What do you think of teens who are home schooled?
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I was a home schooled teen and i loved it. I mean sure there were times when i got frustrated and wished i could have been with other kids my age.\nBut my parents were great about the curriculum they chose and the activities that gave me alot of interaction with other people. And I helped set up my schedule and got to help choose what classes i took from what place and took jr college classes and now i am in a private college and i fit in well. I scored high on my entrance exams and passed into 3rd  year English among other core classes with a high score in math and science and i am female. So i think that it takes discipline and that homeschooling can be awesome.\nI do think that it helped me be more independent and that i have a greater appreciation for education and morals and plan on homeschooling my own children.
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8) Most my social interaction came from the classes I took on a public school campus. I even found some great Christian friends who lived really close. One of them is over at my house almost every day (or vice versa)\n\n10) When I was in 6th grade my mom sent me to a public school for elective courses. The school was very accepting me and I even found a couple of other people who were homeschool there too.\n\n11) I loved the proximity to home. Every year my mom would ask me if I still wanted to be homeschooled and every year I said yes.\n\n12) I never had a lot of friends my age till I started taking classes on a public campus.\n\n13) No. I had a very well rounded education, that went along with the public's but even went into our religious aspect of it. \n\n13) Most places these days are very accepting to homeschoolers. It's even said that homeschoolers have a higher education.\n\n14) Definitely. But, like my mom, I might send them to a public campus for just a couple of classes.\n\n15) Washington.
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I love it. I get to help advance my child's education to his full potential. We don't have to follow the "appropriate" guideline for what grade level to follow. He will be entering the 7th grade (homeschooling) this fall, and he will be using mostly 7th grade curriculum. Though in some subjects, specifically literature and health, he will be at a 9th grade level. It's a nice change. He can go at his own pace, ask for help when he needs it. Eat when he is hungry, drink when he is thirsty, and use the bathroom without permission. \n\nI wouldn't trade homeschooling him for anything...and neither would he.
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GOOD POINT..\nLiving at HOME, isnt REAL life.\nGoing to school has nothing to do with real life or what sociaty IS'.\nParents are there to TEACh you(they HOPE), and for you to learn..\n\nUntill you reach 25, and have spent AT LEAST 5 years on your own, paying ALL your bills, and HAVE a job, and NO DEBT.  Your parents will not/should not acknowledge that you are a success, and THEY have done there best.\n\nYOU, are their experiment.  IF they did it ALL right, you will leave their home, and be suited to life life WITHOUT THEM, and they wont need to worry about you.
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You can have the school board check a portfolio of their work at the end of the year. It will help ensure that they not only are educated up to par, but that theyre completing enough work to stay competitive.\n\nHaving them put together this portfolio throughout the year will give them a sense of responsibility, since if the school decides they didnt do enough, or good quality work they will not give them their stamp of approval. Which is about like failing a grade. Although in home schooling thats impossible because as long as your child can learn you can finish three times as much work in one year as a public school would.\n\nI home schooled off and on throughout my school age. I finished high school in two years, and educated myself from text books and the library. I did it myself and passed with flying colors at 16. I dont believe there is anything better for a childs education than homeschooling, so long as they get enough time with other children and in the real world.
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I'm 16 and will be graduating high school this year. I have been homeschooled all my life and I think it's great. It gave me a chance to learn things when I was ready to learn them. Sometimes I wished I could of gone to a traditional school and joined in on all the clubs and sports, but now I'm glad I didn't. Being homeschooled gave me chance to have a very flexible schedule and do way more than most people. I truly admire those who have the discipline and patience to homeschool their kids.
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I homeschooled for a long time, gave up and went to high school and am now excelling in college. I blame homeschooling for a lot of problems I've had although also feel that I was able to do better academically than otherwise. A good home life is key regardless of where the child is spending his school time. School is not the only place to receive an education although the benefits of finding independence outside of the home is equally important.
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I believe teens today are moronic, imbeciles. They lack intelligence, ambition, respect or morals, but that's just my opinion.\nHowever I also believe it's the parents fault for thinking the TV is an appropriate babysitter.
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My mom homeschooled all eight of her kids. Her oldest is a USMC lawyer, her second oldest an RN, I'm an accounting clerk, the fourth oldest is going to be a missionary and the rest are still being homeschooled. Everyone who is old enough has either graduated from college or is currently enrolled. \n\nYou be the judge!
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Many famous and intelligent people were homeschooled.\nExamples:\nThomas Edison\nOrville Wright & Wilbur Wright\nClaude Monet\nGeorge Washington\nAlbert Einstein\nFelix Mendelssohn\nIrving Berlin\nC.S. Lewis\n\nI was homeschooled for several years and I'm preparing for college at the moment. Several friends of mine who were homeschooled were excepted into several major universities (William and Mary, Princeton, and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill).\n\nRead this:\nhttp://www.laughton.com/cougar/writing/homeschooling.html
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We home schooled all three of our children and they always passed the sat tests with flying colors.  My daughter just graduated from college and my boys work for the home security for the government.  They did alright.  What you will  miss by home schooling is interracial trouble, gangs, beatings, school shootings, and every immoral worldly thing the state allows. I personally think they have dumb down the testing just to get government money and pass out of school dummies with no moral upbringing.  Since God is not in the classroom and no discipline it is chaos.  The secular system has failed because of that and they think more money is the answer.  WRONG!
