Its something I would love to consider but would like to know more details. Who can help?
home scholling is a great way to escape bullys and you only get like 2 hours of school work a day! Also, colleges except homeschool students more offten because they tend to be smarter! GOOD LUCK
I don’t want to go back to school but some kind of random class that a 13 year old can take? I was thinking about theater, but what else is there? I am very shy, if that helps.
Have you joined a local homeschooling group yet? If not, I recommend you do so.
We belong to one that gets together for various activities (academic and social). I also know, through that group, of atleast two sources for classes for homeschoolers. They offer everything from art and music to foreign language and math.
Check for classes/programs offered through your local library, museum, Community Education center, Parks and Recreation, etc. Many colleges also offer programs for children, especially during the summer months. And, your local community college may have a dual enrollment program that you can participate in (and earn credit for both high school and college simultaneously).
I hope this helps, and wish you the best!
She is starting 5th grade in August and I would like her to start homeschooling instead of having the influence’s that go along with it.
That all depends on where you live. I will assume you are in the US.
The laws vary greatly from state to state. In some states you really don’t have to do anything other than withdraw them from school if they are already enrolled in school. In some states you must send in a mountain of paperwork and wait until you have been approved. Most states fall somewhere in the middle, requiring you send in some type of notification (that doe not require approval).
You can check your state laws and find info on curricula etc at the following website: http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/
I think that some of the pros are that children can be taught individually in whatever way works best for them. Children get much more interaction with their teacher and can be challenged must further. The real down side is that many homeschool children have a hard time socializing. I know one 7th grade student who will never speak to an adult. His mother does all of the talking for him.
Pros=Home
Cons=Schooling
Hi
Im homeschooled. I am now 12 but plan on going to reg. high school. All my friends are in reg. school.
From the students point of view
Its very flexible,..I like that we can go do things and work school around it
You can get your work done in MUCH less time than in reg. school and you have more free time
Never have homework!
You get hands on 1 to 1 time with parents teaching
Now some of the cons
Its easier to be lazy,….
More distrractions sometimes at home,..TV , puter,.. FOOD
Mom and dad as teachers can be less patient.. I dont know a teacher that would tell you to Shut up and sit down and get it done..
You can take school anywhere… it follows me on vacations and if I dont get work done during the week there it is… Sat and sunday
Sometimes too much quality time with the parents! ARGH
If you are in higher grades things like science labs are harder to do at home
Now . we began homeschool when I was 5 because I was far ahead of the other kids.. then we moved a lot so we kept doing it and I am a swimmer and we had to drive so far to a pool to practice so it just was the best for us
BUT
I have a lot of friends, and our local school will allow you to come in and take certain classes in school if you want ..
I think making sure the kds get time to do stuff away from parents and other homeschoolers is important.
Good Luck
Wis2006
My mom is Wismom out here
There are alot of pros, and some cons. The biggest pro is that homeschooled children aren’t influenced by all the crap (pardon my French) that goes on in regular school. The sex, drugs, violence, competing to be the most popular, ect. are pretty much eliminated if you’re homeschooled which is great because kids shouldn’t have to deal with things like that. Another pro is learning at your own pace. At a regular school you are “supposed” to be keeping up with everyone else and if you miss something, more often than not the teacher could care less. With homeschooling, you’re allowed to learn at your own pace and learn what you want. You can look at different curriculums and decide which would best suit you instead of being thrown into a school and being expected to learn what they teach you. Homeschooling is also great because 8 hours of school a day is a waste of a day (well to me anyways). Why go to school for 8 hours when you can get the work done in 3 or 4? With homeschooling, you’re allowed to do your work and spend the rest of the day (while others are at regular school still) doing things you want such as spending time with other homeschooled friends, traveling, doing more hands on things, ect. Also, with a regular school you have to call in and tell them if you’re going to be missing a day and that day is marked as a “tardy” day. With homeschooling, if you want to just pack up and go on a trip or if there’s a family emergency or something like that, you don’t have to worry about school. You can take the work with you or do it when you get there and not have to worry about catching up on Monday or whenever. There really are no cons to homeschooling. There might be things that seem like cons, but you can really just turn those things into pros if you work on it.
It would help to know if you are considering this for yourself or for your child. Their are pros and cons for the parents as well as the child. Parents need to be very involved if they are going to home school their child.
check out http://www.nheri.org
control and responsiblity in that order
Fantastic insight and understanding into your child and how they think – control over what material they get – so if you hate power-rangers they won’t get to meet them. Little peer pressure for the right trainers- you want to teach/avoid religion, you can do that too. They get lots of one on one teaching (even if you have more than one, it is still more than in a classroom) and a curriculum entirely tailored to their needs.
Responsibilily – not just for making sure they get a balanced curriculum, but fair exposure to their world – and responsibility to find them enough people to play with -friends as well as family and places where they can find out who they want to be outside the home. Help them find where they will go next – will it ever be back into a formal environment (university/big company) – if so, make sure they meet formal environments now – even occasionally.
