Who else is Home schooled or was?

Pei Heatherly: Yep, me! We don't bother with grades etc but I'm 16 and have been home educated all my life, save for a few weeks, as have all my siblings.School to me meant getting bored, frustrated and resentful whilst teachers tried to feed me such nonsense as:i) "Twins are the same age" (No, they're not; one is always older than the other if only by a moment or two); andii) "Julius Caesar was a Roman Emperor" (No, he wasn't; he may have held pretty much every other Roman title and position but he was never emperor*, altho. 'caesar', as a title, was later to be bestowed upon Rome's emporers. (*Octavian, Caesar's great-nephew, adopted son and heir, was the first ever Roman emperor) ).If I knew these things at 7, I could not for the life of me work out why the teachers did not seem to know them! That, and the fact that, to me, most of the teachers didn't seem to be teaching anything of any real academic value, taken with all the officially sanctioned time-wasting that was! happening every single day, succeeded in taking whatever enthusiasm and interest I'd previously had in the possibility of going to school one day and killing it stone dead. (Through having older siblings and by pestering their govie to 'play school' with me, I had learned to read, write, add and subtract simple figures by the time I was 4. Yet there I was, stuck in a Year 2 class at the prep. school of a supposedly uber-academic private school, utterly dumbfounded by a teacher who expected me to be satisfied with little else than the endless colouring-in of inane pictures, seemingly interminable playtime and her insistence on 'teaching' me to recognise the numbers 1 to 12!) Do I believe I'm missing out on anything by not going to school? Nothing I'm going to lose any sleep over. Typically kids up here consider the idea of going away to high school to be a five year prison sentence that just has to be got through and borne as best as they can before returning to the freedom! of the bush and their proper lives; hence c. 80% of families ! up here now opt for home education or distance education (cyberschool) in preference to sending their kids to school.Do I believe that I would miss out on heaps of experiences if I was not home-educated? Too right! There aren't many city schools that'll enable you to study for your pilot's licence or get your veterinary medicine certificate whereas they're just two of the things I've been able to achieve by choosing not to go away to the city and boarding school....Show more

Coleman Senn: Washington changed its laws a few years ago to enable public schools to enroll students from anywhere in the state. That enabled virtual schools, like Insight, k12, IQ Academy and Connections to contract with a Washington school district and provide public school to students online. You must live in WA to enroll in this public school run by the Quillayute Valley School District (Forks WA). The school district receives a percentage of your local, state and federal funding. The rest! is profit for Insight. You would be enrolled in the Quillayute Valley School District.It's a public school and must meet all of Washington's requirements for a public school which should pretty much tell you all you need to know about it. I think parents should choose the form of education that most benefits their child.

Barrett Alosa: Im homeschooled. Everything is online. Including my teachers.

Mark Hovanes: How about setting up a prize box so EVERYONE gets a prize? You could set up the prize box so that everything in the box costs so many points. The person who reads the most could still get the grand prize. I think the slower or struggling readers would be more encouraged to read with a prize box because they would actually have a chance of winning something.

Codi Manchel: To Soopatroopa: That is exactly why I am home schooled! That is what my parents want for me and my four brothers!

Dorine Nurre: is online school good ? or bad ? I don't r! eally have specific questions about it.but what do people this of a 16 ! year old doing her junior year at home , on the internet?

Moira Woodrow: YAY! me too! i went to school for preschool and kindergarten, and ive never been to school, and i'm in 8th grade!pretty much i'm homeschooled because i didn't like school, and my mom thought i could get a better education this way

Foster Koopmann: not me, I think its a bad idea.

Bob Nakamoto: I teach a group of 3rd through 5th grade girls at my church and one of the requirements for class is to read the entire new testament by the end of their fifth grade year. Most of my girls read at least 1 chapter or more a day. One of my 5th graders is now reading the Old Testament.A few months ago we had a bible reading contest and the girls had fun with it. Now I'm thinking about doing another bible reading contest but I want to do it differently. The last contest was basically a point system:5 points for being present5 points for bringing your bible to class10 points for reading your bibleThe ! girls with the most points got to choose the movie and food for the sleepover we had.Does anyone have any contest ideas or suggestions for a bible reading contest? I just want to change up the contest to make it more fun and interesting. What would be a good reward for a child who has read both the Old Testament & New Testament?

