Ask a homeschooler

[black lincon]

Does this mean I get to make a thread about my educational experience?

Anyway, what makes you any different from anyone else? I don't see how it could do anything but mold you to your parents' will.

You can make a thread if you wish, I just figure HS is a bit different than the norm
I don't think I quite get the question, if your literally asking what makes me different from other people o boy where to start. I personally don't see HS kids as molded to their parents will, but it's understandable as it seems like that definitely would be the case. I'm not too much like my parents other than having some of the same personality quirks and most of the HS kids I know are usually quite individualistic with their own goals and ideals. Granted there are prolly parents out there who push themselves on their kids but not in my experience.

Then what was high school like? I never went.

Hell, you are pretty much made somebodies slave ***** for 8 hours a day.(And I am in Middle school still, high school is ten times worse because idiocy runs even more rampant.)

Everything in class that you learned, is set to the lowest common denominator, that is to say though not all follows the aforementioned rhetoric. I have a junior great books teacher who actually goes against school rules in ways. She excused a kid who went on a education trip, the kid was missing school but seeing as he was learning stuff school coudn't teach she excused him. Not only this, but she trys to open the students mind, for example she wants us to think on our own instead of mindlessly reciting something we learned in class.


While the sun sometimes shines on the average students side of the fence, its very rare.

you have some low expectations about high-school. teacher wise, if you were to take the ratio of good to bad teachers you have in middle school/junior high(whatever you call it) its roughly the same. there are teachers in my school who would probably do the same thing, hell the way most people get out of detentions for being late to class or absent is by one of talking to one of the deans who thinks the late rules are retarded.

high-school isn't so bad it's just there are more of everything; more idiots, more smart kids, more good teachers, etc. just hope you have a good chem teacher like the one at my school who's famous quote is, "hydrogen is for amateurs." He said that when someone asked him if he would blow up a hydrogen balloon.

Something with a little bit more bang, is a dry ice bomb.

Lol, I hope I have alright/good teachers like I do this year. My biology teacher=excellent.(In a myriad amount of ways.. my aforemention JRGBKs teacher, my geomtry teacher.. Honors teachers pretty much the only class I hate going to is, german. The class just seems to drag on, I usually end up daydreaming. >.<

OK for starter that chem teacher would laugh you out of the room for suggesting a dry ice bomb. he teaches the AP chem kids how to make flash bangs, contact explosives, and thermite.

As to your other topic, the class is what you make of it. I have fun in my lit class despite the previous period thinking the teacher is really mean, it's actually funny because a friend in the previous period thinks she's out to get his class. While in our class we just laugh at he when she gets angry because she makes a funny face.

 

[black lincon]

Did you ever have a crush on the teacher?

bad joke to start with but on top of that he already told it.

 

[Piecewise]

Alright. To frame this discussion properly, because this makes quite a difference: Why were you homeschooled?

Why were you home-schooled? Was it due to dissatisfaction with the public school system or are your parents angry that the schools teach evolution or perhaps some other reason I can't think of?

Basically parents did not want me in the public school system for religious reasons, but also they felt the education sucked in kindergarten me and my twin where head and shoulders above everyone else.(according to my teachers). I was reading and writing cursive etc. But yeah religion was the big reason.

so are you one of those clueless 6000 year old world twits or someone who actually had a science education with actual science as opposed to creationism hiding behind a paper thin mask of pseudoscience?

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

Does this mean I get to make a thread about my educational experience?

Anyway, what makes you any different from anyone else? I don't see how it could do anything but mold you to your parents' will.

You can make a thread if you wish, I just figure HS is a bit different than the norm
I don't think I quite get the question, if your literally asking what makes me different from other people o boy where to start. I personally don't see HS kids as molded to their parents will, but it's understandable as it seems like that definitely would be the case. I'm not too much like my parents other than having some of the same personality quirks and most of the HS kids I know are usually quite individualistic with their own goals and ideals. Granted there are prolly parents out there who push themselves on their kids but not in my experience.

Then what was high school like? I never went.

Hell, you are pretty much made somebodies slave ***** for 8 hours a day.(And I am in Middle school still, high school is ten times worse because idiocy runs even more rampant.)

Everything in class that you learned, is set to the lowest common denominator, that is to say though not all follows the aforementioned rhetoric. I have a junior great books teacher who actually goes against school rules in ways. She excused a kid who went on a education trip, the kid was missing school but seeing as he was learning stuff school coudn't teach she excused him. Not only this, but she trys to open the students mind, for example she wants us to think on our own instead of mindlessly reciting something we learned in class.


