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homeschooling
okay, so, im thinking about doing homeschooling for the rest of my highschool year (im a freshman right now).
my mom only wants to try it out for the sophmore year to "see how it goes" the only thing is, i want to do it for the rest of my highschool years, not just one. i dont want to go back because
a) i hate hate hate hate the school. to the 10th power.
b) my school is really shitty...no money....bad kids...dont learn much.
c) once you go back from highschool its hard to get caught up because im homeschool you dont techinically have credits it just depends on how many hours you spend per class
(this is what i heard, it could be wrong, so if it is you can tell me)
i need advice pleeeeeeeease as if to what you think i should do and please dont say "stick it out for the next 3 years" because not an option to me.
thanks guys
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I'm gonna start off saying that, I'm homeschooled. Its my first year...kinda for the same reason as you wanna be.
Once you start being homeschooled, and you go back to public, you are usually smarter and ahead of the others. Because homeschooling curriculum (sp) is like..better than public. You're supposed to be homeschooled for 4 hours a day, but hardly anyone actually does that. Most people just leave work for their kids to do, they do it, then your through for that day. You can actually get a lot of credits.
Personally, since you hate school so bad, and your school sucks then you should tell your mom that you don't want to go to public school cause it sucks. Its actually quite simple.
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I'm not a big fan of homeschooling.
You can get the most out of any bad public school by reading more on your own and pushing yourself... you've got books and a library and the internet, and it shouldn't matter if the teachers are sometimes crappy or other kids distract you in class.
In life, you won't be able to pick a job with no bad managers or coworkers, you'll have to deal with it. In college, you won't be able to pick the exact right people for every group project. The bad aspects of high school teach you how to get ready for that sort of thing. It might seem pointless sometimes, but every day you struggle with high school you're learning to adapt to a challenging environment that's a lot more like the real world.
Once you graduate you'll learn that there are "book smart" people, who just have facts memorized and good GPAs, and "street smart" people, who know how to network, use personal resources, and climb to the top. Those are the people who get far in life, and they don't learn to do that by running away from challenging learning environments.
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First rule of homeschooling, credits hardly ever transfer. If you think you can just "see how it goes" for tenth grade, it's not likely. Chances are you will be stripped of all of your credits you currently have before beginning homeschool. Then if you come to find that homeschooling is not for you, you will have done your tenth grade for nothing, because the credits you earned from homeschooling will not transfer back to your public high school. I'm not sure if your public high school will still accept your public high school nineth grade credits, though. That would depend on your specific school. I wouldn't assume that to be a problem, though.
How do I know this? I am three months from 18, and I just began high school, for the second time. I dropped public school and switched to online schooling. Every single last credit was taken away from me at that time. So bottom line, you need to be 100% sure about this before you make an action.
Now, I go to online school. I can do school whenever I want for however long I'd like. I can do school work for ten hours today, and not again for 25 days.. and no one will give me a rash of shit. That's a major perk of homeschooling, it is all done on your own agenda. Online schooling is in no way a bad thing. It is actually quite accepted these days, and absolutely no one will look down upon you because of it.
The school I go to is Nationally Accredited, which means I can still land a university with ease. Now, Harvard, Yale and Cornell obviously won't accept me, because they want football stars and leaders of the debate club, but the University of Oregon won't see my online schooling as a problem whatsoever.
Yes, you will get a high school diploma, and it is absolutely no different than anyone else's. You'll even get a class ring, and graduation ceremony, if you so choose to go to Georgia to attend it. The school is based in Georgia, but you can take it from anywhere in the world. Almost all homework is submitted via internet; few things are sent by U.S mail.
I'm paying about $1,200 for four years of high school. Now, that may seem exspensive, but trust me.. that is such a DEAL that it's just unbelievably. There are many online high schools, so you might still want to look around. However, I completely looooveee my school. Home schooling was the best decision I've ever made. It just personally suits me best. You should know that just because it's done from home doesn't make the work any less difficult. Ironicly, I got the exact same freshman English book from my online school as I did in my public school freshman year. The work is the exact same, and the load isn't lightened at all. Most people find that hard to believe, but they're absolutely incorrect. If anything, it's more difficult. Can you imagine teaching yourself geometry? It's not easy. Of course, there's a fax number, email address, and help hotline that's open five days a week from 8:00am to 8:00pm EST. And no, you do not have to do any type of camera visit with them.
If you're interested in checking out my school for a free brochure, the website is [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) Also, feel free to message me on AIM if you have any further questions or concerns. You can find my screen name on my column. (=
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