has anyone here been to home school?

Question

i am just wondering :)

Answer 1

My son is homeschooled, and it's been great for both him and me. (As far as "socialization"...there are sooo many opportunities. My son finally put his foot down last year and practically demanded some "at home time", there were so many things to be involved in.)

You'll find two types of people in this forum - those who are homeschooled (or are homeschooling their kids) and those who spend their free time putting down other people's choices because they "knew this one kid who didn't do well at homeschooling" for whatever reason. (It's a behavior that doesn't make me envious of their method of "socialization"...)

My son loves being homeschooled, though, and I love getting to spend that time teaching him. It's not a cake walk by any means, but I wouldn't trade it for the world. He gets to go at his own pace, at his own depth, and according to his interests, and I get to custom tailor his curriculum and education.

Answer 2

I homeschool my daughter and have for the past four yrs. We love it and she learns so much more at her pace.
With homeschool there are no worries about the idiotic things that the school system is pulling these days (suspending children for hugging others,passing out birth control to minors,forcing 4th graders to learn Algebra, removing Art & Music for more Gym time)....my daughter has a friend who up until 1 week ago was in the public system, her mother removed her and has begun homeschooling because the child was suspended for talking during the LUNCH hour (she is only in 2nd grade).

While everyone goes around screaming about socialization and how homeschoolers in their opionon (think I misspelled that) DON'T get any socilaization, let me clue you in on a few facts:
1) Public Schools prefer that children no longer talk during, before, between or after class, during lunch breaks or at any time that is not monitored by an adult----this is so that the children will not form little groups or cliches which could cause another child's feeling to get hurt or damage their self-esteem.
2)Public Schools have either shortend or removed Art, Music and Recess and replaced it with Gym (aka PE) for longer periods. In this process though they have also made it clear that the children cannot play games like German Dodgeball, RedRover or other games that cause you to 'pick' a person and 'teams' are to be created by the teachers so that feelings don't get hurt.
3) For every child that attends, the school and district get $$$$. When children are pulled to attend homeschool, the school and district lose that money...so in order to not lose their pillow, they tell parents that homeschool is illegal (it's legal in all 50 States), that only someone who holds a Degree is capable of teaching, that children will be outcast and not get into college (college's LOVE homeschoolers).
4) If your child(ren) is in ANY outside activity such as Girl/Boy Scouts, Little League, Soccer, 4H, Ballet, Skating, Gymnastics, Riding lessons, Karate (and the list could go on), then your child(ren) gets SOCIALIZATION. If you take your child(ren) to the Store, Museum, Park, Neighbors house, Doctor's Office......your child(ren) get SOCIALIZATION.


For the record, people who don't homeschool and don't bother to try and actually LEARN what it is are the ones who yell Anti-Socialization. Simply because they can't be bothered to spend more than 15-20 mins in the same room as their kid without telling said child a dozen times to either be quiet or what they just did wrong, doesn't mean the rest of us are in the same mold ( I gave up a teaching career to homeschool). Our forefathers started with homeschool (schools weren't established until the mid 1600's) and those with money have always homeschooled their children (ok hired others to but AT HOME), while the lower class children did WITHOUT an education and girls got the brunt of it with not being able to learn to read or write anything other than the Bible (this persisted until well past the turn of the century).

Answer 3

As a child I went to school most of the time. But living in a small, rural, snowy town means that sometimes it's just not worth going on that long, icy bus ride just for a few hours of school. I loved the time I spent at home.
I'm now an unschool mom of 7. I absolutely love it. It's a wonderful experience and I keep wishing that as a child I'd spent more time learning at home and less time on the bus trying to finish homework that I found boring.

Answer 4

I home schooled my 2 youngest.
I think they learned more from
home schooling than they ever
would have in public school.
I let my oldest attend public school,
for awhile till he began to get bored
with what they were studying.
So we tried private school, finally,
he begged to be home schooled &
it worked out fine.
The twins did public school for awhile, too.
But when the school had to have the
cops there all the time because the teachers
were afraid to walk in the hallway,
my kids came home. I had to fight the
school board over this. We won and
they had to provide us with all the books
because the school wasn't safe for the kids.
By the time the 2 youngest came along,
violence in even the elementary classes
was out of control. We tried, but soon,
here I was teacher again.
I was teacher, Mom,
student in college, worked a partime,
sometimes full time job. I always expected
to see myself coming in the front door
as I was leaving it at the same time.
Fortunately, other members of my family
helped out. My husband,
I expected was applying for sainthood
in the Native American Church,
if there was such a title.
He had my vote.