While the sun sometimes shines on the average students side of the fence, its very rare.

you have some low expectations about high-school. teacher wise, if you were to take the ratio of good to bad teachers you have in middle school/junior high(whatever you call it) its roughly the same. there are teachers in my school who would probably do the same thing, hell the way most people get out of detentions for being late to class or absent is by one of talking to one of the deans who thinks the late rules are retarded.

high-school isn't so bad it's just there are more of everything; more idiots, more smart kids, more good teachers, etc. just hope you have a good chem teacher like the one at my school who's famous quote is, "hydrogen is for amateurs." He said that when someone asked him if he would blow up a hydrogen balloon.

Something with a little bit more bang, is a dry ice bomb.

Lol, I hope I have alright/good teachers like I do this year. My biology teacher=excellent.(In a myriad amount of ways.. my aforemention JRGBKs teacher, my geomtry teacher.. Honors teachers pretty much the only class I hate going to is, german. The class just seems to drag on, I usually end up daydreaming. >.<

OK for starter that chem teacher would laugh you out of the room for suggesting a dry ice bomb. he teaches the AP chem kids how to make flash bangs, contact explosives, and thermite.

As to your other topic, the class is what you make of it. I have fun in my lit class despite the previous period thinking the teacher is really mean, it's actually funny because a friend in the previous period thinks she's out to get his class. While in our class we just laugh at he when she gets angry because she makes a funny face.

Lucky you, I suggested dry ice because like a hydrogen its readily available and could easily hurt someone(especially their hearing) if they are dumb enough to stand close enough when it finally decides to go off.

The beauty of most of my classes, I forget I am really there and zone out so the class doesn't take long. Which is excellent seeing as the headaches I get from school. >.>

 

[SeaCalMaster]

*clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap*
YOU SIR are my HERO! You charsimatic and intelligent stallion! I bask in your wonderous glory! You, are my sun! My moon! My starlit sky! My arrogant dirtbag! ERM! I mean arrogant pusshole! Oh bugger! I can't say it with a straight face you arrogant PRICK! I'd like you to tell me how to assemble a rocket engine? Can't? Neither can public school kids who AREN'T "HEAD AND SHOULDERS" above your small and impudent dick...

I would have put it more politely, but I have to second this. This is the reason I wanted to make sure of your schooling status. Having a B average at a school where the average SAT (minus the essay, which should be the first red flag) is 1200 is pretty good, but it does NOT make you a genius. Even if it did, that wouldn't justify your arrogance.

 

[qbert4ever]

*clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap*
YOU SIR are my HERO! You charsimatic and intelligent stallion! I bask in your wonderous glory! You, are my sun! My moon! My starlit sky! My arrogant dirtbag! ERM! I mean arrogant pusshole! Oh bugger! I can't say it with a straight face you arrogant PRICK! I'd like you to tell me how to assemble a rocket engine? Can't? Neither can public school kids who AREN'T "HEAD AND SHOULDERS" above your small and impudent dick...

I would have put it more politely, but I have to second this. This is the reason I wanted to make sure of your schooling status. Having a B average at a school where the average SAT (minus the essay, which should be the first red flag) is 1200 is pretty good, but it does NOT make you a genius. Even if it did, that wouldn't justify your arrogance.

I might just be blind and missed it, but where the fuck did this all come from? For that matter, who's it shot at? I don't really remember anyone claiming they were a genius, and the "rocket engine" thing was over and done with....

I'm confused.

 

[sneakypenguin]

so are you one of those clueless 6000 year old world twits or someone who actually had a science education with actual science as opposed to creationism hiding behind a paper thin mask of pseudoscience?

Well I believe the world has been around for quite a while(this could even be considered biblical if you believe in the gap theory) but I still believe that God formed the current earth in 6 days. I don't claim to have science to back that up, I just chose to place faith in the Bible(some would say idiotically) but it works for me

What name do you have for homework?

I just call it schoolwork and try not to think about the logic of it.

^this

Do you think that going to a advanced school now would be a good option?

Wouldnt hurt any.

*clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap*
YOU SIR are my HERO! You charsimatic and intelligent stallion! I bask in your wonderous glory! You, are my sun! My moon! My starlit sky! My arrogant dirtbag! ERM! I mean arrogant pusshole! Oh bugger! I can't say it with a straight face you arrogant PRICK! I'd like you to tell me how to assemble a rocket engine? Can't? Neither can public school kids who AREN'T "HEAD AND SHOULDERS" above your small and impudent dick...

I would have put it more politely, but I have to second this. This is the reason I wanted to make sure of your schooling status. Having a B average at a school where the average SAT (minus the essay, which should be the first red flag) is 1200 is pretty good, but it does NOT make you a genius. Even if it did, that wouldn't justify your arrogance.

