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⌈ Secret Post #4496 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

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In my case, it's because I was threatened with a gun at school and the school would do nothing about it (and this was right after Columbine, so you'd assume they'd be hyper-vigilant, but nope). My mom chose to homeschool us at that point. Usually people assume it's for religious reasons but we were atheists (well, my brother and I are; my parents are the "believe in a god but don't practice a religion" types). Anyway, it was all on computers and we got to set our own schedule so we traveled a ton and structured our school work around it.

In my state homeschooled kids had to take the same standardized tests that kids in school took to show that they were learning the same things. Every year we were in the top 3% in the state, so we actually got a better education than if we had stayed in the public school system (the schools in our district fluctuated between the top 10-12%). I finished at 16, took a few months to just be a kid, and then worked a year before starting college.

It worked out really well for us. People always talk about the "social aspect" but I find that's more down to the kids' individual personalities than anything. I've always been somewhat of a loner, so I was perfectly happy hanging out at home a lot, and going to concerts with friends occasionally. My brother, who is basically the polar opposite of me, had just as much of a social life as any high school kid (this was later; we were both in middle school when we started). He went to multiple proms, had a ton of kids he hung out with, went to parties frequently, etc. There are groups for homeschooling kids with various events/activities/etc., and there are usually childhood/family friends that aren't in any way connected to school, so if a kid wants to be social they totally can.

So it's entirely possible to be homeschooled and "normal", it's just almost never portrayed in media.

[(Anonymous)]

It's good that your state has some standards for home-schooling. A lot of them don't. It sounds like it worked out really well for you and your brother.

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ayrt

Yeah, it worked out fine for us, but I can definitely see how things would be much different in a state that didn't have any standards/requirements for homeschoolers.

[(Anonymous)]

see, this is an excellent reason to homeschool and the best possible turnout.

unfortunately, anon above with the other terrible reasons to homeschool (particularly #2) and all the states with low-to-no standards for testing and evaluating homeschooling effectiveness seem to be the prevailing scenario. and, frankly, in fictional terms? those are conflicts and drama waiting to happen and that's what drives stories. Happy, content, intelligent students making the most out of a shit situation and succeeding aren't as interesting as bigots, shut-ins, cults, and "I'm stupid because I was homeschooled!"

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

Yeah, it can definitely turn out badly in places where there aren't standards/testing/requirements, and you have a point about the fictional portrayals. Cults and Jesus freaks are way more dramatic and interesting than what we did, lol.

[(Anonymous)]

I have a feeling this is more an exception rather than the rule though.