Yeah that's what my parents said when they put me in homeschool...
I loved it but i missed my school friends a bit.

Homeschooling is UNGODLY.

It depends on the parent(s) who is/are doing the homeschooling. I was never homeschooled, but I think I would have benefitted from it. I went to public schools my entire K-12 experience and get this: I never made a single friend at school (I made them all at church and just, the real world), never went to a single school function, never went to the assemblies. I did the bare minimum, socially, that public schools have to offer.

My point is, the social aspect of public school isn't important. Each individual will do what he or she is going to do regardless of their circumstances. A home-schooled social butterfly is going to get by, just as a psycho hermit recluse in a public school is going to get by fine.

I still think what really matters is the caliber of the parent(s) doing the homeschooling.

homeschooling's sucess can depend on the person, but from what I know, I do have some arguments against it. First of all, I know what a lot of you guys say, but I really do think that it's very important to your social development. most of my friendships became so tight because I saw them day in and day out and allowed them to grow. I was in a similar social situation, so I could relate to them and/or thier problems in a way I probably wouldn't have had I been homeschooled. excuse me if I go on the vein for a while, but I think, sad as it may be, social skills are some of the most important skills in society, arguably moreso than academic knowledge. Learning how to play the game, understanding the people around you, etc... School becomes your society and you can learn a whole lot from that. You also learn to work with people more, whether you're working on stupid group assignments or in musical/athletic groups.

It also opens up so many more experiences for you so that you can experiment and learn what you like and what you're good at. I've always liked music, but it became my passion in high school because of the people I was involved in it with and their excitement, I learned about as much from them as I did from my teachers and directors. You get to learn from different teachers in different settings, all of which affect you differently - Had I never had Mr Ellenberger or taken a higher level history class I would never have become interested in history or Art History. I know what environment works best for me now and how I learn, and moreover, how to adapt when I'm not taught in the style that works best for me.

that being said - homeschooling has a lot of excellent benefits and it's possible that you do learn and understand more of the material in that way. It seriously depends on the person. what I think would probably be best is a combination where the person starts out being homeschooled but still goes to a highschool for at least a period of time.

So you didn't make any friends at school. That's not wholly unnatural--but it's more than just friends. It's learning how to interact with people you like, don't like, and everyone in between.

I was homeschooled the first half of my 8th grade year by my aunt. It started off alright, I suppose, but it soon turned into me going to Louisiana to visit relatives and childhood friends for the majority of the time. I returned to public school that next January having learned very little but surprisingly not being all that behind. We even got to make up my grades to turn into the office. Easiest As ever. In my personal experience, it did not work because I prefer to learn in a social environment...not to mention I don't get along with that aunt too well.

[QUOTE=Dj Yoshi]So you didn't make any friends at school. That's not wholly unnatural--but it's more than just friends. It's learning how to interact with people you like, don't like, and everyone in between.[/QUOTE]

What I'm trying to say is public school doesn't necessarily instill better social skills in people. I didn't learn how to interact with people I like, don't like, and everyone in between. I just stuck to my clique. I didn't interact with anyone. I just walked into class, and walked back out. Never said a word unless asked to. Every day.

That's the fault of your Elementary and Middle School teachers then--that's when you're supposed to be forced to interact with such people, especially in Elementary school, as they actually take classes on child psychology and such.

No one can force you to truly interact with people - if my early teachers tried it, it didn't work. That's my point - it's not the fault of the teachers or the school - it's the person's fault.

You'd be surprised what you can and can't be forced to do, but it's true that their way is to coerce others to interact. Some resist and still stay the quiet kid. I can't say whether your teachers tried at all or if you just hate people so much you didn't talk to them even when you were a kid.

Homeschooling is good if you're socially active as well. I was homeschooled all through middle school without much normal socialization, and now I'm trying to make up for the skills I could have learned earlier.

Yeah I was kinda an outcast in public school anyway... But then again, I'm always an outcast. :p

Linki- *snip*

Lol.

Homeschooling can go either way, depending on the parents. You get more real world exposure and opportunity in a public school, though.

But don't these parents go to work? Or is it often one parent for most of the day?

i was homeschooled 7-12 after moving from new york to florida, used a program that had all the curriculum right there on the computer. hell it even graded me.

I never fit in with anybody my age anyways, i usually hung out w/friends that were 2 grades behind me. Didn't make any friends while being homeschooled, cept for those online of course. It wouldn't have mattered much anyway, as we moved to pennsylvania after i graduated.

I don't think it'll work well unless one parent is home, only speaking about the general case.