Clare Hoard: i lot of kids are

Cletus Makler: im home schooled. i believe god wants us to get the knowledge passed on by our parents so we can do good in the world amen

Curtis Josef: No. It's a huge adjustment and most professionals agree it is very detrimental to the social development of the child. It makes the child's thinking very narrow and it makes them far less receptive to different points of view and philosophies. Homeschooled children typically have a lot of trouble with independent thought and processing information or points of view contrary to those philosophies and perceptions their parents hold. They also develop aut! horitarian thought processes and are much more likely to act upon fear ! and emotion rather than facts and logic. They are also significantly less receptive to new information that invalidates misconceptions to the point of actually believing things more than they did before. They think that if someone presents facts counter to their preconceived notions they're being tricked. There was a very interesting study recently that showed authoritarian personalities are far less likely to change their minds when presented with evidence that they are wrong, in fact, believe it or not their preconceived notions become even stronger. For example, if one is an evolution denier, when presented with overwhelming scientific evidence that contradicts all the creationist claims to the contrary (which it does) they ignore those facts and double down. Does that sound healthy to you? Is that the way you want your kids to think? Overall, it is very unhealthy and I think it should be illegal save for extreme cases of disability or hardship. Not a good thing to do.

Mikel Bethay: I was home schooled from Kindergarten -12th grade.

Newton Fedorko: Does online schooling count? If so then I am (:It's so much better than a regular local high school. I get more free time (usually) and actually learn more.

Robin Marchione: I'm homeschooled, too, but I've been taking all online classes for a few years now, and I really like it! So much more flexible. But I started "homeschooling" because the schools where my fam moved weren't so great and we travel, so.....:)

Fannie Collingwood: I'm homeschooled for a few years now, but I was in boarding schools until Year 8. I love online schooling, I have the freedom to travel all around the world, and the time to devote to whatever activity I like, when most of my counterparts in regular school is, well, stuck inside the classroom. The world is my classroom. I get to set the time and the pace for my studies. I am honestly learning more as an independent student, than when I was in boa! rding school. I learn more from the people around me. And I have time t! o focus on my interests.I find the schools stifling - so many rules, so rigid, regimented, and doesn't allow for much creativity. And there's too much peer pressure, too much cruelty. There's too much pressure to be popular, to be athletic, to be fashionable, to belong to a clique. And there's no denying, that kids can be so brutal, whether they are in a public or private school....Show more

Venetta Coulbourne: I am

Isreal Kochheiser: I'm trying to know child's activities so they like or dislike to change their mind about their study.thank you so much. have a nice day

Sharolyn Claybourn: I wasn't home-schooled, but a good friend of mine was.Sweetest girl in the world, but she had a shocking lack of knowledge. Her lack of understanding of science, or rather her parent's fundamentalist interpretations of science left her ill-equipped to deal with the modern world. To my mind, what they did to her was little better than child-abuse.Now, I'm sure your parents ! are good-hearted, well meaning types, but just be sure you develop an active, skeptical mind, or you'll end up like my friend....Show more

Oda Mauson: i amit's funjust won a free laptop on a math compatition!i've been homeschooled since pree school now i'm in 6 / 5th grade

Norine Lomonte: Since kindergarten?? Wow. I was homeschooled for the last summer so I can graduate 1 year early. I hope you want to someday go to a private high school or something similiar because most of the time being in a school is a lot more fun than being at home.

Corrinne Ruozzo: Well I am in 8th grade as well and I am home schooled, but only in 1st grade, and then I went back to school, and then in 7th grade I went back to home schooling in the 2nd week of school!I am glad to find out it is more than just me! ? Do you do online classes or do your parents teach you? I do online classes!

Wally Gower: Since you have such a wide age range, you have to make it fair for! younger ones and those who don't read as well/fast. Set goals along th! e way to break it up. If 80% meet the goal, the entire group gets the prize. If enough of the goals are met, you get a big prize at the end. Also, each child that reads the full New Testament can be awarded a new Bible. You can get inexpensive ones with leather covers from christianbook.com

Jarrod Darnall: I was home schooled until partway into high school, and I am very thankful that my parents took the time to teach me! I'm a graduate student in mechanical engineering now, with impressive fellowships and experiences (I feel extremely lucky and blessed for everything in my life!). I'm actually studying for a year in Germany now. And I play percussion in the orchestra. I was home schooled and proud of it, and you better believe I'm going to home school my children! Don't let anyone tell you that home schooling is a bad idea or that home schooled children miss out on the important things in life. You can learn just as much science and geography at home as in scho! ol, and if you miss out on the swearing, sex, and drugs, well, one more plus for home schooling!...Show more