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General Discussion => Other Discussions => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: flyingfisch on September 19, 2011, 11:42:43 am
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Just wondering how many of you are home schooled. (I am) :thumbsup:
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I am currently, and always have been :D
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cool! someone else in the world is home schooled, LOL.
And I forgot to vote! :P
I am home-schooled, but its been off and on private and home-schooled. I love home-schooling, though.
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I'm also doing home schooling :)
Doing it for about 10 years, was 8 when I started.
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I was home-schooled for K, then mom found out she was having twins, so she sent us to real school for 3 years, then hs for 4-6 grade, then real schooled 7 and 8, 9 and 10 hs, and probably hs for 11 and 12 too.
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I never was home schooled. I've always gone to a normal school.
BTW: What's the difference between a public and a private school? Aren't all schools the same?
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BTW: What's the difference between a public and a private school? Aren't all schools the same?
Well you have to pay to go to a private school and public schools are free to attend to.
Also, I was never home schooled.
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Well you have to pay to go to a private school and public schools are free to attend to.
OK, Then I'm in private school. If a public school is free, then I don't think there are any public schools in this country.
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where are you from, ben_g?
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Belgium, Europe.
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OK. I don't know if your country has a public school system. public school is provided by the govt, and you pay for it with your taxes. private school you pay tuition.
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I was never homeschooled. How is homeschooling like?
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Homeschooling is COOL! I wake up about 8, get on here, do khanacademy.org and some other educational websites, do some exercises in books, and thats a school day. Today I'm already finished math, Literature, etc. so I'm experimenting with python right now. I keep an eye on omni all day long. Its a nice life.
You go at your own pace, so I'm in calculus and Physics and 11th grade English.
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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?
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I'm doing exams in Brussels, to prove I'm good enough :p
4 of my sisters that have done home schooling are now in University/High School.
The social aspect isn't so bad, as we know a couple of other families that also do homeschooling.
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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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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.
That's what I'm talking about! :thumbsup: skiing is awesome! much superior to snowboarding. :P
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Hey! you ski? COOL! and I agree whole-heartedly about skiing beig superior to snow boarding.
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Yea, I live in northern utah, so it's pretty much inevitable. (I even spelled inevitable right :))
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You live in Utah! I soooooooooo envy you. Where do you ski?
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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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I went for third grade.
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I was home schooled from grade 3 till grade 5.
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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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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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... 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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... 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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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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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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Really?
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so how does home schooling works?
somebody visit you?
You only have publich schools and "some" maybe none private schools..
And if you want to go to university you need to get a certificate at a normal public school lol as there are no standardized test lol
we have around 200-2000 home schooled kids here :P
i srsly want to know how this works :P
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Really?
yes.
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so how does home schooling works?
somebody visit you?
You only have publich schools and "some" maybe none private schools..
And if you want to go to university you need to get a certificate at a normal public school lol as there are no standardized test lol
we have around 200-2000 home schooled kids here :P
i srsly want to know how this works :P
Usually your parents/private tutor teach you. As far as tests go, it really depends on state/country. i.e., I have to mail in a notification form every year so the state knows I'm homeschooling. I Michigan, you don't have to. And there are other differences too. So you should google the protocols for your state.
P.S. I'm assuming you live in the USA. I have no idea how it works in Europe.
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Homeschooling for me was awesome.
I woke up at ten, munched on toast for too long, got on the computer, looked up my assignments, usually to watch a little video or read a little passage, and then answer questions, answer questions from the workbook, and finally work on a few projects, and I was outside by like 2.
I have like 3 times as much work now and I can't munch on toast for half an hour before school ;D
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Homeschooling for me was awesome.
I woke up at ten, munched on toast for too long, got on the computer, looked up my assignments, usually to watch a little video or read a little passage, and then answer questions, answer questions from the workbook, and finally work on a few projects, and I was outside by like 2.
I have like 3 times as much work now and I can't munch on toast for half an hour before school ;D
Yeah. Homeschooling is great. I do something like that. I watch a video, read the lesson, do exercises for math, and do bookwork mostly for other subjects.
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Do you munch on toast for longer than what seems humanly possible? I had a long time to do so.
I personally prefer sci tech though.
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I was home schooled in Korea... but not here :thumbsup: