What home schooling did for me
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:34 pm
As a parent have you ever asked your child how they like being home schooled? I'm sure you have, my mother always asked me and I said I loved it and would never like being sent to a public school. In fact, I loved it so much that I continued to be home schooled from kindergarten to my Sophomore year in high school. I would have continued it the rest of the way but my parents separated and my mother couldn't continue to teach me having to work at the same time.
I started my Junior year taking Freshman English, Math, History, and Science. I was out of place and felt stupid compared to the other kids. I hid from other Juniors because I didn't want them to know that I was taking mostly all Freshman classes except for electives. I never told anyone my age and that I was home schooled. I remembered one of my teachers commenting on dropouts and home schoolers, that they were all stupid and from large religious fanatic families. One week from Senior graduation, I had to drop out so I could take my GED so I could get into college that year. I choked back tears as I had to return everyone of my books to each of my teachers during class. My math teacher looked at me with disgust and said, "You are just giving up?". I didn't say anything, what was I to say?
I was immediately stressed out when I began college since I was home schooled throughout half of high school and hadn't ever gotten my drivers license. I had to take a 30 minute bus ride to school every day, and to the worst of all my fears, kids who knew me in high school were taking courses at my college. They were all surprised that I was in college, they all thought I joined the military. That's when it came to me, I can join the military and get away from the stain of being a dropout/home schooler, so I did.
I wasn't able to get away from the home school stink in the Navy. I was not allowed to get the high school guaranteed two advancements even though I had the required college credits all because I was home schooled. I am still in the military, struggling to get by, and paying my ever so helpful student loans.
I hope I have shown to you what home schooling does to a child. I never had a choice to be home schooled since I never knew what real school was like. I couldn't tell my mother that I wanted to go to school because it would have hurt her feelings, was she not a good enough teacher?
I expect this post to be either ignored, banned, or deleted because everyone of you truly believes you are doing your children a favor. Wont be the first time nobody has listened to me. Maybe I'm not educated enough.
I started my Junior year taking Freshman English, Math, History, and Science. I was out of place and felt stupid compared to the other kids. I hid from other Juniors because I didn't want them to know that I was taking mostly all Freshman classes except for electives. I never told anyone my age and that I was home schooled. I remembered one of my teachers commenting on dropouts and home schoolers, that they were all stupid and from large religious fanatic families. One week from Senior graduation, I had to drop out so I could take my GED so I could get into college that year. I choked back tears as I had to return everyone of my books to each of my teachers during class. My math teacher looked at me with disgust and said, "You are just giving up?". I didn't say anything, what was I to say?
I was immediately stressed out when I began college since I was home schooled throughout half of high school and hadn't ever gotten my drivers license. I had to take a 30 minute bus ride to school every day, and to the worst of all my fears, kids who knew me in high school were taking courses at my college. They were all surprised that I was in college, they all thought I joined the military. That's when it came to me, I can join the military and get away from the stain of being a dropout/home schooler, so I did.
I wasn't able to get away from the home school stink in the Navy. I was not allowed to get the high school guaranteed two advancements even though I had the required college credits all because I was home schooled. I am still in the military, struggling to get by, and paying my ever so helpful student loans.
I hope I have shown to you what home schooling does to a child. I never had a choice to be home schooled since I never knew what real school was like. I couldn't tell my mother that I wanted to go to school because it would have hurt her feelings, was she not a good enough teacher?
I expect this post to be either ignored, banned, or deleted because everyone of you truly believes you are doing your children a favor. Wont be the first time nobody has listened to me. Maybe I'm not educated enough.