Why do students get home schooled?

Maybe they don't like talking to people, or they just have to.Maybe it isn't their choice, maybe their parents think it is best.A good thing about it is that they don't go through all the drama and crap, noone talks about them behind their back or whatever.You wouldn't get bullied.A con is that you have little expierience with other people your age.They don't have teachers bitching at them.So yeah, that's all I got.I'd honestly love to be homeschooled.

They can choose their own curriculum and go at their own pace. Good for kids that have learning disabilities. Most home school programs require some sort of activity where home school kids get together with other home school kids. Like 4H.

I've been home-educated all of my life. As of now I am a freshman in high school. The thing is that homeschooling is what the parents and children make out of it. If parents and the children are willing to work the asses off than they can have a better education than if they were enrolled in fancy private schooled. This year I have been taking, Honors Chinese Composition and Rhetoric Algebra 1 A History of the World through Globalization from the 1300's-present Physical Science PE/Health Visual Arts And Honors Music (I play the harp with the Westchester University Harp Ensemble) I also take Point Ballet, Tap, Jazz, I am an assistant teacher for a children's tap class, I'm working on my Gold Award, I'm involved in 4-H, and I compete in Mulan Boxing. I take my English, Math, and Science courses through a group run by local college teachers for college prep track homeschoolers. I took my history course the Coursera, an online college. (Though this wasn't a for credit class) Chinese is done with a skype tutor and through a local Chinese Language and Culture school that meets on Sundays. My homeschool journey is very different than many other students but that's kind of the point of homeschooling, you complete your education in whatever way suits you best!

I'm a 14 year old Homeschooler. I went to public school for 7 years, and I'm a more social person now than I was in school. I started homeschooling because I wanted FREEDOM. I'm a musician playing regular gigs, and the 8 hours a day locked in a building schedule just wasn't working for me. I enjoy being homeschooled. I get to learn more about my own interests and go at my own pace. As for socializing, I get plenty from church youth group, meeting people at gigs, horseback riding, and inviting my friends to hang out at the mall or movies at least once a week. I have a boyfriend of 1 year who is homeschooled as well. We do our school at home, we don't stay there all day!

I was home schooled from age 4 until I graduated high school. There are many pro's and very few con's in my opinion. I could be biased... my mother has a Master's in Education, so my education was top notch. I first want to address the assumption that not being around a lot of people is a disadvantage. It is not. This assumption is a pet peeve of mine. There is no empirical proof that attending class with 30 other people is better than attending class with 4 or 2 or even no one. This is a narrative that has been created out of thin air, and it distracts people from the many benefits of home education. PROS - Flexible schedule - Can move at your own pace (i.e., you will not be slowed down by a "slow" class) - Allows you to have a more rigorous curriculum and a better education (computer programming, Latin, financial and advanced economic education, etc.). I believe these things should be taught in school, but government schools have become increasingly "dumbed down" so these subjects are not taught well if they are even taught at all - I am an education consultant, and work with many middle class children who go to government schools that are considered to be better than average. I have found that - by and large - I was doing in fifth grade what the average 7th and 8th grader is doing in a government school. I also work with a number of home schooled children, and I would say that this is generally true across the board. CONS - Might have difficulty getting into an Ivy League school if you were home schooled - No access to "free" team sports - If you are using a substandard curriculum or your parents aren't good at teaching, you could have a bad experience - however, I will say that there are some pretty impressive programs out there that do all the work for you. For instance, there is a program called A Beka Book: when you sign up for a year of schooling with them, you get access to 180 pre-recorded 5-8 hour "school days" with a master teacher who lectures or teaches. These classes were filmed at a private school in Florida; there are 30 kids in the classrooms filmed! Additionally, there are textbooks that you purchase, pre-made quizzes and tests... it's about as close to a real classroom experience as you will get while at home. Sorry, I rambled there for a second. I can't think of many cons, honestly. Hope this helps!