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I truly believe that people attend school in order to get an education. Then, I know that they can learn. Only when one has a serious mind about ANYTHING, does it become successful. Home schooling has its place, but it is not for everyone. Then, some home schoolers, attend regular schooling part time, for gym and other activities. This can make a well rounded situation for the educated ones. All of this is a matter of conjecture. God Bless.
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I think it depends on the child and family. Homeschool kids do NOT lack socialization or group experience, most are very active in 4-H, community clubs and recreational activities,etc., so in all reality they have more diverse and varied social interactions that public school kids don't get because they are only around people their own age, and don't learn how to properly interact with people outside their age group, where homeschool kids do. Also homeschool kids are very driven, dedicated, and independent which makes them much more prepared for college and careers as adults. Some kids do better being homeschooled and some don't, and not all parents would be good teachers for their children. It's an individual decision each family has to make for themselves. And another note- most public school kids never reach their full potential and most homeschool kids do, this all has to do with the school system and parents not being involved enough with their kid's lives, so I think if parents were involved more with their kids there would not be all the problems there are with kids today. Parents just need to be more active and involved.
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If you can't home school, then read, read, read to them as much as possible.  Read anything they are interested in (within reason) that is appropriate for their ages.
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If the parents are of average intelligence and are mentally stable, the benefits of homeschooling far outweigh the benefits of attending a public school.\n\nI'm sure there are some parents who are below average intelligence and/or mentally unstable who attempt homeschooling, so the answer is YES.
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Most home school students are better educated and have higher test scores than those at school. As long as the children are doing well the state needs to keep their nose out of it.
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I agree with what many others have said here( Glurpy, Creatice Rae, Tammy R).  I have seen first hand, the bad homeschool situations and the good.  I know someone who was homeschooled  incorrectly.  I can see the damageing affects that it has had on her life.  I also see the lack of social skills from her and her siblings.  \n\nI also know people who have been homeschooled correctly.  I see that they are intelligent, and that they interact very well with other kids.  I have never heard any homeschool kid, tease another kid because of where they shop or how they dress.\n\nThe key to a good homeschool, lies in the commitment of the parents.  If you want your kids to learn, you will find the information that they can learn.  I have known of home school groups, that have sub groups, they may go to special reading groups at one family's home, or go do a science project at another home.  \n\nI was recently talking to my sister who is homeschooling her kids, I had been telliing her about a biography that I had just picked up at the library.  She asked me why I was reading that book. I told her that I had seen a movie about this person and that I thought that there were inaccurate things in the movie, so I did someresearch on the internet, and in the proccess became intrigued, I wanted to know more, so I went and got a couple books.  She said, "that is independent learning, that is what I am trying to teach my kids.  When you are curious about something, go do the research and find the facts."  We talked about the simiarities between what is happening in the world now, versus what was happening in the 19th centuriy and the lessons that could be learned from studying her life.  \n\nHome schoolers tend to love to learn.  That is something that goes out of most public school kids by about second grade.  There is nobody telling the kids that they are slow readers, or that they need to go to resource to fugure out math.  They all work at their own pace, and when they figure out a concept, then they move to the next.  They can be taught according to their own learning style- that is just not possible in a public school setting.  When there are 30 kids in one class, there is no way to take one-on-one time and make sure that everychild understands.  \n\nAs for social skills, I am not sure what the positive social skills I learned in school were. I can tell you the negative social skills I learned.  I learned that bullies should always get their way.  The teachers did not put an end to bullying, they just either told the kid who was being bullied that somehow it was their fault, or that they just needed to ignore the bully.  No one ever said stand up to the bully, and that will end it.  It was always, give the bully what they wanted.  I learned that the quality of a person is determined by the quality of their clothes and not by the quality of their character.  I learned that it is okay for two 6th graders to amke out in the halls, and the teachers won't stop it.    I learned that a person it automatically a "good person" if they are a cheerleader or a football player.  And you did not have to be good at either, to do them, you just had to be popular enough.    \n\nAlso Homeschool and pul ic school are not the only option anymore.  Many places have charter schools.  They are a great alternative to public schooling.  my other sister has her kids in one, they don't have the behavior problems that they do in public school, shi is not fighting with them about thier homework as much, they are understanding the subject matter.  It has all around been a very positive enviroment.  The teasing and bullying is not even allowed there.  The teachers stop it when it happens.  They don't baby the kids, but they do make sure they understand a concept before moving on.  They aren't laughed at for asking questions.  It is a great thing.  You could check into that as well.  \n\nAlso I don't believe in preschool.  I th