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Originally Posted by kathytheshopper  Thinking of homeschooling this year. My son is going into his junior year and we are both pretty dissatisfied with school. He's extremely smart and school is so boring for him. We are looking into it. I don't think we can convince his father though! Not critizing teachers but he said they have to correct a lot of them, especially math, the teachers let so much slide, the behavior of some high school students is appalling. My son estimates that about 25% of his classmates have trouble even reading! And this is in a collge town with a medical school in the Midwest! Kids sleep in class or even get up and dance to their headphones (which they aren't supposed to have) at the end of class!!! My son has gone through the school system and they never even taught him long division!!!! They didn't concentrate at all on handwriting or spelling. And he never has homework, he just does it in study hall. I think an hour spent at home studying would be more than he learns in a full day of classes and that's a waste of time. My son and I are really checking it out so we can present it to his dad!! |
Definately look into it. Dd went to 1 year of preschool, but has been homeschooled ever since, and looking back I wish I could redo that 1 year and not have sent her. She's only in 3rd grade but we are in a coop with all ages from 0 - 18 so I have some knowledge of the older grades as well. Everyone seems to love homeschooling and are learning so much more than I ever learned in public school. The older kids do some of the neatest things, like this year they are going to create an old time radio show with commericals, sound effects, writing, acting, directing, etc. ("Praire Home Companion" type of thing). And they will be looking into getting it on air at one of the local radio or possibly tv stations.
I would suggest looking into the colleges in your area. A lot of them offer dual credit for high school and college. I'm in Indianapolis and I know a lot of homeschoolers take classes at IUPUI downtown. Plus there are tons of great curriculums to use. The web is full of homeschooling info. My dh was a little iffy at first about it, but now he loves it. If he's concerned about getting into college, that's not a problem at all anymore. Most colleges love homeschool students. If he's concerned about socialization, sports, prom, graduation, etc, there are tons of co-ops, homeschool organization, etc. that have things available for homeschoolers. We actually have to work at not overbooking our schedule with activities!
HTH.
If you have any questions about homeschooling, please feel free to ask. If I don't know the answer, I have a huge network of homeschoolers I could ask.
Jenn