Lots of places can help – depends which part of the world you are in. Many countries have groups where you can meet online and off – suggest you do a search for one in your local area.If you cna meet a local hs family, they would be able to answer lots of your questions more specifically. You would also need to check what the legislation is where you are before taking any decisions.
good luck
well…i used to be home schooled by my parents. it was one way to get to know your parents better…if you know what i mean, because they are teaching you things, but then, you knida start to resent the fact that they are the ones teaching you, as you are living in the same house, and theres no way of slacking at all (maybe that depends on how they are lol) but i didnt have ANY friends at that point, as i wasnt seeing any other children. but, it was definately at the point where i learnt most because you get all the attention, and if you need help, you wont be afraid as there is nobody to intimidate you. i honestly could not give you a yes or no to home schooling, as the good and the bad weigh just about the same. i hope that ive not just spouted a lot of rubbish and helped a little bit xx
I home school my kids:
Pros:
1)I know where my children are at all times.
2)My children don’t go anywhere outside of the compound.
3)My children don’t socialize with ‘undesirables’ from public school
4)The sun doesn’t expose them to harmful rays.
5)My children will find great jobs as evangelists or computer programmers.
Cons:
1)I have to be around my children all the time.
I heartily recommend home schooling.
PROS:
1. Your child will generally get a better education.
2. Your child will be at home more, and will be easier to monitor.
3. You can instill YOUR values more and have less outside influence (liberal/conservative) type teachers.
4. Your child can advance grades faster and can even graduate at 15 as I did. (Thats if both you and the child apply yourselves)
5. In cases of slower learning children, it can avoid them being put in special education.
6. Your child will see you as the ultimate authority figure.
CONS:
1. You child may not develop the social skills the he/she could in public/private school
2. You child may at times feel abnormal.
3. If your child does poorly, it will be YOU who has to give the bad grade.
4. You will have ALOT of red tape that has to be filed.
5. If your child does poorly, you will blame yourself.
There are ways to avoid many of these cons, make sure your child has children his/her own age to socialize with. If you know other parents who homeschool, let your child visit a school day with them, and let their child visit a school day with you. Keep in mind that when you are teaching, you are not mom or dad, you are teacher, and principal. Try to keep your roles seperate, this is not entirely possible, but try your best. Make sure you keep your grades, tests and so on. You never know when the school board will call and inquire about somthing.
I teach both of my children at home. I have been to public school, private school, and home schooled. Public schools are the worst. Private schools and better, but home schooling is the BEST!
Hi Im Serious
Im Wismom.
We do homeschool and have for 8 years.
There is a lot we like about it and a lot we do not
The reaons you want to homeschool are the most important to look at.
FOr us .. it began as our child was way ahead,, then moving then sports schedules and so on
SHe has always had a good social life so that helps
he has had opportunites to go places and do more than the trad. students have.
HOWEVER
To do it right its not cheap…
THe olde they get the more time it takes to plan the lessons and the higher the cost.
Also it is really easy to lose your cool with an impatient preteen or any age child if you are mom teaching….
It can be too much time together..
But we all love the flexibility of it all… we can take of anytime we want and go for vacation someplace and take work with or leave behind…
If the work is done for the week by WED it done and the rest of the week is ours
So its good and bad…. you will have to look at your life and why you think it may be good.
One good thing is there are places like
Connections Academy,
and many school districts now have virtual schools
What this means is you can get books and puters and stuff for free trough your district… they grade tests and its all good
If your district does not have this.. you can find another one that does anywhere in the US and FREE choice your children in in FEB.. you can only do this in FEB.. SO for next year youd have to enroll them this FEB.
Connections Academy is tuition free if you enroll in FEB else its costs..
Check Out these links
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/imt/viwis.html
http://www.connectionsacademy.com
http://www.rbnc.org/homeschl.htm
http://www.3moms.com/html/home_school_programs.asp
http://www.rsts.net/home/index.htm
http://www.compuhigh.com
There are a ton more
Well good luck
Wismom
Please dont pick me as best answer. We have a rule that if more than one of us in our family answers the same question… the Parents willask not to be chosen as best answer… We dont want to compete against our children,..and well we dont care about the points anyway
Thanks!
Pros: You set your own schedule, you can consentrate on what you want to, your friends tend to be more loyal, school work doesn’t take as long since you are just teaching yourself, and you can sleep in! lol! Just to name a few.
Cons: Some people have a hard time with less of a social life, but I don’t have a problem with that (not really a people person). I am a member of a co-op and get together with kids my age every Friday to bowl, eat lunch together, play some basketball (I don’t play b-ball, but I enjoy watching!) and have an educational class. The lack of schedule sometimes bothers me, but that is just a personal preference and not exclusive to HS. I would schedule every minute of my day if possible.
I love being homeschooled, but it isn’t for everyone. Congrats on asking for information!
Search through all of the previous answer in this category. You will find many similar questions and all the answers you need. If you are not willing to do that, then homeschooling may not be for you.
Pros of homeschooling:
-Your children get more attention for academics, social behaviour, including manners, etc.