Answer 5

Yep! I was home schooled until 4th grade and I miss it so much. I loved so much about it and the truth is I learned so much more. When I started 4th grade I didn't work in class mainly because I was so far ahead that everything we did bored me half to death lol. I loved being around my parents and siblings more, but not unfortunately I'm in school and dance a lot and when I'm not my mom works anyway :(. Upsetting? I think yes!

I wish I was home schooled again! But sadly financially my mom quitting work to home school again isn't an option. To everyone who is home schooled, take advantage of it! Public schools are defiantly not all they are cracked up to be.

Answer 6

I'm home schooled right now, and I can honestly tell you it's been the best decision of my life. I learn best without the distractions of a classroom, and at my own pace, rather than having to wait for other kids to catch up. Not to mention not having to deal with bullying, peer pressure, sex, drugs, violence, and alcohol on a daily basis.
As for the social aspect, I've joined lots of after-school classes and groups (my favorites being a book club, art class, drama class, and dance class.), and as I attend a distance education school (I suffered long term mental affects from extreme physical bullying a few years ago, so I can attend whilst being in the city. Anyone that wishes to should check it out, it's great.) I go to a lot of their excursions to museums, pools, science fairs, etc; with kids around my age.
Overall, I love it, and I hope I helped!

Answer 7

I was taught at home all the way through from kindergarten through graduation as were all my younger siblings.. I loved it, but I was an avid reader and would've been bored to tears in public school.. I was doing high school work in 6th grade in many subjects.. The only thing public school is good for is making more friends.. Granted, most home taught children aren't that 'cool' or 'with it.' I would still choose being home schooled and being laughed at by public schooled kids over being one of those kids that just followed the crowd instead of learning and focusing on what I was really interested in.. My inlaws just pulled my little sister in law out of public school. A year ago, she was still interested in science and learning. Now she's just another drone with an MP3 player and a text messaging plan. It's sad really, because she had so many things she was interested in, but, now she's too proud to pursue them and risk being laughed at..
My brothers are still being home taught and get to focus more on subjects they're really interested in.. Beyond the regular math and science classes, my brothers learned about horticulture.. One of my brothers built a greenhouse and grew pineapple for a project.. My other brother can quilt and can actually make jams and jellies .. Do you know how much they would be ridiculed in public school for doing that?
Any social setback that might occur from being home schooled is overwhelmingly offset by the privilege of learning about whatever you want to without fear of social retribution..
At least, that's been my experience..

Answer 8

I was home schooled from 1st to11th grade. My mom was an excellent teacher.
My sister and I were home schooled because in the first grade, the cops had to be called because this second grade boy had a gun and was waving it around & it went off.
I remember that day, because My sister and I were on the playground when all this happened. I just started screaming. They said, I probably scared the kid more than the cops.
I'm going to Military School in New Mexico, this year because I applied for a scholarship & got it.
But I'll always treasure the fact that, mom home schooled us and kept us safe.
We even got to go to work with her and she worked our curriculum around her job and my Aunt Win came two days a week and gave Mom a break from us. (She taught us Math & Economics.)
If & when I have a family, I plan to home school my kids.
By the way, I'm 17 and will graduate in 2008. My sister is 16 & she also will graduate in 2008.

Answer 9

I was homeschooled from 1-3 grade and 5-7grade. And i don't regret it, because it has allowed me to get really ahead in my school work. And now i'm making some of the highest grades in the Christian school that i attend now. I thank God that i was given parents who were sick of what was happening in the public schools and that would give up an excelent career to teach me and my little brother.:)

Answer 10

Yes! I went to a private school for kindergarten, and was home schooled till the end of high school. I went part time to a public school a few years ago and became SO thankful that my mom home schooled me. I hope to home school my kids too (Lord willing). :)