Has anyone homeschooled their children through high school and what are some experiences with it?

Answer 1

Yes, my daughter is 22, and my son is 19. We used bits a pieces from different curriculums and did not achieve very well.

They are of very good character and are going to be fine people, but they won't be rocket scientists. It depends on you're abilities.

Answer 2

My kids aren't that old yet. But I do know some kids who did finish high school while homeschooling. I also know some kids who left homeschooling for high school. I think that high school homeschooling will only work if the teen WANTS to be homeschooled or if things are really, really, really bad at school and the parent's duty is to pull their child out to protect them. I'm talking things like the teen is involved in a bad crowd, skipping classes, doing drugs, or the teachers have pinned the teen in a bad role that the parent knows the teen could pull out of if given the chance. In a case where the teen doesn't want to be homeschooled, I think the most likely way for it to work is to have the teen signed up for an online or correspondence program and the parent functions as support, not a ******.

I only currently really know homeschooled teens who want to be homeschooled. They love it. Some have unschooling parents and the kids just study whatever they want. Others are doing online programs and finding that's fine, which also means the parents don't have to know beyond what's in the textbooks. Others are doing their high school diploma without online work and are loving that. But in all cases, it's the teen's choice to be at home and the parent's view of what the high school years should be like is accepted by the teen. And on the parents' part, I really haven't heard any complaints.

Answer 3

The main thing that makes or breaks people who want to homeschool is if the parents are good parents in the way that they can handle their kids. My aunt can't control her children, and so when she tried out homeschooling, it just didn't work for her. While my parents (who are actually trained in parenting by "Parenting with Love and Logic") didn't have any problems.

I loved homeschooling and am planning on homeschooling my own children someday.

I homeschooled from 3rd grade through high school. I'm on my way to college. If you're worried about test scores of kids who homeschool, please don't - I have scored at college level since junior high, and so have many other people that I know.

Answer 4

my child could read by the age of 3(words like "prehistoric" and "auditorium"), could find Mongolia on a globe by 4 and scored a 26 on the ACT at the age of 11...and was never home schooled.
so even kids not home schooled can excel in academics
her home schooled cousin climbs windows in public places, stomps feet of strangers, and does not know how to get out of bed before noon, has not had an assessment of age appropriate academic skills (Texas did not require any documentation of curriculum or assessment at that time) so he knows something about Batman but who knows what else...whatever education system parents choose is only as good as their commitment and involvement

Answer 5

I have NEVER or EVER homeschooled--- I worked for 5 years with older boys-- Jr & Sr.s. I have sat and listened to them cry!! and SOB!! (we are talking 6 foot 2- 230 lb) 17-18 years old Hearts just break! One I really liked was a sweet kid, I watched him become a parent hater!! and a rebal. He often said to me" I missed playing football--Basketball-Baseball.. Band, I missed all class trips and parties... I missed my JR and SR Prom. I missed out on class stuff like Homecoming--and pep ralies, drama club- being a kid!! As far as this kid ( and most of the other HOMIES) were the most UN HAPPY!! Saddest! Mixed up kids ever. Their one HAPPY time of the day was when they got to come to the County Trade School for ONE class. I would never ever inflict this kind of "total Parent mind control--Religon control on my cat--surly not my kid.

Answer 6

I don't believe in curriculums. Might as well send your kid to school. Our kids don't weasel out of anything, because we unschool. They choose what to learn and when. They are totally motivated, totally smart, totally terrific.

Our oldest is almost 14 and his knowledge of european history blows adults away. A girl in our town's homeschool group, unschooled all twelve years and then went to Brown on full scholarship! There are many teens in our group now, and the kids are terrific. (We're all unschoolers, tho, so there's no power struggle with the kids, no trying to get them to do work we choose. It's all about them being in charge of, taking responsibility for, their lives.)

The poor boy who only got to try it a year - after years of institutionalized schooling, most kids need a long time to de-school and learn about themselves, need a long time to unwind from the programming, need to a long time to learn to think for themselves again. I wouldn't have required him to do anything but chores, be good to family, exercise, and limit computer/tv time. I would have let him blossom and see where he went. It's not too late! But, it doesn't sound like mom likes him much. You do have to like your kids to homeschool them.

Unschooling is the way to go.

Answer 7

I haven't. But my son had a home-based education for one year and that was enough. He learned more than ever but what brought me down was his attitude. He continually tried to weasel out of anything he didn't especially like to do.

I spent a lot of time writing a very special curriculum and I ditched a lot of it due to his attitude. I just wanted to steer clear of him and I ended up dumping a lot of the work onto private tutors.

I found out that I didn't remember everything that I needed to know for algebra and grammar.

While it was too stressful for me, I think my son learned more than usual during the school year.

Answer 8

i homeschooled our 3 kids for a total of 11 years, k-12. they always had the option to choose which to attend, homeschool or public school. our oldest choose public school her freshman year. when we went in to sign her up, the first question the principal of the high school asked my daughter was,"do you play sports?" she answered by saying, "some softball". he then told her that she may want to consider the alternative school instead.
she pretty much laughed at him and said,"no, i'll do fine here".
and she did, graduating with scholarships and honors.
because of a medical emergency i had no choice but to send our teenage daughter to public school her junior year. she had aquired 18 homeschooled credits. i had kept up a current list of required classes and electives that were needed at the puplic highschool, making sure that if any of our kids decided to attend, our homeschool credits would coinside with theirs. we enrolled her without any problems. the principal said he would be taking her records we had of her credits to the next board meeting and have them officially approved by the school's superintendent, and she was enrolled.
she went that year and her senior year, getting good grades and enjoying the experience. about half way into her senior year, she had gotten into a disagreement with her teacher about abortion during health class. it was a pretty heated discussion. she is a strong minded girl, and very able to CALMLY debate her opinion, apparently, to the point of frustrating her teacher into losing her cool. she was sent to the office. where they gave her a few days detention and schedualed her a new health class with a different teacher. we thought everything had been smoothed out, and she went on with finishing her senior year. one afternoon i was contacted by the school counselor about her homeschooled credits. i went in for a meeting and was told,"we can't give the homeschool credits. your daughter will need to take 2 more years of high school to graduate" it really was an awfull thing to do to a kid just a few weeks before graduation. especially, since her public school grades were so good. i tried my best to get them to change their minds. i met with the principal, superintendent of schools, the counselors, even a student advocate. i had all of her homework, tests, hours, exams, curriculum...you name it i had organized record. but, nope, they wouldn't give the credits to her, none of them!. lame excuses, too. like, "how are we sure that this is even her work?" or "how do we know she even read these books?" and this one topped them all," how do we know that you didn't help her with her on the exams"! can you imagine! they kept saying that it might be better if she went to the alternative school or just take her g.e.d. it really did frustrate her and change her attitude about school and her trust in public officials! she has since then, taken her g.e.d. and is doing fine in life.
i guess i'm telling this to perhaps prepare anyone who is homeschooling and for some un-known reason, may have to send their kids to public school. it is not a readily excepted thing. keep track of everything! be prepared for people who would rather 'save public face' than help a kid.

Answer 9

homeschooling is like a cult- the rest of the world sees them as strange. How do they learn to socialize and joint he real world? Its should be banned.

Answer 10

ive homeskooled for 6 years now (2nd to 8th) my brother tried to homeskool a little in high skool but the people we went to for the work did not help so im going to public skool! but one of my friends homeskooled from kindergarten to a senior in highskool (they did it over the internet) and he did fine!