This question should round out the set!
Parents and friends please answer on behalf of those that fit the question!
2006-09-02 08:47:41 · 5 answers · asked by Barb 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
Our college friends are scientists. One is now a practicing veterinarian. Two of our friends are research chemists. Two are going to graduate school for nuclear engineering. One is beginning college this month as a science major. My daughter is studying animal science -- biology, chemistry, etc....
MANY homeschool students do go into the science degree programs in college. Especially students that study math through calculus and physics. The Robinson Curriculum encourages the pursuit of mastery in the exact sciences. There are tens of thousands of Robinson Curriculum home-school students. Most of them will study science in college.
2006-09-02 09:08:45 · update #1
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2006-09-02 15:41:02 · answer #1 · answered by nickname 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To fortitudinousskeptic -
I am a scientist (biochemist) and my husband is an engineer. One of the reasons we homeschool our daughter is the pathetic treatment of science in public school. The textbooks for elementary and middle school are dull and riddled with errors. Not all homeschoolers are creationists!
I know several homeschooled thru highschool kids, now college graduates in the sciences. The acceptance rate of homeschooled students at many prestigious colleges, such as Stanford, are now higher than for the general population. I guess they are seeing them as capable college students.
2006-09-03 14:06:50 · answer #2 · answered by mom21gr8girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm trying to think. I know one girl who unschooled/did self-directed learning in high school and she's now a university student studying in one of the science fields. Don't know where people get the idea homeschoolers don't study science. It's often a favourite subject.
Another girl I know is still in high school and can't make up her mind. She was highly interested in science for a while, but is now leaning towards law or business.
Another one I know of is currently in Independent Studies.
The rest of the older homeschooled kids I know are still in high school.
2006-09-03 09:06:32 · answer #3 · answered by glurpy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm doing a bachelor of theology with a double major in psychology. I'm interested in going into teaching, so I'll do a year or two after I finish this degree to qualify.
I have another homeschool friend (I think she only started in grade 5 or 6) who is doing a B.Sc. in Human Bio-Science.
Another friend who was homeschooled the whole way is doing something food realted (can't remember if its chef or nuturition)
2006-09-06 17:28:07 · answer #4 · answered by theology_chick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bet not too many go to college and major in sciences. The treatment of science in home schooling is largely pretty pathetic.
2006-09-02 15:53:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