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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2011, 01:16:22 pm »
Quote from: hoffa on September 19, 2011, 01:07:32 pm
Being free must be pretty nice. But I believe being homeschooled has its downsides also. For example you miss most of the social aspect of going to school (i.e. making friends is harder, poorer social skills), but I wouldn't be surprised if that wouldn't be a problem for many people. How about higher education? How does a homeschooled person prove a university he is qualified enough to enroll?

A common misconception and I don't blame you for it. You get the same amount of interactivity as regular school through homeschool groups and other extra-curricular activities. For instance, my family skis and my dad is on ski patrol. I belong to a homeschool ski club where we meet 3-4 times a week. And I meet with other homeschooled kids every day.

About higher education: We take staderdized tests, SAT's, ACT's, etc. just like normal schooled people. I know several people who were home-schooled and are now in major colleges. One guy i know is a software engineer and was homeschooled his whole life.

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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #16 on: September 19, 2011, 03:50:14 pm »
Quote from: flyingfisch on September 19, 2011, 01:16:22 pm
Quote from: hoffa on September 19, 2011, 01:07:32 pm
Being free must be pretty nice. But I believe being homeschooled has its downsides also. For example you miss most of the social aspect of going to school (i.e. making friends is harder, poorer social skills), but I wouldn't be surprised if that wouldn't be a problem for many people. How about higher education? How does a homeschooled person prove a university he is qualified enough to enroll?

A common misconception and I don't blame you for it. You get the same amount of interactivity as regular school through homeschool groups and other extra-curricular activities. For instance, my family skis and my dad is on ski patrol. I belong to a homeschool ski club where we meet 3-4 times a week. And I meet with other homeschooled kids every day.

About higher education: We take staderdized tests, SAT's, ACT's, etc. just like normal schooled people. I know several people who were home-schooled and are now in major colleges. One guy i know is a software engineer and was homeschooled his whole life.



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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #17 on: September 19, 2011, 04:24:07 pm »
Hey! you ski? COOL! and I agree whole-heartedly about skiing beig superior to snow boarding.
« Last Edit: September 19, 2011, 06:54:22 pm by flyingfisch »
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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #18 on: September 19, 2011, 07:16:36 pm »
Yea, I live in northern utah, so it's pretty much inevitable. (I even spelled inevitable right :))
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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #19 on: September 19, 2011, 07:18:30 pm »
You live in Utah! I soooooooooo envy you. Where do you ski?
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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #20 on: September 19, 2011, 08:55:52 pm »
I've taken some home school type classes, on what's called EHS. Right now I have one free period where I'm home schooled and for the rest of the time, it's "real" school for me. :)
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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #21 on: September 20, 2011, 11:26:34 am »
I went for third grade.
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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #22 on: September 20, 2011, 12:58:54 pm »
I was home schooled from grade 3 till grade 5.
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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #23 on: September 20, 2011, 04:33:32 pm »
i did all that for everything up until 7th grade. it most certainly can have social downsides; there was not a single person in my age group who lived in our neighbourhood, and the group type things we had would meet once a month at most, meaning i was practically raised in that area by books.
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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #24 on: September 20, 2011, 07:20:04 pm »
When I homeschooled the only timers were dates. I woke up at fucking ten as long as I finished my work. In my pajamas. And it was a lot less work too.
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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #25 on: September 20, 2011, 10:10:15 pm »
Quote from: boot2490 on September 20, 2011, 07:20:04 pm
... And it was a lot less work too.
Lucky, I had to do a ton more then I ever had to do in real school.
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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #26 on: September 21, 2011, 10:29:38 am »
Quote from: Eeems on September 20, 2011, 10:10:15 pm
Quote from: boot2490 on September 20, 2011, 07:20:04 pm
... And it was a lot less work too.
Lucky, I had to do a ton more then I ever had to do in real school.

I do about the same amount of work as real school. And being able to do schoolwork in pj's is cool too, but mom always wants me to get dressed anyway :S
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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #27 on: September 21, 2011, 07:39:30 pm »
Quote from: buttsfredkin on September 19, 2011, 08:55:52 pm
I've taken some home school type classes, on what's called EHS. Right now I have one free period where I'm home schooled and for the rest of the time, it's "real" school for me. :)

What is EHS? what does it stand for?
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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #28 on: September 21, 2011, 08:05:38 pm »
Quote from: flyingfisch on September 21, 2011, 07:39:30 pm
Quote from: buttsfredkin on September 19, 2011, 08:55:52 pm
I've taken some home school type classes, on what's called EHS. Right now I have one free period where I'm home schooled and for the rest of the time, it's "real" school for me. :)

What is EHS? what does it stand for?
Electronic High School
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Re: Are you/have you home schooled?
« Reply #29 on: September 22, 2011, 10:06:41 am »
Really?
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