I'll start: My four children have been educated at home since birth. We began home-schooling K-12 with each one as they were ready --- some at 4 yr and some at 6 yr. I personally know over 100 home-educated children.
2006-08-25 04:37:53 · 12 answers · asked by Barb 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Before anyone jumps on my poor wording of the question: I apologize for not editing it before posting. But I do think that the message came through in a clear manner.... ;-) My home-educated children would never make the same mistakes! :-)
2006-08-25 04:45:17 · update #1
Hey, for those of you that know none or only a few home-school students I challenge you to become more social and get out an meet as many as you can! ;-) After you visit with 100 or more please send me note!
2006-08-25 04:47:29 · update #2
My daughter is finding that college social life needs to be handled very carefully! She doesn't want to "fit in" with many that she has met. Thankfully; there are some very kind, honest, hardworking people just like her and she is making good friends.
2006-08-25 04:50:59 · update #3
Do I actually have a way of figuring that out? lol
Let's see, there are my 2.
Then there are the frequent park day goers. That probably makes up at least 50 kids right there.
Then there would be the other 50 or so who don't go regularly but we've still met at park days.
Then there would be the families I know who don't go to park days. That probably accounts for at least another 20 kids right there.
So, let's say over 122?
2006-08-25 06:34:11 · answer #1 · answered by glurpy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know a lot of people from my Christian college who were homeschooled. They were just as knowledgeable as anyone else, which actually kinda surprised me, if I'm being honest. But what didn't surprise me was that their social skills were a bit stunted. They had a harder time adjusting to being on their own/making friends/stepping outside their comfort zone than kids who came from regular high schools.
My best friend was homeschooled and she said even though she had a lot of friends while being homeschooled, she still felt awkward coming to college. She noticed she was a lot more sheltered and out of the loop than other people. But I helped her out and by the time she graduated she was fine.
2006-08-25 04:47:01 · answer #2 · answered by Gennie Goose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 3 children and we are homeschooling 2 of them (the youngest isn't ready). I love it. We are in a large local support group with many other homeschool families, both secular and religious. We go to the Y, the zoo, museums any time we want and can enjoy the atmosphere without having to deal with huge weekend crowds. Our children can spend as long as they want on any given subject and really LEARN about it. My kids love it, and when asked if they want to go to school, they always say no. They see their friends in the public and private schools, what they have to deal with, and not having time to do anything NOT school related. My kids want nothing to do with that.
2006-08-25 05:59:03 · answer #3 · answered by Jessie P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know a family of 12, and that is just the kids, that the mom home schooled. Believe it or not, these kids are very smart. Above average on their subjects. They are all exceptional in math. Not only are these kids smart, they have manners and are polite, responsible kids. The certainly seem to be a close nit family.
2006-08-25 04:45:41 · answer #4 · answered by shewolf 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mother home schooled my twin nephews for awhile until her health got bad. She has a friend who has home schooled her son since he could walk and talk and he is 16 now. He has been accepted to Harvard, Yale , and Princeton. I know he has been accepted to a few more colleges but I can't remember which ones they were. My newphew got the highest scores on their 6th grade TAAS test in the entire school thier 1st year in public school. Now they are in the 9th grade.
Bad Spelling also-sorry
2006-08-25 04:46:59 · answer #5 · answered by blestbrenfan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I only know about 10, and they all have less than average personal skills.
I would suggest play dates, to make up for not being around a lot of people their own ages.
2006-08-25 04:41:04 · answer #6 · answered by drkblueangel14 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um,Me,does that count?LOL.My best friend and her older sister,about, maybe,another friend,I guessing total,8? And that's only the people I hang out with at my home school groups gettogethers.(I'm 14).Also,I probably wouldn't fit in very well at college,but that's just because I'm shy,not all home school kids are like that.
2006-08-27 09:43:07 · answer #7 · answered by thepinkbookworm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know one guy at church, he and his 4 siblings were all homeschooled, and he scored perfect SAT score and got into Stanford.
2006-08-25 04:44:53 · answer #8 · answered by economiss 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 my two nephews one graduated high school homeschooled, the other one is on 8th grade.
2006-08-25 04:42:03 · answer #9 · answered by Boricua Born 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-25 04:40:56 · answer #10 · answered by Dilli Chor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