I go to public highschool and was just wondering what homeschooling is like...?

Question

isn't it kind of sad missing out in highschool fun like the prom, football games, pep rallies, dances, socializing, gossiping, signing yearbooks, graduating? what if you get into a fight with your parents, wouldn't that be weird? but i guess there are positives too...

Answer 1

Yes, it's sad, and I didn't learn the high school peer interaction social skills I needed for the workforce.

Answer 2

Homeschooling today is *not* what so many people mistakenly believe it is. Homeschoolers have proms and sports teams and academic teams, yearbooks (I teach the yearbook class for our homeschool co-op, matter of fact!), and even graduation ceremonies. They typically go on a lot more field trips than their public school peers and can take advantage of dual enrollment programs that allow them to earn their Associates Degrees while still in high school.

It is interesting to read what people *think* homeschooling is like, but you really have to get to know a variety of homeschoolers to truly have a good idea of what it's all about.

And for the record - for anyone who "feels sorry" for homeschooled students, it works both ways. Just last week as we drove by the school bus stop on our way to EPCOT (at Disney World) and saw all the kids milling about, my kids remarked how sorry they were for all the kids "forced" to go spend the day in some "boring, old" school.

Answer 3

That totally depends on the parents. Many parents sign up their kids in groups that meet during the day when you are in school, dance classes, book clubs, craft clubs etc.
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Some home school groups have been formed so the kids aren't just learning from parents. Many former public school teachers, home school after they leave the public school system , because they don't trust their co-workers to teach their kids, These teachers often volunteer to teach classes to other homeschoolers, which allows for group projects.

Kids who don't have to get up at 5 AM to catch the school bus can join astronomy clubs and actually star gaze well into the night.

One family took a year off of work packed up the RV and traveled the United States and Canada. Much of their class time was spent in National Parks, Museums, Land marks, science museums, several educational theme parks, and even appeared on tv to tell the country about their experience.

Many schools across the country also let homeschool kids
participate in the after school activities like football.

And here in South Carolina their is a homeschooling organization that has class rings, group field trips, proms, and a lot of other activities that usually happen at public school.

Life doesn't begin and end in a public school, it goes on everywhere. While you are gossiping at school some kid is learning Chinese in China town, another is learning about air currents in a hot air balloon, while another is learning about George Washington at Mount Vernon.

Answer 4

You know what, I WENT to public high school and did NOT have a prom (doesn't exist where I grew up--a grad dance, yes, but it's not seen as a big deal), we didn't have a football team, our pep rallies were few and rather silly, the dances were boring--barely anybody danced and eventually I stopped going because fewer and fewer people went, gossipping is HORRIBLE and is not a very mature way to behave, signing yearbooks just wasn't a big deal, neither was graduating. Do you consider that sad? I don't.

I consider it sad that people glorify the prom like it's a mandatory rite of passage and you are somehow incomplete without it.

I find it sad that there is so much glorification of sports and sports figures--that's not what life is about.

I could go on. You have been conditioned to think all these things are fun and important, but sit down and really think about it sometime--is that what adult life is like? Is that what "real life" is like? Maybe on tv, but what about in the real world?

I didn't miss out on anything because I didn't have what you have. I just had a different experience. My experience was fine--it would not have been made any better if there had been proms and the like. If anything, I probably came out of it more mature and more understanding of what real life past high school is all about compared to those who come out of high school so focused on socializing that they have trouble transitioning to adult life. The social life past high school does not resemble what goes on in high school. Maybe if you go directly to college and are around other people who have come out of high school. But beyond that, if you are going to be a mature adult, it's nothing like that. It can be a rude awakening for many.

Isn't school supposed to be about preparing you for adult life? That's what many of us hope to accomplish by homeschooling our kids--give them something more reflective of real life, which is not hanging around with 30+ same-aged peers every day, which is not about going to parties every week, which is not about pep rallies and things like that.

Oh and btw, many homeschoolers do have grad ceremonies.

I hope I'm not coming across as rather harsh; that's not my intention. My intent is for you to look at things from a different perspective, to consider that what you have accepted as important and 'true' may not be that at all.

Answer 5

I've been homeschooled since the 7th grade, and it's great. For about the first 6 months I hated it, but now I wouldn't go back for anything. And I haven't become anti-social; I still have a LOT of friends, and we hang out all the time. Also, I'm only 16, and I'm going to graduate in April, so I'm finished with school 2 years early. If you're up for it, you should really look into it!

Answer 6

We go to 4 field trips a day, have banquets about every other month, involved in several sports, 4-H, formal graduations, P.E. days, science and social fairs, community service days, just to name a few. All of this is done as a group with other local homeschoolers. One local homeschool group we belong to has 42 families and the other one is a brand new group but they have already 20 families...and this one is in a small town. Check to see if there are any local homeschool groups in your area. I know there is a organization called CHEF and they are a nationwide homeschool support group. Homeschooling is tons of fun and you will not lack in social activities.

Answer 7

yea, i HATE homeschool!!!! i wish i could go do all that stuff, but my mom doesn't want to take me to school every day and there's no buses that come to where we live. there are NO positives of homeschool!!!! unless you enjoy missing out on life, and not having any friends, or going to prom and football games or signing yearbooks or anything like that!! sorry, i hate homeschooling though.

Answer 8

well im home schooled and i still go to prom, games and all that kinda of stuff, and i have tons of friends so its not like i never get out of the house. i am home schooled online so my mom doesnt do any of it. but the big plus is that i am in 9th grade but im doing 11th, 12th and college prep work to be a forensic expert so i will graduate super early and i usually get done with school at 12:00 so i have alot of free time for a job or what ever.

Answer 9

i know some people that were homeschooled and they were happy with it. if they got there work done before the next day they had free time to do whatever, go to the movies, read, do thier hobbys... so i would say if you are very social you probably would not be able to make it unless you joined a homeschool group.

Answer 10

Homeschooled kids do have social lifes! I didn't miss any of that because I have an awesome biological and spiritual family.