinions that school provides

Answer 7

depends on what kind of social life you have.