Homeschool Socialization
Homeschooling High School - Challenges and Rewards
Homeschooling high school is not for every student and his home educator parent or guardian. The high school years are challenging ones due to the very nature of the teen years and this should be a well thought out decision. Learning good study skills and self-discipline is even more important for the homeschooling student. The advantages of developing strong life skills with a personalized education can launch a young adult well prepared for the rights and responsibilities that come with that eighteenth birthday.
There is a vast selection of curriculum options - often one of the greatest challenges! A key decision to make is how structured or formal your curriculum will be. If an accredited diploma is important to you, narrow down the choices to those that offer one. There are many online options and correspondence curricula that offer this for today's student. These may be frustrating to some learners, so it is necessary to understand how the student learns best. These are generally the more costly options as well.
A home educator can design her own curriculum by using many guidelines available through books written just for that purpose. The local library or bookstore can help you with this as well as some of the amazingly rich online resource sites for homeschooling. Designing your own curriculum will mean that your student will need to take the GED to serve as his high school qualification after graduation, but a GED is accepted now at most colleges, workplaces, etc. A transcript of courses that is usually not more than a list and brief description of courses with the final grade given by the homeschooling parent is necessary for college entrance.
Many homeschooling high school students want to participate actively in choosing their courses of study each semester and this is a wonderful thing. Find the basic guidelines for college admission and use those courses as a guideline. Fill in with the electives your student is talented in or is eager to learn. Try not to dictate everything as you are guiding this young person to making good decisions on his own.
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After reading the information at the following website....what do you believe about homeschool socialization?
http://www.homeschool.com/articles/Socialization/default.asp
(glurpy... LOL! Yep.... this is rather fun. I'm trying to limit my time here.....)
Yes, Debra M. :-) My very good friends likes to say, "Socialization???? We aren't socialists!"
Oh blahphooey.... sorry for the unchecked typo..... "friends likes" oh great....... should say "friend likes".......
Tommy,
This is not a waste of time. My question is intended as a "food for thought" message to anyone that is thinking that they might want to home-school their family but are being badgered by the public-mindset telling them not to do it.
Sometimes we need to mingle with the natives in order to be able to minister to them.
The education system holds many people hostage --- I'm trying to let them know that they can find FREEDOM.
I'm not fighting the public system. I'm trying to inform the masses that homeschooling is a viable and practical solution to a monster of a problem.
Barb
Mandy II:
You might try checking into your local homeschool groups for someone that can help you out. I once tutored a 7 yb for homeschool while his mother worked full-time getting her business started. Go to www.hslda.org for your State's laws about homeschooling. Some workplaces allow children to be there. Mine used to come to the shop where I worked. They had a room (visable) where they could study and play. The public library was across the road and they loved to go back and forth for "new books". Grandparents can be a big help too --- especially if they accept the idea of homeschooling and are willing to work with the children.
Hey Kevin:
I would think that any and all home-school help sites would be a good addition to your list.
Here are more:
www.nheri.org
www.home-school.org
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Why do people keep bringing up the homeschool, socialization question?
Most homeschoolers and those who have been homeschooled that I know (myself and my children included) are very social and well-rounded. So, can we please drop the socialization issue!?
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Homeschool socialization?
I've almost convinced my mom to let me self-homeschool, but she's concerned about me being alone during the day (she works and my dad lives in another town). Does anybody have any suggestions, comments, etc. to help me out?
Only serious answers please.
Thank you!
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