I have a network of friends who homeschool to help out so that she gets lots of socialization and field trips and things like that.
Also a great thing. There was a homeschooled kids group thing near us that did such things, and I remember it being pretty fun. I didn't go very often, though, because they all lived in a different part of the city. And were mostly evangelical Christian types that scared me.
Plus, it never kept up with either one of us and so we ended up bored and 'learning' stuff we already knew almost all the time.
Exactly why I wasn't public schooled at first. When I came back, the school realized this, though, and was pretty cool about me getting into whatever class I wanted to. We kept it to one or two grades above my age (though I could have gone further) just for the fitting in part of it, though, and that wasn't enough. I kinda get disappointed when I realize how much farther I'd be along if I had stayed being homeschooled. I understand that my family didn't have a choice, but I really wish I had been able to continue.
I don't want Christianity, which our schools are rife with, rammed down my kids' throats--which is funny, since I know people who homeschool because they want their kids taught Christianity with their other studies
Oh yeah. In Missouri, that's the main reason people are homeschooled. I was close enough to the city that there were people being homeschooled for educational concerns also, but the big homeschool group was pretty much all about god. Everything they did, every trip to the zoo, whatever, turned into a Jesus lesson. Twas why I didn't go to anything with them more than a couple of times. It's good you've got your network of friends who feel the same way to associate with.
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Ooh, wow.
I have a network of friends who homeschool to help out so that she gets lots of socialization and field trips and things like that.
Also a great thing. There was a homeschooled kids group thing near us that did such things, and I remember it being pretty fun. I didn't go very often, though, because they all lived in a different part of the city. And were mostly evangelical Christian types that scared me.
Plus, it never kept up with either one of us and so we ended up bored and 'learning' stuff we already knew almost all the time.
Exactly why I wasn't public schooled at first. When I came back, the school realized this, though, and was pretty cool about me getting into whatever class I wanted to. We kept it to one or two grades above my age (though I could have gone further) just for the fitting in part of it, though, and that wasn't enough. I kinda get disappointed when I realize how much farther I'd be along if I had stayed being homeschooled. I understand that my family didn't have a choice, but I really wish I had been able to continue.
I don't want Christianity, which our schools are rife with, rammed down my kids' throats--which is funny, since I know people who homeschool because they want their kids taught Christianity with their other studies
Oh yeah. In Missouri, that's the main reason people are homeschooled. I was close enough to the city that there were people being homeschooled for educational concerns also, but the big homeschool group was pretty much all about god. Everything they did, every trip to the zoo, whatever, turned into a Jesus lesson. Twas why I didn't go to anything with them more than a couple of times. It's good you've got your network of friends who feel the same way to associate with.