As a parent I would never have my kids attend public school. They are just public warehouses to indoctrinate kids with their liberal hippie viewpoints. My kids go to Catholic schools where I don't have to worry if some liberal is offended by God. However, the cost of tuition is very expensive and goes up every year.
I have a friend who home schools his kids after he pulled them from public school. He swears by it. My only concern would be socialization and how do colleges feel about home school children? Can someone with experience give some insight on how colleges feel and the socialization process?
Who knew? My parents are cool. Homeschooling is becoming hipster. Celebrity parents like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie proudly discuss their homeschooling lifestyle. But pioneers like my parents set the trend of educational freedom.
The plan was to send me to public school. My mother enjoyed her job as an R.N. and was not bored. She was simply a creative rebel. And my father encouraged her to pioneer—because he believed in freedom.
My mother is a rebel with her own style. She once told me: “I never wanted to be like anyone else. I always did my own thing. But my...
As stated here most colleges would love more home schooled students as they have proven to be more mature, respectful, and serious about their education. Also less likely to be drug and alcohol users. My two scored high on S.A.T's and A.C.T's, were accepted into Houghton College with out a G.E.D or H.S. diploma. They related well to ...
Socialization: has never been a problem. Home schooled kids still join all kinds of organizations where they meet other kids: YMCA, scouting, volunteer work, you name it.
They DO, however, totally miss out on indoctrination camp "socialization." You know--peer pressure to have sex, do drugs, dress like skanks. Getting bullied. Learning to march around to the sound of bells. Such a loss.