Homeschool per semester?

Should I homeschool second semester?

• I'm in 9th grade and have been homeschooled all my life. This year, I decided to enroll in a private christian school. I went there for one semester (now being Christmas break). I don't really like it because, we don't get as many breaks like public schools not even a fall break. And I think they give out way to much homework. All my friends in public school come home with almost no homework every night, when I come home with bout an average of 3 hours. Sometimes so bad even 6ish with studying for all the tests and quizzes. Plus, with how expensive it is every month, (being a private school) we don't really get to do anything extra. And I really want to get into singing lessons, and theater, (possibly gymnastics again). I would just go to our local public school, but everyone says its a really bad school. I have no idea what to do, my best friends are at church and elsewhere, so its not like the problem of leaving friends. I feel really bad quitting but I don't know if I can deal with it another semester. I feel very lucky already to of made it a whole semester. What do you think I should do? 10 points to best answer.

• Answer:

  Honey, private school's generally have higher academic standards than public schools, and three hours really isn't that bad, you are just used to doing homework with the school work. I'm curious, was homeschooling really that much cheaper than private school? I was home-schooled through the eighth grade then I went to a private Christian school for high school. It was an invaluable experience. Homeschooling is great, don't get me wrong, but in some cases it doesn't prepare for the workload of college. When you get to college you will have several hours of homework plus studying to do for every class, and if you don't learn the skill of being able to buckle down and just get it done you will have a really rough first few years. Plus, the social skills of student-student interaction, student-teacher interaction, and group work experiences are good to have, and you can't learn them in homeschooling the way you will in a formal school situation. Stick out the rest of the year, I promise, it will be good for you, I know this from experience. You have another three years to do those other activities, use this year to learn about being in a "real" school