Home schoolers!

[AIO Psyche]

I was hone schooled, and I don't think it did any special good for me. To be perfectly honest, it crippled me socially, and only now at the age of 22 am I able to overcome and adjust to social norms in the real world.

It was such a culture shock to me when I went out in the real world, and socially speaking, home schooling hurt me alot.

Educationally speaking, the only major difference is that my being home for school made for a Christian angle to my education. And even them I'm not so sure that most of it took LOL

When eventually have kids, I personally don't plan on hone schooling them. That's my personal opinion. Nothing more, nothing less. I respect those who choose to do so, but I sometimes wonder if the pros outway the cons.......

[Lee]

I am in 9th grade and I've been homeschooled ever since kindergarten and so have my sister and brother... sometimes I wish I was in a regular school, but homeschool is pretty cool when you get done with your work before noon!

[Taps]

I have been a homeschooler all my life also.

[the_newfie_haystack]

I was homeschooled from Grades 1-11 and was in the public school system for grade 12. It wasn't a shock as some of the internet subculture prepared me for it, but there were some things I found very unusual.

I'm actually writing a paper about the social consequences of homeschooling for my Sociology class right now. Reading about others thoughts on homeschooling is interesting.

[The Kings Daughter]

I'm actually writing a paper about the social consequences of homeschooling for my Sociology class right now.

What consequences.

[Agent 86]

TKD are you HSed?

[The Kings Daughter]

Yep.

[American Eagle]

TKD, it's the "consequences" of not being able to interact with people in public... which my life has proven wrong. I'd love to go over the various points given in opposition of homeschooling, because I know many homeschooled people in real life whose story would contradict the opposition. Here are some of them.

I have friends who are taking online college classes during high school (and are scheduled to graduate from college before high school), and I have friends who are studying to become doctors or nurses, I know a homeschooling family who runs a large family business ($250,000 a year?), a friend of mine has been to Mexico on a very dangerous "missions trip" (they don't allow people in that area anymore), and many others are in college, are married and/or have good jobs.

My oldest brother is graduated from college, got married this past summer, and both him and his wife work at a Christian school; my oldest sister is married and has a 9-month old baby, and her husband is part of the aforementioned family business; my 2nd oldest sister is seriously talking to a guy, she's been in virtually every U.S. state in a tour group, and she's in college now; my 2nd oldest brother is in college and works full-time. I come in next, followed by four younger sisters.

That is not to say there aren't bad results of homeschooling. I heard a story of a non-Christian family who "homeschools" their two kids, but really all they do is stay at home and work for their jobless-parents. I can see why this would put a bad taste of homeschooling into peoples' months (the "one bad apple" theory). Sometimes people say that homeschooling didn't prepare people for the "real world". Hey, maybe this is true in some cases, but I know for a fact that homeschooling has the opposite effect in some cases. Godly parents are given the opportunity to teach their kids how to live in the world as a Christian, something public school doesn't do.

So ANYWAY, that's my random thoughts about homeschooling. I know there's negatives to it, but the positives shouldn't be ignored, either.

[The Kings Daughter]

TKD, it's the "consequences" of not being able to interact with people in public... which my life has proven wrong. I'd love to go over the various points given in opposition of homeschooling, because I know many homeschooled people in real life whose story would contradict the opposition. Here are some of them.

I have friends who are taking online college classes during high school (and are scheduled to graduate from college before high school), and I have friends who are studying to become doctors or nurses, I know a homeschooling family who runs a large family business ($250,000 a year?), a friend of mine has been to Mexico on a very dangerous "missions trip" (they don't allow people in that area anymore), and many others are in college, are married and/or have good jobs.

My oldest brother is graduated from college, got married this past summer, and both him and his wife work at a Christian school; my oldest sister is married and has a 9-month old baby, and her husband is part of the aforementioned family business; my 2nd oldest sister is seriously talking to a guy, she's been in virtually every U.S. state in a tour group, and she's in college now; my 2nd oldest brother is in college and works full-time. I come in next, followed by four younger sisters.

That is not to say there aren't bad results of homeschooling. I heard a story of a non-Christian family who "homeschools" their two kids, but really all they do is stay at home and work for their jobless-parents. I can see why this would put a bad taste of homeschooling into peoples' months (the "one bad apple" theory). Sometimes people say that homeschooling didn't prepare people for the "real world". Hey, maybe this is true in some cases, but I know for a fact that homeschooling has the opposite effect in some cases. Godly parents are given the opportunity to teach their kids how to live in the world as a Christian, something public school doesn't do.

So ANYWAY, that's my random thoughts about homeschooling. I know there's negatives to it, but the positives shouldn't be ignored, either.

Yes, that was kinda what I meant. There aren't that many homeschoolers who don't have a 'social life'. That post was basically me letting out my frustration that people have told my parents that we kids won't be ready for 'the real world' when we're that old.

[Termite]

Hehe... I like letting people think that I don't know what's going on.

[orangie]

I am homeschooled as well.