"Not around a lot of people to interact with"? Dude, I'm home-schooled, and I'm 16. I am a leader at Girl's Brigade...I go to 3 different youth groups...I volunteer with the younger kids at my church (also part of the worship team at church)...I play field hockey...I ride horses at the local riding school whenever possible...and I volunteer at the homeless shelter, soup kitchen and charity shop. (Wow, long list XD ) Not enough interaction my bottom. I also have friends that I hang out with on the weekend. Lots of friends. Probably more than you, and I'm assuming you're a public schooler. I will admit though, some home schoolers do lack socialisation, but so do some public schoolers. It all depends on the person, and how much of an effort they make to meet people. But I'm one of those ones who make an effort. My parents figured it'd be better for me if I was home schooled. They were right. The public schools closest to me are about an hour away, and they're rated as some of the worst schools academically in my country. I wouldn't go back to public school if someone offered me a million bucks. I'm ahead of my year already...and I've been back studying for 5 weeks after the summer holidays and I'm already 1/4 of the way through my studies. I mean, yeah, I don't have all my friends around me, all the time while I'm learning, but I have plenty of opportunities outside of schoolwork to have fun with people, and be of service to the community. I can potentially sleep in as late as I want, but with all the volunteering and other stuff that I do, being up early helps me make the most out of my day. My sister doesn't volunteer at all the places I do (although she does come horse-riding with me), which means she can sleep until 10am at least, and still get about 3hrs of schoolwork done and have a life with friends. What's not to love about that? I've heard of kids who start public school at 7:30am, which I guess would mean they have to wake up about 5:30-6am, and with the amount of homework they get, probably not go to bed until midnight. The amount of homework public schoolers my age get is shocking. I only do about 3.5hrs of 'school' a day. My public schooled friends get that much in homework. At least. On top of the 7-8hrs they spend cooped up in a classroom. Also, I can learn wherever I want, whether it be in bed, at the table, on the couch, on the swing outside, or even at Macca's sometimes XD I'm not confined to a desk, or a classroom. Also, I can learn what I want, when I want, and how I want. Most of the home schoolerd kids I know are like that. I manage my time, and I live in the real world. People don't tell me what to think, or when to think it. They also don't tell me what to do. I mean, I listen and respect those in authority over me, but I'm the only one in authority over my schoolwork. Public schooled kids rely on the teachers. Most home schoolers I know rely on themselves. It's great preparation for the real world.

Reasons to be homeschooled: -public/private school is too easy/hard or your learning pace is too fast/slow -bullying -wanting a better education than private school but not being able to afford that (although homeschooling can be expensive too so) there are others but that's all I can think of right now. Pros would be it's very flexible with the curriculum/schedule like you can wake up and do your work whenever and you can choose different classes from what they'd have at a normal school. Cons would be it's very easy to procrastinate and avoid things so it's easy to get behind. You can be lonely and disconnected but there are plenty of homeschooling groups and other sorts of clubs where you can still connect with people.

I'm homeschooled. I've been homeschooled for three years now, and I love it. I had a weak immune system when I was in public school, so I stayed in the doctor offices more than school. If your immune system can't fight off bacteria and sicknesses, then you're in for it when you're at a place filled with sick and germy people. Public school for me was like going to a prison. I had no friends, no one liked me because they thought something was wrong with me since I was always sick. I actually just caught the flu all the time. The schools were horrible. The food at lunch was awful, they always played loud, classic jazz music and you were banned from talking if you got caught talking with the music on. You'd get into detention if you didn't finish your work in time. I mean, how could someone finish like 20 math problems in 5 minutes? And you'd have to get detention for it!! Not to mention the classrooms were always freezing, and that didn't help when you were sick. Now that I'm in a cyber academy, and I stay home most of the time, I have a strong immune system and I haven't had the flu ever since I left those germy schools. I love my school. And think about it, how could a building stuffed with smelly, ill and diseased children, with lazy teachers, be better than staying at home and being in a peaceful place where you can do your work quietly? The teachers just told us what to do from a big book they carried around. They basically took orders from a book. Why can't I do that at home, where it's safer and quieter? When I was in kindergarten, some crazy lady called the school and said there was a bomb in it. We spent the rest of the day, evacuating the school and having to sit in a smelly, boiling gym across the road in the middle school. And guess what? THERE WAS NO BOMB. Public schools can be dangerous. At any minute, someone could drive a car into it and kill us all, or a murderer could come in and shoot us, or we could freeze to death from the classrooms, or a rapist could disguise their self as a janitor and rape the girls when they were dismissed from school. Oh, and don't even get me started on the bullies. So, I prefer my quiet life being homeschooled. I'm healthier, and more educated than I've ever been. I'm an Honor Roll student, and I've learned more in my homeschool program than in the public schools.

There are many reasons: If you are a slow learner, you can learn at your own pace and get one on one help from your teacher (if you go in once a week to check in). You don't have to worry about trying to keep up with the teacher in a classroom. If you can pick up things pretty fast, homeschooling is a good choice because you can get the job done much faster that in a classroom. You don't have to wait for other kids to ask questions or for the teacher to go over it a thousand times. You can learn it and move on. It's also nicer because you can wake up whenever you want and you don't have a certain lunch time, you can eat what and whenever you want. It might be better for some people to because in a lot of my classes it's hard to concentrate with the kids that don't care about school. They are always talking and throwing things in the classroom because they don't care about their grade, but some people actually do. It's nice to have peace and quiet when you are learning new stuff or taking a test. A problem a lot of people have with homeschooling is no friends.. because you defintely don't see your friends every day as if you were in a high school. But you can always hang out with them later, and some people just don't like socializing. Or they have problems at school, like bullying and such so they don't want to go to school anymore.