If this is directed at me, I do think I apologized for sounding arrogant in an earlier post.
Still coming out of highschool I was a heck of a lot smarter than most, sorry can't really think of another way to put it. Not saying there weren't smart public school kids or that my HSing was the sole reason for it. I make no claims to being "genius" sorry if I came across that way.
As far as building a rocket would it bug you if I said I had? Not a liquid propelled one, but we did assemble a solid state engine and tested the thrust it put out in physics(rudimentary though). /being an instigator.

Were do you meet friends? I havn't gone threw the page top to bottom so this may have been asked already, but were do you meet friends? MMO's, organized sports. I can't think of much more but I am curious

Sports, Boy (or girl) Scouts, martial arts, through friends. It's not really as hard as people think it is to meet people if you're not in school. I've been HS since grade 1, and I know just about everyone in my age group at my local high school.

^This exactly.

 

[runtheplacered]

The one thing Public schools have going for them, is that there are no Mythology classes. Or bible studies. Or whatever the kids are calling it these days.

And now that I started a little flame, I think I'll exit stage left. Permanently.

In all seriousness. sneakypenguin, the reason your opinion on HS means very little in the grand scheme of things, is because you were home schooled. For starters, you don't really have a good reference point for one or the other, since as far as I understand, you've never been in a public school. You have no idea what it's like to be publicly educated. But that's not the only reason.

The other reason is that, you're naturally going to feel defensive with this topic, since after all.. this was how you were raised. You don't want to come and find out that you could have been raised "better". Of course, there really is no better or worse, just different. But, our minds don't always work this way. In the back of your mind, I'm sure you're hoping your uniqueness in the form in which you've been educated pans out in your favor. Hell, I couldn't blame you.

I loved my experiences in public schools. It sounds like you loved your experiences with private school. That's fantastic, and I wouldn't want it any other way.

But to sit here and listen to you boast on about HS, and call yourself smarter then the others around you (whatever that even means. How do you measure "smart"? With an arbitrary number?) isn't really necessary, or particularly interesting. If I want to know facts about Home-schooling, I would probably research it in magazines, newsletters, books, or some other source. I'm not trying to sound mean. Just honest.

 

[qbert4ever]

In all seriousness. sneakypenguin, the reason your opinion on HS means very little in the grand scheme of things, is because you were home schooled. For starters, you don't really have a good reference point for one or the other, since as far as I understand, you've never been in a public school. You have no idea what it's like to be publicly educated. But that's not the only reason.

The other reason is that, you're naturally going to feel defensive with this topic, since after all.. this was how you were raised. You don't want to come and find out that you could have been raised "better". Of course, there really is no better or worse, just different. But, our minds don't always work this way. In the back of your mind, I'm sure you're hoping your uniqueness in the form in which you've been educated pans out in your favor. Hell, I couldn't blame you.

I loved my experiences in public schools. It sounds like you loved your experiences with private school. That's fantastic, and I wouldn't want it any other way.

But to sit here and listen to you boast on about HS, and call yourself smarter then the others around you (whatever that even means. How do you measure "smart"? With an arbitrary number?) isn't really necessary, or particularly interesting. If I want to know facts about Home-schooling, I would probably research it in magazines, newsletters, books, or some other source. I'm not trying to sound mean. Just honest.

So, what. You would never listen to what a policeman or firefighter has to say about their profession because they would feel "naturally defensive" and don't want to think that they may have made the wrong job choice? All this thread, and others like it, do is give people a chance to ask questions about things they know little or nothing about to people who have experiance in the subject. Did you ever see that show where the Supersize Me guy spends 30 days living like somebody very diferent from him? It's like that, only you're asking just asking questions, not living the life.

As for the "being smarter" thing, he's said more then once that he's no genius. He just does slightly better then most in his area. I don't really see any "boasting" going on. Just honest answers to questions.

I have to say, if you don't care about the subject, then why read it? If you really just wanted your facts from books and magazines, why click this thread in the first place when it's clear as day what the subject matter is?

 

[runtheplacered]

So, what. You would never listen to what a policeman or firefighter has to say about their profession because they would feel "naturally defensive" and don't want to think that they may have made the wrong job choice?

That isn't what I said at all. Please refrain from putting words in my mouth in the future.

All this thread, and others like it, do is give people a chance to ask questions about things they know little or nothing about to people who have experiance in the subject. Did you ever see that show where the Supersize Me guy spends 30 days living like somebody very diferent from him? It's like that, only you're asking just asking questions, not living the life.

I completely disagree that this is anything like a documentary. But, sure. Why not?

As for the "being smarter" thing, he's said more then once that he's no genius. He just does slightly better then most in his area. I don't really see any "boasting" going on. Just honest answers to questions.

Did I say he said he was a genius? He did in fact say he was smarter then most people around him. I'm not making that up. And that's all that I claimed.

I have to say, if you don't care about the subject, then why read it? If you really just wanted your facts from books and magazines, why click this thread in the first place when it's clear as day what the subject matter is?

