Home or unschoolers?

I did homeschooling for about two or three years (the second half of 7th grade, 8th grade, and 12th grade), and I much preferred cyber charters over going into a physical school.

I got to work on my own schedule and my own pace. I think one year I finished a month or two of science work in an afternoon, and I was on point with keeping my grades up to the point where I was exempt from most of my exams my senior year; with the only ones I needed to take at the very end of the year (my latin magister forgot to exempt me from a winter exam, so I took it for no real reason). I didn't attend my graduation, so my diploma was mailed to me sometime later.

As far as college goes, it's not for me and I've come to terms with that. While I still plan on getting into the visual arts (in this moment in time), I intend on doing being self-taught or doing hands on work like a friend of mine who is also an aspiring filmmaker. My friend just got his GED recently, and he's also planning on becoming an EMT oddly enough. I sometimes feel left behind, since most of the people I went to school with already have their lives planned out, and I still have no solid plan as to where I'm going, and I haven't touched a text book in four years.

 

Homeschooled from part of 1st grade all the way to 12th grade.

I don't know how I to feel about it. It seriously set me back from social learning, even though I did go to after school programs and summer camps. It's sad to think about. I felt like such a freak, and I had no lasting friendships with other people who were like me, so there was no one that I could talk to. I'm totally in the closet about it when I meet new people. I haven't been asked about my schooling background in years- thank god! I don't even know what I would say. I don't want to ever be treated differently because of that fact again. Sorry, if I went off on a tangent. It's nice to be able to vent.

 

I wish I had been unschooled... Oh well.

I like to think I still maintained some radicalism and at least partially unfucked myself from public schooling.

~ Adrienne

 

I'm homeschooled; it's helped and hurt me in certain ways.

 

Oh yeah, and for college, I plan to go first to an art school and then another school that is very alternative and dare I say, new agey. These are pretty much the only type of schools that I could go to, because they don't require SAT/ACT. My family lead me to believe that I didn't need to take them, and they have refused to allow me to take them. Thankfully, I actually am interested in the mentioned above fields, so it's not all bad. The scholarship thing is pretty bad though. It's either prove my NA ancestry or a look into the Pell Grant.

 

I homeschooled through high school. Hated it.

 

Well, I have several very serious health problems (including a heart defect that I have had major surgery to repair twice in my life), so being homeschooled has allowed me to be much healthier then I normally would or should be with what I have, but I also never got that socialization (I actually have never had a legitimate friend in my lifetime that wasn't on the internet or Xbox, I relate more to my near 50 year old mother then I do anyone else).

 

Thanks.

As for the matter of a job, no, not yet; I can't even drive.

 

I attended an alternative school for elementary and part of middle. I loved it. It was a small school up in the woods around here, which meant, small groups, a lot of time outside, and a lack of structure. At that age, it was fine for me. I knew that I wouldn't continue on with that, however. I eventually got into a private high school (no uniforms) and now I currently attend a private university. I believe I enjoyed school more and came to be so, I suppose, "academically oriented", because of my unique schooling situation. I appreciate it greatly.

I don't think, however, that I could've continued in that "alternative" style for too long. It occupied more than half of my pre-college schooling, and that's all fine, but eventually I needed to be in a more structured environment.

 

It's really great that you didn't have to go through the journey alone.

I got those questions too! Ugh! They were the bane of my existence. Eventually, you begin to see a pattern in people's behaviour. There was always a point in camp that I dreaded which usually occurred in the middle or near the end of the season, it was the talks of the upcoming school year. I couldn't lie to them and sometimes, the counsellors (oblivious to my pain, I hope) would out me and then the sh*tstorm would begin. I would be treated like everyone else before and then later I would be the Queen of Freaks.

A few years ago, I took an art class for teens at community college. When the teacher started talking about making introductions (where we went to school, our hobbies, etc.) - I almost had a heart attack. When it got to my turn, I said the name of the school and prayed so hard that the teacher wouldn't ask me about it. She didn't.

The question on favourite subjects was always a pretty easy one. It didn't usually raise other questions.

I've made quite a lot of strides with social knowledge. I've done reaserch on young society to better understand my peers, as well as other aspects to society, but I'm still struggling. I feel like i'm mostly stuck in the 90's. I'm super awkward and I probably come off as a weird bitch most of the time. But at least, I'm not as fearful of being around others. I usually dread social interactions, though. :/