What is your idea of homeschooling? Is it good and effective? I really want to be homeschooled.?

Answer 1

Homeschooling is effective if those involved are committed enough. This can take many different forms. In one family, the parents may be little involved, but it might still be effective because the student is happy to work independently and does well on their own. In another family, the same scenario could spell disaster for homeschooling, with the student resenting parents for not being involved enough. In this case, it requires the involvement of the parents for it to be effective.

If you really want to be homeschooled, check out homeschool support group websites and links on homeschooling. Also check out books at the library, if you can. Find out from the homeschool support groups in your area what the laws are (people from support groups are usually very helpful in telling you what you need to know to get started, even if the person contacting is the student!) and, of course, talk to your parents. :)

It does not have to be socially isolating if you don't let it be.

Answer 2

I think it is as effective as the people doing it. I've been homeschooled all my life, and get straight a's on not too easy tests. I've been taking sample ACT tests since 13, and have never gotten a worse average score than 21. But I am a motivated learner.
You sound like you want to do it, and hopefully want to do it to learn. When you are homeschooled, the cool thing is you are no longer limited; you can go as far as you want! No longer do you depend on teachers to give you what you need to learn, you can now find all you need and more in your textbooks, the library, and online. Of course you could do all of that before, but did you? I'd say probably not; few do. You've had too many school related things to contend with, and you are not in charge of your own learning.

So go for it!

Answer 3

Effective home schooling depends on the following:

(1) Knowledge and ability of the person (parent I assume) who is teaching.
(2) The desire of the student to learn.
(3) The depth/extent of the curriculum, covering every aspect of a wide range of subjects.The curriculum must be well designed and cater for the student's ability.

The downside of homeschooling:
(1) Lack of peer discussion, an important aspect of learning.
(2) Lack of socialisation within a peer group, a very important aspect of learning!
(3) Belief system of the teacher, and any bias involved in the selection of material to be taught.

A student who has a desire to learn will do so in any environment, either at school or at home. It is the lack of interacting within a peer group that worries me regarding home schooling, and the knowledge/ability of the teacher. I read recently of a case where the mother of twins homeschools the girls. Problem is, she uses text books from the 1950s, is a neo-Nazi, and has raised her daughters to be racist neo-nazis.
The beliefs of the parents and what they decide their children will learn is a major problem. For example, if the parent decides that the child will only learn Creationism and not Evolution, then that is a problem because only one school of thought is being discussed, and education should include all aspects of a subject, giving the student a chance to come to their own conculsions based on the information given.

Answer 4

I educate my daughter in the home. My reason is not religious nor to keep her hid away from all the bad people. It is simply because there are too many distractions in institutional school and they waste too much time teaching kids how to be good students, not how to be good citizens or grown-ups, which to me is the end goal of school. It takes 18yrs for the school to do what I will accomplish in 2hrs a day and in many less years. My 5 yr old daughter already does her own online banking and investing, uses a calculator to do math, reads, and understands more about politics than some college kids. She can't recite typical school things such as the capital of every State but she knows how to research the answer, has problem solving skills and is forming values that will serve her adult life in a healthy and productive way. My goal is that when she is 18 she will have enough investment power and savvy to simply be like a mini Warren Buffet or small business owner. I hope she will not fork over a bunch of money to a university.

You need not even have a really good teaching parent. If you have the hunger which you express, you can be learning on your own, nothing can stop you. You will not have the limitations of the school system. Reach out into your surrounding community to find mentors (experts in various fields that interest you) and you might be surprised how willing they are to let you into their world.

Answer 5

Homeschooling to me is being at home, doing school. Exactly as the name implies. Its very effective. Notice how home school students tend to have better knowledge of real world situations (shopping for groceries, balancing work and school, etc). Many people say that homeschoolers are "anti social." Not true. We have homeschool field days, theres home school clubs, and not to mention, you'll have friends from school. Your parents don't even have to teach you every step of the way. Getting a self teaching program (SOS by Alpha Omega is a good one) can also teach you responsibility and help during college. I hope that helps!

Answer 6

I was homeschooled for the last two years of highschool, and I liked it. It is helpful to have a study schedule, and stick to it. You also need to make sure that your school is accredited. I went through the American School of Correspondence, but another good one is Penn Foster. It really depends on your personality. If you are good in school, or are a motivated student, you should do fine.

Answer 7

Overally homeschooling is good and effective. For normal people it's not socially isolating. If you want to be homeschooled, that's pretty easy.

Answer 8

Quite possibly a self-deserving question, eh?

I have several friends and relatives that were home schooled.
It's a mixed bag of marvelous successes and pitiful failures.

My nephew is a PhD Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton -- home schooled
But...
Three of my cousins (all siblings) were home schooled, tested out as brilliant but are completely lost for college.

It doesn't work for everyone, not all parents qualify as teachers (for that matter, not all school teachers qualify as "teachers"), not all students do well at home.

If everyone is determined to home school your parents should speak with experts.
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Answer 9

It is HARD to homeschool a child, and the parent must be very committed to it. If done properly, a homeschooled child will get into as good a college as any other child.

BUT--I feel that a child misses so much social interaction in a school that he/she may be hindered for life.

It is up to your parents---would they be consistent, vigilant, and committed enough to make it work?

Answer 10

IT SUCKS! I HATED IT!