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Homeschooling.
I just entered my freshman year of high school, and I find it to be really stressful and i'm thinking of switching to getting homeschooled.. I just don't know where to start. Like..how does the whole thing work? Are there diffrent ways you can get homeschooled?
I have a friend who said he finished a whole class in like a week..that sounds like what I want to do.
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Hi. I'm homeschooled. I'm also in 9th. It works pretty easy, all you do is get your mom to send in an homeschooling application, and everyone gets in so its not this person it, this persen isn't. Then when they send you a paper back, you can start homeschooling. You can do it by books or by DVD, or CDs on the computer. I use the CDs just because they are the easiest and don't cost but around $300. The DVDs are not the helpful, and books are just really expensive, and confusing. Plus, if your mom has another job, she may not have time to homeschool you, which is why the CDs are the way to go. You don't have to have pen and paper or anything. Its all on the computer. Yes, you can finish a whole class in a week. Its pretty simple, you just have to work really hard. For example, now, I'm in 9th. Well this year I'm going to do 9th and 10th together. So when I enter 11th, everyone else will be entering 10th. I hope I helped!
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First rule of homeschooling, credits hardly ever transfer. If you think you can just see how it goes for a few months, it's not likely. Chances are that if you begin homeschooling and discover that it is not for you, you would have done whatever time you spent on those classes for nothing. Generally speaking, credits you earned from homeschooling will not transfer back to your public high school.
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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