How do you ask to be home schooled and any reasons?

Question

I am not interested in being homeschooled since I am out of school. My niece wants to be homeschooled, she is going into 10th grade and wants to graduate early, she thinks being homeschooled she will have more time to devote to her homework and this can help her get alot more done in one year. Her mom works nights, around 4pm, and then 2 days a week at 11:30 am. Do you think this would be a good idea to be homeschooled in order for her to get ahead and reach her acedemic dreams? Do you think her moms work schedule will get in the way? Any tips on ways for her to ask?

Answer 1

Homeschooled by whom? Is her mother a certified teacher or in any way qualified to supervise her education? If not, she's shooting herself in the foot. She'll have a more difficult time applying to colleges and less of a chance of being accepted if her educators at home are not qualified to teach her - she will have to apply and test for her GED - which will keep her from applying to some institutions at all. Still, if it's something she wants, she just needs to speak with her mother.

Answer 2

I think she should stay in school at this point. The 10th grade is important. If she wants she can find the closest community college that will give her credits for the classes she takes there or the local adult school. That way she can still remain in school and still graduate early. She will have to take classes during the summer, winter and spring breaks in order to do it but she can get it done.

There are strict regulations for homeschooling and her mother would have to find a certified educator to do the job. She will have to pay this person. I have a friend who homeschools her children and it is a hard job for her. She is always taking courses to increase her knowledge and passing it on to her children. Also their school hours are much longer than the average school. Her children are very smart as a result but she is also a homemaker so she is there all the time.

Answer 3

A 10th grade student who is aiming to finish school early will largely be working on her own from the textbooks and other resources she can find. There is absolutely no reason why her mother's schedule would get in the way because high schooled students who are homeschooling really do a LOT of independent study. If she's overall a mature girl, I think finishing school early is not a bad idea at all.

Answer 4

Home schooling is not always 'school at home' - First stop is the state rules about homeschooling. Each are different, some quite restrictive and intrusive, some completely open.

Organizations are unnecessary to join unless there is some defined reason according to the state. Keeping accurate records to create a set of transcripts is necessary in most cases.

Universities and colleges are starting to court homeschooled students BECAUSE they aren't institutionalized, because they are able to work on their own, because they don't need to be spoon-fed information to belch back on a standardized test.

She could take courses at a university or community college. It takes building a relationship with faculty members who may have hesitation.

My friend's son is in law school now. He never set foot in a classroom until he was 15 and then it was at a university, taking courses that had his interest, after speaking to the faculty, working on his own and getting recommendations from various people who knew him well. His parents run their own business, working 14 hours a day, 6 days a week. I don't think it hurt him in the least.

Answer 5

I may be shot by saying what I'm about to say if the responders here are die-hard homeschoolers, but depending on what state your niece lives in she could enroll in a public charter school that is home-based education. She will have all the advantages of working through the curriculum independently, have a certificated teacher, and can take college level courses while she's still in high school (again, depending on the state). She wouldn't necessarily graduate early, but she would be ahead on her college courses. Yes, I do work for one such Charter. I love it. I pulled my son out of his very good school to enroll him because the curriculum is so rich and because I could be involved in his education. I'll post the link to the site where you can find more information on the type of school I work for and it will tell you if it's available in your state.

Another alternative is to see if she can enroll in independent study through her local district, which means, again she can work at her pace, have a certificated teacher, and graduate from an actual school.

If she's motivated to do this I would do everything to encourage her. Learning independance is a skill she will use throughout her life. Individualized instruction is also cuting edge education.

Answer 6

In which State?

My suggestion is to do the research.
www.hslda.org
www.nheri.org

Find out everything you can about home-education. Look for local home-school support groups in your area. Talk to people in your town that are currently educating their children at home. Once you find out everything -- take your niece and her mom to an homeschool conference. There are many that will be coming up very soon.

I'm surprised that many people still believe the misinformation that is predominate in our society. Each State has different rules. In Oregon -- anyone can home-school and MANY are doing it without any teaching credentials. After all, it used to take little more than an 8th grade education to become a teacher..... ;-)

My daughter is attending community college without a diploma and without a GED. The only requirement was to pass an entrance exam.

Many of our friends have "graduates" of home-school that are attending full fledged Universities solely by virtue of SAT scores.

One of our good friends is now a veterinarian, his brother is a chemist, his sister will be one soon, their other siblings are studying nuclear engineering and the youngest will start at the Univ. next month ---- HE will earn his bach. degree in 1-1/2 year from now. He is doing this with no prior "proof" of study beyond passing several AP exams. These people were educated at home for their entire lives before college. Their mother died young and they studied under the supervision of their father.

Many home-school students have single parents and their schedules can be tweaked to make it work.

Barb

Answer 7

It sounds like your neice has some good reasons. I think her mom's work schedule will be fine. Mom can give her the assignments and your neice can work at her pace. Mom can offer help and check her work. Homeschooling is flexible. She should look at her local school district or a charter school. They offer materials and a teacher free of charge. That way, your neice and her mother will have a resource. She should tell her mom just as you have told it here. Your neice sounds very mature and responsible.

Answer 8

I was home-schooled kindergarten through my senior year of high school. I went to a great university and now have a four year degree. I would recommend home-schooling for almost anyone. As long as your niece can be self-motivated and her mother is willing to help I don't see why this wouldn't be a great idea.

Answer 9

First, she needs her parents approval and cooperation.
Second, she need to have organisational skills and a lot of self-discipline.
Third, the family has to get HSLDA to protect them, become members, get informed about the state's laws and file proper paperwork.
Fourth, they have to design a course of action, what must be learned when, how will they get testing to track her knowledge, etc. With that, they can properly choose the curriculum and design her schedule. Good luck!

Answer 10

OMG!!, I am home schooled and it is very neat I love it, it is faster, they books are like 30 pages, and every 20 of those you go up a grade, I go to christian cooropitive learning center, It is not strict or anything like the name sounds actually, I will give you the site so you can find one nearest you,


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