-Your children can go at their pace instead of the pace determined by the school teacher. This means they can take longer if they need to, but they also can move onto the next thing earlier, if they’re ready.
-Much less wasted time. Homeschooling children do not have to: wait in line to go outside, wait for the teacher to notice they need help, wait for permission to go to the bathroom, wait until everybody’s ready before the teacher will give the lesson, wait for the teacher to get through everybody reading or asking their questions…
-Because of less wasted time, homeschooled children get through their work more quickly and have more time to pursue personal interests, go on field trips, participate in extra-curricular activities or just plain play and be a kid.
-Parents get to be with their children more and vice versa. This means that parents are spending more time parenting than the school teacher is. This also means that, usually, the children feel their family is more important than their friends.
-Because homeschooled children are in a much more natural social environment–mixed ages instead of 30 kids all the same age–they don’t usually care too much how old other kids are, if they’re in the same grade; they have no problem talking to kids who are other ages or other grades.
-They also don’t have 30 other kids as immature as they are as their primary behaviour models. This means that homeschooled kids tend to be more mature than their public schooled peers.
-Homeschooled children tend to grow up in a less materialism-oriented environment. At school, there is a constant little social battle going on about which brand of clothes you wear, how much this cost, who’s got the latest i-Pod, etc.
Cons:
-There are a lot of ignorant people out there who will bad-mouth you.
-You do need to be willing to take it on and do your best for it to be the best option for your children. (Some people aren’t really willing to put in what they need to and it doesn’t work out so well.)
-Homeschooled children do tend to be different than other kids. Some people think this is a bad thing because the kids don’t necessarily ‘fit in’ completely. I think it’s wonderful because I don’t want my kids to fit in if it means having to wear the latest popular clothes, wearing makeup at a young age, listening to a certain type of music because that’s what’s popular…
well a con is that they may have less friends and will probably become shy because they are not around a lot of people….they probably wont be good at public speaking either
well for a con, The kids wouldn’t experience any friends or have any friends there age. During my high school years, I don’t know what i would do if i didn’t have any friends. I had a lot of family problems. It’s only one con but that is my biggest part of home schooling.
There are some thoughtful answers here, but they are rather biased towards home schooling, as you would expect in this forum.
As an outsider, what I see when I get homeschoolers in my classes, is that a) they have generally very poor socialization skills. Although in theory they have joined scouts or a church group,in fact they have been WAY overprotected and dont know how to deal with people who are not like them, are aggressive, etc, in other words, all the people you meet in real life; b) they tend to have exaggerated ideas about their own abilities. Since they rarely actually had to compete with anyone, and their parents constantly told them how great they were doing, they tend to imagine that they are the best students around. Usually they are about average. c) in a public school you can get an idiot teacher once in a while, but most of the teachers are pretty good and all of them actually know the subjects they are teaching. Pretty often, the parents who are home schooling their children are in way over their heads by the time the kid is in middle school level. THe parents cant do anything but read the text and spout it to the kids. And that is a very poor substitute for having a person who has taken eight or ten courses in the subject.
I can understand elementary home schooling – the kids get individual attention, etc. but by middle school it is definitely time to join the real world.
Look for some ceramics or art class. I loved that. I actually learned how to draw and then how to throw pots and vases on the wheel. It was fun and it really broadened my horizons.
Not saying you should do this but I thought it might be funny to share. My cousin is homeschooled and her mom made her take an opera class haha.
Do you play any sports? If not, try to find a martial arts class. 13 is a good age to begin training.
Categories:
TaeKwonDo
Karate
Judo
those are a few common ones.
I was totally homeschooled for 13 years. While I was completly homeschooled I attended homeschool groups that had classes just for homeschoolers. Some of the classes I remember were theatre, art, science, roller skating, swimming, math games, and lots of other stuff. Try to get involved in a homeschool group.
There are lots of great opportunities – music lessons, sports, dance, drama, book clubs, art, etc. My son takes unicycling classes. Be creative and find something that really is going to be fun and meaningful for you! Good luck.
At your age, if you have extra time on your hands you could also do volunteer work.
How exciting…Here are the basics for getting started homeschooling…http://www.canihomeschool.blogspot.com
I’d be happy to answer any other questions you might have.
Best of Luck!
Jana
http://www.purehomeschooling.com/
It depends on where you are. You can contact the school district you are in or visit their online site and check out what they might offer for homeschooling information, as well as checking what the requirements are for your state/province. I know where we are our district has a section just for those who are considering homeschooling and what this province requires is a “letter of intent” and a brief synopsis of what parents are planning on covering. If you are planning on using a purchased curriculum, these often accompany the curriculums or are available on the company’s website and you simply make a copy and attach it to the letter of intent. The first thing to do though is to find out what the requirements are in your area. Every area is different – some require regular testing, others don’t, some require parents have a certain level of education, others don’t, some require that a parent be home with the child, others don’t if the child is above a certain age. This is why it is important to find out what your requirements are in your area. A simple phone call or email to a local homeschooling group may be helpful in guiding you in the right direction.
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