I am thinking about getting home schooled...?

Question

Right now I am in private school and am thinking about getting home schooled. Should I? What are the times? How do you make friends? If you if you were home schooled or you are being home schooled currently then please answer this question!!!!

Answer 1

I homeschool now and it is not that bad. IF you are very social I do not think it is a a good idea. But there are some Pros and Cons.

Cons:
Never getting to see many people
Not really going on an official schedule
Being home with the same people all the time

Pros:
Getting your GED at 16
Getting up later
Being able to homeschool from 9am-2pm or 2pm-7pm(or whenever)
More flexible to do other things or jobs
Learning at your own pace at home

All in all it is better then going to school where there are sometimes not friendly people. And if you are worried about gym you can always take an extra curricular and gym is availble in most programs. Also you can take pretty much anything from tech-astronemy as electives.

Here are a couple good sites to buy homeschooling. I have done all of them but Core but ALL of my friends love it.

http://core-curriculum.com/

http://www.calvertschool.org/

http://www.aop.com/home/



Also you can learn more about home schooling on these sites:

http://www.home-school.com/


http://www.homeschool.com/


http://www.homeschoolcentral.com/


Also I love this site to help with my homeschooling:

http://www.cosmeo.com

Hope all of this helps!!!!!

Answer 2

You can do your school work whenever you want and for how long you want when homeschooling. My kids study for a couple of hours in the morning (9-11 or so), then they go play or veg out or read for a couple of hours. Then we sit down and study a little more after lunch (1-3 or so). If the kids are having a bad day, not feeling well, or what have you, we just skip it and pick up the next day. Because my kids don't have to stay out of school for all those idiotic teacher in service days, and week breaks here and there, we still finish before the school system lets out for the year.

My children meet friends at church, the Y, the zoo, in the neighborhood, on sports teams, at playgroups (they're little kids) we met on Yahoo Groups, wherever we happen to be. It's not hard.

Good luck and have fun with it!

Answer 3

Should I ? No one can answer that question for you because it's a person by person case.

What are the times? Depends on what grade you're in - you need to put in around 4 hours a day, more for high school.

How do you make friends? The same way you do now, with your personal interests and your personality. If you are a very social person now, you will still make new friends, if you are a private person now, you will probably just keep the friends you have now, until you start a job. (Acquaintances can be found, in your neighborhood, at your church, in sports, in library, in other homeschool groups, at the park, in a family circle of friends, local hangouts, jobs, etc.)

P. S. My very social homeschooled Sophomore went to a Homecoming Dance and a Jr. Prom at local private school and public school. He went with a girl from his AYSO soccer team and with a girl from the neighborhood that he met at the local burger hangout. He never missed out on anything. He hung out with the local public school kids when they were out of school each day.

Good luck to you.

Answer 4

My suggestion to you is to go to the book store or the library and read on it--they have tons of books on the subject-- my favorites right now are those that tell stories of how different families homeschool and how they socialize--which by the way isn't really supposed to happen at school--you are supposed to be learning while in class--the great thing about homeschooling is that you can learn about subjects that interest you and go at your own pace--which is difficult to do when in a classroom full of other kids--you are either ahead or behind and bored or frustrated--this way you call the shots.

By the way there are a lot of colleges that love homeschoolers
Stanford university is actually starting their own homeschool program for high school students

Answer 5

Ok, first off, there are a lot of myths about homeschoolers. Like "they don't have any social skills" or "homeschooled kids don't have any firends". PLEASE ignore them. People also think that you need to go your work with a group of people. I am homeschooled, and I have lots more social skills than all my public school friends, if you don't mind me saying. Speaking of which, I have friends!

Keep in mind, if you're going to be homeschooled, your parent/s have to school you. So it would depend on them, not solely on them.

Try searching "homeschool" or "homeschooling" on Yahoo. I would say homeschooling gives you a lot more experience to the "real world" than public or private school does. I think you might become more mature, too. I went to private school just for 4 months, but I could tell I didn't act as mature as I did before. I was more sassy and iritable, too. I skipped a grade when I went to school, does that also give you an idea?

I could go on for a while. But I won't. If you have any questions, contact me. Please. I'll try to answer.

Hope this might help a little!

Answer 6

There is a whole community of kids who are homeschooled. They even have a graduation and a prom. There are plenty of activies that they do. I was homeschooled for a while and I loved it. The way my mom did it was I had a set amount of work every day that had to be done. When I finished it, I was done for the day and could do what ever I wanted to. Some days, I worked really hard and got done quickly, and other days, I didn't feel like busting my butt to get done so I did is slowly. My mom made it feel like real school because I had a lunch period and even time for PE. It all depends on the teacher but I really enjoyed it. There was more one on one time and less distraction. All in all it was a great experience.

Answer 7

You should be homeschooled if you have someone available to homeschool you. If you feel you are not learning as much as you could learn at home in school, then you should try it. Do you feel classroom learning doesn't suit you? You need to be a motivated person and want to learn. You can do your learning any time you want.

You can make friends by going to clubs, maybe for a sport or interest, or by maintaining your friendships with people you already know.

Another major issue is the money - it costs a lot to keep a parent at home or get a tutor as well as entering for exams - but if you are in private school you should be able to afford it.

Answer 8

My sons are not on line but we home school them. We spend about 3 hours a day doing school. Then they have time to explore independent learning. They seem to enjoy it. They have friends in Boy Scouts, our neighborhood, and our Parish Church. They probably spend too much time on video games and on line games but then some of those are not all bad and can teach some typing and thinking skills. They are 11 and 13 and they are learning far more than they did in public school and seem to like it better. They inform me every year that they do not want to go back. They have some freedom to choose what they wish to study. This year they have chosen Chemistry which in public school would not be available until high school.

Answer 9

You need to figure out what it is about homeschooling that appeals to you. I personally think it's a fine idea, especially if you are willing to do the work. Then you need to find out if your parents are okay with this idea. You can then find out about local homeschooling support groups who will have information about getting together with others, classes or clubs that may be available, things like that. Also, if you have any specific interests for extra-curricular activities, see if you can do those. I know a number of high school kids who are homeschooled and some of them made their best friends through non-homeschooling activities.

Homeschoolers determine their own times. Some states do require that you log a certain number of hours, but they don't have to be specific times.

Answer 10

you make friends by keeping you're old ones and meeting up with they're new ones and you can go to home schooled groups of kids and it's alot of fun being home schooled because you have more time to have fun.
and actually it's way more fun because you don't have home work!
the only bad thing about it is you get picked on by people who think that you aren't learning anything being home schooled and it's not true and I know that you get picked on in public/private schools but you get it more when you're home schooled.