What reason do kids and teens want to be home-schooled?

Pros: - Flexible Schedule - Study Where You Want - No Bullies - No Mandatory Interaction with People - Flexible Studying Choices - Try Out For Teams within Your District, even if you’re not at that school - Infinite Amounts of Extracurriculars and Work [flexible schedule = more choices] - No “homework”! Cons: - No Sick Days - People will always assume you’re an anti-social wallflower because you’re not in a “real” school - You’ll have to try harder to prove yourself with some colleges - You have to take some classes (like labs) at a local college or high school so schools know you can do the work. I’ve been homeschooled my entire academic career, and I am now a Junior in high school. Up until grade 6 (PreSchool – 6) I was homeschooled traditionally, and it wasn’t nearly as daunting or ‘unsocial’ as people make it out to be. We went to the park, we got to take little day trips when there were holidays, we had all of our neighbors’ kids to play with after school, etc. We’re not shy, we’re all very well spoken, and people are always surprised that we were home-schooled. It’s not a social suicide mission. Currently I am enrolled in a virtual public school, and we still have the freedom to organize our time, but there is a structure to the system. There are also outings, online classes where we talk to students/teachers, and so on. So long as you put the effort into your work, you’ll be fine. It’s not really that different from a brick and mortar school, besides the fact that your classroom is your entire house, or the library, or the car, etc. You don’t have to talk to people just because they happen to pass by you, and you don’t have to worry about some of the time restrictions that other kids do. Homeschooling was the original form of schooling, anyways. It's just as real and normal as a brick-and-mortar public school. :) Many colleges accept homeschool students the same as they would any other student, you just have to show you're capable of doing the work.

Oh how I wish I had been home-schooled. At that time in that place, it wasn't even an option. I would have been able to go at my own pace, and get special help and extra activities in anything (like MATH) that I had trouble with. I wouldn't have been held back in classes like English and Reading, that were designed for the slowest students. I wouldn't have been bullied on the playground for wearing glasses, being a bookworm, and not being good at games. I wouldn't have had to worry about being unable to dress like the other kids because we were a large family with no money. It's no fun when you wear 2nd hand clothes and some other kid comes up to you and says "I love your dress--BECAUSE IT USED TO BE MINE." I would have been free from all the cliques and nonsense that go with middle school and highschool. Count your blessings, and enjoy home schooling.

Pros: -wake up when you want. -Don't have to look nice or even wear pants. -Complete all work early and get ahead. -Colleges love to have home schoolers. -You set your own schedule. -Go at your own pace. Cons: -might not see your friends as much. -Get bored really quick. -Feels lonely. -Need people to talk to. -Public school kids think you're a freak, until they figure out you're hot. Then when they public school kids find out, they make excuses like, "she or he is still weird. Home schoolers are anti-social nerds."

Pros of Public School: ___________________ 1. More people [can be good and bad] 2. More interaction [can be good and bad] 3. Get out every day Cons of Public School ___________________________ 1. Have to be around idiots 2. Unreasonable hours 3. Learn things I don't want or need to 4. Don't get to learn things I want to 5. Unreasonable deadlines, too much stress 6. Unnecessary review 7. No sense of individualism 8. Rude people 9. Bad teachers 10. Watered down, incorrect material 11. Unhealthy lunches 12. Increased risk of cancer from sitting down most of the day [I still do that at home though ;) ] As for homeschooling, all I can say is, I've only been doing it for about 2 weeks, and I need to get more textbooks so I can do more subjects. Aside from that, I have more free time, more social options, and I can ride the city bus without having loud, obnoxious teens fighting each other.

I think all of the pros for kids involve time -- you have more of it, it's flexible, it takes less to finish school for the day... things like that All of the cons come from social things -- you have to put a lot of work into making friends, you're spending all your time in school either alone or with your parent/tutor.

My kids have liked homeschooling because - time is flexible; we can take vacations when we want, work when we want... it's all our choice - they learn at their own pace without distraction or competition - they don't have to worry about grades or failing or anything like that-- they just learn something as long as they need to until they understand and are ready to move on. - they have a lot more free time to pursue social activities - they are in a lot of homeschooling activities with friends - they don't have to always learn through boring textbooks, workbooks and tests-- we take a much more hands-on, experiential, project-oriented approach to learning - if they have a passion for something they can incorporate it more into their learning. They have greater freedom over the books they read or the resources they use

Most of the kids and teens don't want to go to public school because some kids and teens have family problem and many kids can't go to public school because their mom and dad do job for full time. So they have to be home schooled.