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Homeschooling

Posted by Stacy on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:58 AM

I just went to our school's beauty pageant and there was not only a competition for the college students at our school, we also hosted a pageant for the local high school and teens that age to compete against each other for most outstanding teen. There were only 3 teens that were competing and 2 of the 3 were sisters and they were both homeschooled. I can't imagine what it would be like being home schooled. I remember when I was younger one of my good friends down the block was home schooled by her mom until high school and then she went to high school with us. I think that being home schooled though probably has both its pros and cons

First of all I heard that there is homeschooling online. This is actually kind of like when people take college courses online or through correspondence classes. I think that this is the optimal way to be home schooled because this way you know you are staying up to date with students your age and can be regulated better. The only downside I can see to being homeschooled (because you can probably do the work when you want and where you want) is that you don't get to be on school sports teams or socialize as much and get used to the scene for high school or college. I think by being in school you are able to prepare yourself for the next step whether it is high school, college or the work world.

I do know some students that had a hard time adjusting to high school after being home schooled all through middle school and junior high and they ended up dropping out and then going back later for their high school GED. I think though that the high school we attended had a lot to do with this. It was huge (about 4000 kids all together) and you are basically pushed in with all of these different kids and the schedule is really demanding. So home schooled kids may have trouble adapting which is understandable because a lot of the kids that weren't home schooled had trouble as well. But I do know that they have a really good High School Diploma Program that some of those kids that do have trouble and drop out, can go back and try. It is never too late to continue your education, home schooled or not.