Home schooled?

Question

Heyy im 15 turning 16 in may...

I go back to school in 1 week but i dont want to go back..

Im starting my gsces in april/may but i dont want to go in until my exams.

I have looked at home schooled which your parent teaches you and i would love this.

I live in the uk.

I need more information please.

I just dont want to go to school.. Im not being bullied or anythink like that i just dont like it.. I asked my mum and she said she will have to look into it

so does anyone have information please.

Answer 1

People have no imagination. I guess that's why some of them are always on Yahoo!Answers, they must have no friends because they've graduated school and have no way to socialize anymore.

Of course you can be socially active and homeschool-- there is a whole world of people and places and activities outside of the school grounds. I'm sure there are other teens who are at least out and about after school and on weekends.

And you don't have to hate school or be having problems in school or need excuses to homeschool-- it's a valid option, for some of us it is just preferred.

I'm in America, but I'm guessing the UK has something equivalent to our "board of education" here, or maybe you could start in the library. Look up the homeschooling laws.
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You might also want to read some books on HSing or find a support group so you and your mom can talk to people with experience in your area.

Good luck.

Answer 2

Well homeschool may or may not satisfy A levels in Europe, you have to ask the local colleges

It does in America (AP classes)

It may not give you a diploma

It doesn't always in America, but universities like Yale and Stanford take homeschool students

Will Oxford and Eaton?

Ask

I know Oxford has an "extension" program even for drop outs (the Educating Rita thing)

In America only 10-15% of the homsechool programs award a valid diploma

BUT 75% of the colleges accept the whole system as valid so long as you pass the Entrance Exams or get a good SAT score

They accept Penn Foster and ABeka courses

BUT you must pass the MATH and ENGLISh tests (Algebra-Trig and Grammar)

ALSO

College requires you to take 1 year of algebra-trig (pre calc) and one year of science (it can be baby science for Liberal Arts majors) and two years of English

So you HAVE to know your stuff

I'll wager Europe and the UK are no different.

So you have to follow the laws and do what they say and take some alternative home program

And that program must cover what is requried for Oxford

And you must be able to pass the Oxford muster

If you can do that at home, go for it!

Answer 3

Not a problem, if you've already got yout mum on-side.

Homeschooling is absolutely legal in the UK - if you check out the 1996 Education Act, you'll find it says something along the lines of: "it is the parents responsibility to provide their school-aged children with an appropriate education, either at school or otherwise".

(I'm not in the UK [and for the person who reckoned this is some sort of American site, I'm not in America either! I access this place via Yahoo's Australian site - http://au.answers.yahoo.com ) but I did read an article not so long ago that said that it is believed that 1 in 30 kids in the UK are educated at home. I think it was a research paper from the University of Durham, if you're interested!)

Anyway for further information about how to homeschool in the UK and how your mum needs to go about pulling you out of school (you can't just stop going, your mum needs to de-register you properly otherwise, as long as your name remailns on the school register, you're officially truanting and your mum could get into strife with the courts!), take a look at Education Otherwise ( http://www.education-otherwise.org.uk ).

Alternatively there are heaps of UK homeschooling resources, contacts etc @ http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/regional/UK.htm

Also you and your mum might want to google the details of your local homeschooling group...they will be able to tell you what's available locally as well as inviting you along to their social and educational functions.

@ Earl D - Oxford is one of many Universities in the UK, Eton is a private high school (for boys aged 13-18).

Unlike US universities, kids who go to uni in england are required to specialise in one area before they've even rocked up on Day 1. Kids there apply centrally (through UCAS) to do a subject like medicine. If they're accepted, the individual Uni will tell them what grades they need to get at A level, maybe A-B-B to do medicine and A-A-A to do veterinary medicine. Then, as long as they get those grades or better, they're in and will spend all their time (from day 1) studying solely medicine or engineering or languages or whatever else they're doing.

(I thought the original poster was talking about GCSEs - kids in England do GCSEs at age16, then A Levels at age18)

Anyway, my point is that, as in my country (and unlike the US), you don't need x years of science and y years of language and z amount of maths to get accepted by an English university.

Answer 4

Check this page http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/regional/UK.htm for lots of links to help you find out more about the laws, support groups, etc.

Answer 5

Google homeschooling and you will come up with tons of information and testimonials. There are plenty of ideas on homeschooling on the internet so just spend a few hours researching. For school books I would use Saxon for math, and Apologia for science. I've found a few good study guides to go along with books like The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but I can't remember the name of them. And I read tons of books for history. I hope this helps you!!! Good luck!!!! I hope your mum is willing to homeschool you!!!

Answer 6

School is like practice for the real world, doing things you don't want to do because you have to. It's a place to learn to be social and learn how to deal with life when you become an adult. Homeschooling in my opinion takes these experiences away. Just stay in public school.

Answer 7

ewww no ur making a huge mistake its horrible u feel so shut out of the world u think ull see ur friends but u wont u think everything will be the same but it wont what r u gonna do in the real world u gonna do a home office too?? this is the real world babe stay in school graduate and keep ur friends dont make a mistake ull regreat ull never go to a school dane and that stuff might not be important now but when u dont learn how to have an adult conversation with someone ull never make it int the real world ur social skills r proble normal for someone who is 15 but when ur 35 and talking like u do know wont be good STAY IS SCHOOL

Answer 8

my grandmas neighbor just had her 8th kid and she home schools all her kids her oldest is 14 and youngest is 6 months old. she has 7 boys and 1 girl! her 14 year old does his work on the computer!

Answer 9

just go to school and get over it , first of all you wont be seeing your friends and all that , and you might regret that in the long run , you dont have a ll that much longer , i would stick it out besides , you would still have to take all the standardized tests in your hs anyway otherwise you wont have any college credits

Answer 10

its not a good idea.. ure social life will suck at that age.. try a different school maybe