Is homeschooling the ansrew? Help please!?

Question

I've had a difficult time in this school i have been going to for years and i have always talked about private schooling or wanting to just get out...but we never had the money for private schooling. Now theres an opportunity for me to be homeschooled by my neighbor and now im just unsure. The only thing i wanted to do was get out and now am finding reasons to stay. Mabe ill never meet that special someone in highschool if i leave and mabe ill miss opportunites that could benefit me HELP PLEASe

Answer 1

If you are home schooled most public schools will allow you to attend school functions..

Answer 2

Homeschooling will open up a lot of different doors for you. You can socialize through many different types of activities, besides school. Maybe you won't meet that special someone in highschool, but the special someone you meet in college will be even better! Can't help that comment - I'm a mom and I'd rather my child not get into too serious a relationship too soon!

You don't say what grade you are in, but perhaps you could look at it as a trial. If you are only in 10th or so then you could homeschool a year and if you don't like it reenroll.

Are you comfortable with the neighbor you would be homeschooling with? Will you still have some activities outside of school - such as dance or sports or volunteering in the community? Can your neighbor take you to some of your local homeschool group activities, like parties and field trips?
If so, then go for it! Change is always scary and you will always feel worried when you make such a big decision. The only way to get used to it is to stretch your comfort zone a little and go for something new. Just think you'll be taking your first step toward being a brave, independent soul who looks for what they want and then goes for it.

Answer 3

No one here can answer this question for you - it is something you have to decide is either right or wrong for you. However, if you're only finding reasons to stay in school, that's probably what you really want anyway.

That said, is there any way you could take a test drive? Maybe try it for a few weeks or a month and see if it's what you thought it would be? If it's not what you expected, then you can look at other options. This is what we did when we took my older son out of public school - I figured if we did nothing with him for the second half of the year, he would not have missed anything. That was almost four years ago and we've never looked back.

Answer 4

Obviously there are positive and negatives to both arguments.

You do not say what age you are, nor what your neighbour's qualifications are. Can the neighbour do every subject (physics, maths, biology, chemistry, history, geography, languages and so on) that you need to study? Where will they get their information from? Will they have enough textbooks and so on? Oh, and what happens if you decide you do not like your neighbour? At least at school you only have them for one year - or only for one subject!

On the positive, you get one-to-one tutoring, so may find you learn more. Your teacher can go at your pace, rather than the pace of the whole class!

As for friends, you do not need to have friends just at school - you can do outside activites, such as the Scout movement, athletics, football, swimming etc.

And you can just do home schooling up to GCSEs (or whatever your equivalent exams are) but go on to college for your A-levels. Just because you start off home schooling does not mean that is all you can do throughout your education!

This is something that you have to discuss very carefully with your parents and your neighbour. Then make a decision. You can also contact your Local Education Authority and ask what is needed for exams and so on.

Good luck in your decision.

Answer 5

I know how you feel. I started home schooling when i was in 5th grade, I wanted to home school cause I heard it was fun, but I didn't want to lose my friends, but I went ahead and home schooled. It was fun for a few years, but since my dad's a preacher, we are always on the road or my parents are always on the road. home schooling is a better choice for me. When you home school, you can get a full time job and school at the same time, you don't have to get up so early and you can do you school whenever you want as long as it gets done before the end of the year. If you really like socializing and being with a lot of people, I wouldn't recommend home schooling, home schooling is being at home or a house every day, yeah there are activities you can do with other home schoolers, you can make friends through home schooling, but I've homeschooled for 7 years and I'm a senior in a high school. If I had a choice, I don't think I'd change it, because friends you make in high school or elementary or middle school, won't always be your friends. But it's your choice. I would definately recommend homeschooling if your family has a busy life such as mine, but as I said before, if you are really into being around a lot of people every day, I wouldn't recommend it. But that is my opinion. Don't base your answer on anyone's opinion but your own. Do what your heart is telling you to do. Hope I helped! Good Luck & God Bless You.

Answer 6

If you really hate school, my son did too, you can do what is like home schooling. You go to the teacher once a week and get your home work. This is some other location from school. This is only if u are in high school. They teach one subject at a time. Takes around 5 weeks to finish one subject. The only subjects you can take are liberal arts, meaning like History, Geography, English, photography and other like subjects. Go to your counselor and find out. Education is very important but if the negatives are overwhelming you then you should follow the alternate route, made my son a happier person. He has a lot of friends now that he is in college. He had some friends in high school but he was never able to adjust at that school. My other son also experienced the negatives but he has better coping skills.

