My child will be home schooled unless they get accepted into a good music or art prep school.

I dont have a problem with my child being home-schooled or going to public school...either way that would still be gettin an education.

But I prefer my daughter to go to a public school. So she can interact more with other kids. she'dl be able to work with other students and help each other out on assignments and projects.

i went to public school until january when i left...and ive been doing homeschooling since then

continental academy. its really alot better than public school i think.
you dont have to worry about the everyday drama of public school

There are study groups that homeschoolers can join so that they can do group projects. There are also sports teams, orchestras, and bands that they can join.

I was in 4-h when I was younger and I also was involved in numerous charity organizations. I never wanted for friends or social interaction.

I just think that the one-on-one that homeschoolers get is beneficial. I am in no way saying that public schooled kids are not as smart or as beneficial to the community.

Oh i know that homeschooled kids can still participate in school activities. I've had some friends and some ex b/fs who were homeschooled and they participated in sports, band and other activities at the high school. Some even attended classes that their homeschool teacher cannot teach them.

yeah you actually have the choice to do that with most homeschools
like for physical eduaction you could take the class at the high school

i thought homeschooled meant you learn at home, like, from your parent. it sounds like a lot of work for the parent if that is the case. i figure i'll do my best to help them after school and let them have a social network outside the home in their school. i want to be a teacher if i ever finish my second degree and it would be nice to work in the school where my child attends. that's how it was with my mom for a lot of my school years and now she teaches at the school where my niece goes. too bad she will be retiring next year.

there are alot of different homechooling programs now
like mine comes with all the books, work,tests, and some even come with DVD's you watch and have a coorisponding work book to them

not all programs now are taught by the parents
theres so many to choose from

so you teach yourself? or is there an actual place you go to for help? i know that at the university level they have that here where you can do correspondance and online and teleschooling (classes are on tv) but i don't know how the lower grades work. i'm just curious about it. i always just pictured it as a mom teaching her elementary school kids from some kind of workbook or something.

yeah they have several programs like that
you teach yourself and then you have tests
you can do the tests online or over the phone
you alos have like a personal teacher assighned to you that you can call or get help from online if you need help
they have 24hr online and telephone support

with mine you have the work books and the phampletes and you get books
you do the work and send it in and they grade it and send you transcripts and stuff
im takeing 10th grade level
alot of them start at 16 yrs old but sometimes they make excepions depending on your situation

After visiting the local public schools, I decided to send my child to a private school. It is a secular, art and music based school, where they do not do testing or grades.

I would love to homeschool .Kaylee just for the fact that .I'm scared to death of all the psychos out there with all the school shootings, etc.. But I know it probably won't be possible for me to do that when she's older since .I'll most likely be going back to work. That & I want her to have the school experience & interact with a bunch of different people.

The idea of public school scares me, because my experience with Kentucky schools was so awful. The education here is the worst. But if my child were to be homeschooled, I would pay someone to come to our house to do it. I'm going to be a nurse, there is no way I could do it. That or I would do what sillyakchick is doing.

yeah texas has one of the worst public school districs.
i was fighting alot and stuff
theres alot of bad things about it
but different people hadnle it differently
some people go through public school and are fine
its just easier for me in homeschooling because i can work at MY own pace

It's terrible here. One of our high school .English teachers actually asked one of my friends once if he had anymore "stupid questions". Pathetic.

what a jerk
i missed so much school the pricipal told me i shouldnt even come anymore because i was a "waste of their time"
so i left in january and dropped out
well...they call me in may to see if i still wanted to "take the TAKS test"
yeah lemme tell ya about it
lol

Of course they wanted you to take it. Anything that gets them funding. That's why they love to kiss athlete butt for a living.

Hey hun....I've thought about having Maddi homeschooled b/c you know how our high school and elementary are gettin to be now. It's ridiculous with what the school district is doing. But you know Yuri he refuses me to have Maddi homeschooled. But i wouldnt have to worry about that when we get our place built up on his dad's land....Maddi will be in Elk lake school district which is better than Wyalusing so far...lol. I'm glad we got of out there just in time.

oh yeah i totally agree with that
if your a football player you can sleep in class and still make straight A's