Because if I only read a select few things that I already agree with and know everything about, I would be less intelligent then I am now (edited for a typo).

I was nice in my post, and even wanted to make sure it was understood that I'm not talking down to him or trying to be mean. I was just giving my honest thoughts on the subject.

Do I need to clear anything else up for you regarding the post that wasn't aimed at you? That's fine if I do need to, however, at least don't throw any more words in my mouth this time.

 

[qbert4ever]

That isn't what I said at all. Please refrain from putting words in my mouth in the future.

I completely disagree that this is anything like a documentary. But, sure. Why not?

Did I say he said he was a genius? He did in fact say he was smarter then most people around him. I'm not making that up. And that's all that I claimed.

Because if I only read a select few things that I already agree with and know everything about, I would be less intelligent then I am now (edited for a typo).

You said, and I quote, "...you don't really have a good reference point for one or the other, since as far as I understand, you've never been in a public school. You have no idea what it's like to be publicly educated". Now, unless we're in some odd universe, you're saying that because he has no experience in public school, he has no understanding about how home schooling really works. That is retarded. To understand why it is retarded, read my post again. I never put any words in your mouth, I just used your own argument.

Next up, it's called a comparison. I know full well that this isn't a documentary. I used the show as an example to illustrate my point. If you do not understand how that works, then maybe you should read a book or something instead of trolling on the internet.

On the next one, you basically said the exact same thing I did. So whatever.

And on the last one, now you're the one "throwing words in my mouth". Read what I wrote. I never said that you should only read what you agree with and know everything about, I suggested you should only read threads that interest you.

Now, if this thread is done being hijacked and the OP isn't running scared, I'm done responding to ridiculous arguments, and I'll answer whatever HS questions I can that the OP doesn't.

 

[Syntax Error]

So how does the college application process go there? Cuz in here, you HAVE to have went to highschool before you go to college (in mine anyway, it even required that I meet certain ceiling marks for my HS grades, 85% methinks).

 

[BuggyBY]

Since you mentioned you were still part of a Baptist denomination church - are you in complete agreement with your parents in terms of religious views? I imagine (though it's difficult to wholly grasp the idea of being homeschooled by religious fundamentalists - correct me if they're not) I would have rebelled like crazy in that department and dressed only in "DAWKINS IS GOD" t-shirts come high school.

 

[Nimbus]

I started usually around 8 or 9 and finished at 11 or 12.

*Blink* *Blink*

Ho-ly shit!

Imagine this: 9am-4pm + 2 hours homework + study.

*Envious glare*

 

[darthzew]

I was home schooled until seventh grade. It wasn't that bad.

I do have one question... did you ever have the "home schooler's accent"? If you're unsure what it is... watch this kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfdovxnbt5c

Now, his is extreme... but I guess I'm referring to that half-mumble. I live in Brazil and I know a ton of home schoolers and they all have it except for a one or two.

EDIT: Yes, I had one of these "accents" but it's gone now.

 

[sneakypenguin]

So how does the college application process go there? Cuz in here, you HAVE to have went to highschool before you go to college (in mine anyway, it even required that I meet certain ceiling marks for my HS grades, 85% methinks).

I don't know about where you live, but I believe that homeschool does count as"highschool" they even accept your GPA

Since you mentioned you were still part of a Baptist denomination church - are you in complete agreement with your parents in terms of religious views? I imagine (though it's difficult to wholly grasp the idea of being homeschooled by religious fundamentalists - correct me if they're not) I would have rebelled like crazy in that department and dressed only in "DAWKINS IS GOD" t-shirts come high school.

Ha I'm pretty much in agreement with my parents beliefs other than a few ways I look at things in the Bible predestination/gap theory, and a few minor minor things. I did have my whole little rebellious stage around 15 17 years old, but found after research and thinking, I did generally agree with the parentals. Being raised but them wasn't bad at all since I taught myself I generally came to my own conclusions on things.

I was home schooled until seventh grade. It wasn't that bad.

I do have one question... did you ever have the "home schooler's accent"? If you're unsure what it is... watch this kid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfdovxnbt5c

Now, his is extreme... but I guess I'm referring to that half-mumble. I live in Brazil and I know a ton of home schoolers and they all have it except for a one or two.

EDIT: Yes, I had one of these "accents" but it's gone now.

I did have the mumble till I was 12 and really started getting out. Now I speak quite well I like to think.

 

[sneakypenguin]

I started usually around 8 or 9 and finished at 11 or 12.

*Blink* *Blink*

Ho-ly shit!

Imagine this: 9am-4pm + 2 hours homework + study.

*Envious glare*

I do understand the hours of work now, last semesters it was 9:40-3:30 then off to work till 11 and repeat. This semester I'm back to 8:35-10:45 though

 

[sequio]

Do you think your more mellow than others who've attended public institutions?