Answer 7

You're apparently in high-school, no?

Well, if i were you, i'd homeschool. i mean, there are good points, and bad points, elt's start with the good ones :)

-Time is incredibly flexible. I personally study on holidays, and then, if ever you want to take a day off, to laze aorund, or you sjut can't be bothered, you can without feeling guilty!! it also gives you a much free-er agenda

-You can chose whatever subject you want to study as logn as you work hard enough. if their's a subject you don't like, you can drop it anytime halfway through the year

-you can work in much more relaxed ocndiiton, especially if you do most of your studying alone, from books. A typical maths lesson for me would look like that: me in my pyajams, on my bed, my maths books, pens, calculators and papers all around me, the radio blazing Evanescence, Snow Patrol, My Chemical Romance, Tchaikovsky or Beethoven at full blast in my earphones, a cup of coffee at hand, a bar of chocolate udner the pillow. The maths lesson becomes a relaxed and quite agreeable time, even if your struggling wiht proportions!!!

-no getting notes or detentions for being late, forgetting your book at home, being cheekey to teacehrs, chewing gum etc etc

-no getting distracted form your studies by friends/boys

-no uniform

-no stupid ruels to follow, no exact times on which to eat and go to the bathroom

-no bullying

-no getting labelled, no having to struggle to find a place in the shcool-feud

-etc

Now, to the bad points:

-You socialize less, THOUGH with internet and mobiles, it's not much of a problem

-no juicy shcool gossip and scandals ;)

-You may have a noisy family,

-you'll need to do PE on your own (or solicite the help of a brother *shiver* )

That's all. And about fidnign your great love in highschool, this is just a dream, sweetie. you'll fidn your true love when you'll be old enough to actually KNOW what true love is,a nd besides, no offense mant to teenage guys, but going out wiht them is a waste of time. at this age they are tormented by hormones and WON'T stay in the same place for long. And guys cause the kind of problems form which youc an't draw bakc, if yous ee what i mean.
My advice to you is: wait till you're odler to socialize and create yourself a love-life. you're young, so make the msot of it, shape yourself a brilliant, happy future, study, and soon you'll see happiness zooming towards you all by itself.
Just don't watse your life on girly-dreams! :D
and good luck
Hope you find the answer you were looking for!
and above all: take care!!!

Answer 8

I was home schooled for a little while for similar reasons to you. And I found it SO much easier to cope and focus on my studies, but I was also very lonely. Everyone else had boyfriends and I didn't, and that was really hard, but also remember that like 99% of high school relationships aren't really deep and meaningful, lol.

Are you able to give home schooling a try, and if you don't like it you can go back to regular school?
Or just keep in touch with friends from your school, and meet new people that way?

I hope everything goes well for you, best of luck in the future.

Answer 9

What level of school are you at? And are there any specific reasons why you would want to leave (recurring violence, for example)? If you are at middle school or lower, or have a good reason to get out, then home schooling can be a viable option. But home schooling is almost never preferable to regular school at the upper levels. Is your neighbor a multiple degree holder? Because that is the only way that he could be qualified to teach all the subjects as thoroughly as they should be.

Answer 10

There is a severe education quality gap in America. In the United States, homeschooling can be an option for parents who wish to provide their children with a quality of education they believe is unattainable in public schools. It really is the better way to go for the child. Especially those with learning disorders like ADHD whom have trouble with comprehension. Try checking out websites on homeschooling. Here is one to start:

http://www.homeedmag.com/

Answer 11

By homeschooling yourself, your really just treating the SYMPTOM instead of the PROBLEM.

Perhaps you should ask yourself why you are having such a difficult time at this school. Be honest about your answer. Is it the school or is it YOU?

You will miss out on so VERY MUCH, at a CRITICAL TIME in your life if you choose to stay home. I say go to school, and perhaps, change yourself to be happy. Don't tell me the entire school is wrong, and you are right. Look in the mirror young lady. HS is the BEST TIME OF YOUR LIFE!

By the way, it's not much different (or "better") at a private school. In fact it's worse.