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Im 16 and in 10th grade. On the transplant list for a liver & pancreas so i miss a lot of school from not feeling good which means i always have like 3 weeks of homework ill get behind in..and i have it really affects my grades.. theyre usually i's..(incomplete..) and i dont want to keep failing classes.
Here are my ques..if u cant answer all of them its cool. But nething you kno wuld b greattt :o)
1 is it possible to go to school for like one or two classes a day at school and do the rest at home..or is it possible to just go to school like 2wice a week and do ur classes at home the rest of the week?
2 should i do a online school you have to pay for or a free one..? If you do the free one do you have to completely enroll in it or can you still stay in some of your classes at school?
3. If your homeschooled online is it harder or easier then being taught at school?
4 do you think i should be homeschooled? My parents are always worrying ill catch a cold or germs from others at school and its so important i stay healthy..
If ur homeschooled do you like it and can you sort of explain it to me??
Thanks :)))))))
I definitely think you should be homeschooled. You're right about the "catching something" part.
Yes, you'll be separated from kids the same age as you. Invite them over if that's safe, or if you can, go over to their houses. It seems most kids keep in touch texting all the time, so make sure some of your messages include "wanna come over tomorrow after school?"
On the other hand, being separated from kids the same age as you is a good thing. Human beings, for the last thirty thousand years of our history, got "socialized" in the village, with everyone of all ages around, and it never would have occurred to anyone that separating all the (just for instance) 8-year-olds from everyone else for the greater part of the day was as terrific an idea as our society seems to think now. In fact, I believe they would have been horrified at such a nutty idea. It's a mystery to me how we got that idiotic idea into our culture.
As for your studies, there are a number of curricula you can order through the mail. I strongly recommend you work independently, and then you won't have to answer to a teacher who thinks you need to keep up with the rest and wants an explanation why you didn't get today's homework done.
Self-contained, self-taught, self-paced curricula include the following:
Alpha Omega Publishers Lifepac curriculum. Each year's subjects is a set of programmed workbooks with the text included, you read the lesson and answer questions. Be sure to get the teacher's text (has the answers) and you can teach yourself pretty much without help. Whether you buy any of the other packs, I strongly recommend the Math curriculum. The first link below is for the tenth grade, but you can order any level you feel you need. I put the link to all grades below, but the second link there is to the tenth grade.
A Beka Books, very reasonably-priced, pleasant to read textbooks (usually half the price of standard texts), teachers' answer keys available or just buy the teachers' edition. I give you the home page link below, click on Online Catalogue, pull down to Browse Catalogue, then use the lefthand pulldownd to browse by subject of by grade. My kids used these and they were almost the only books I could get them to use.
How about making your own curriculum? You'd have to have access to the right books, of course. Your local library may have school textbooks, or should have them available through interlibrary loan. I have much to say about skipping high school science and going straight for freshman college "general introduction to physics" sort of texts, so I won't start here; just do it. You can find those online at eBay and amazon.com. Read a lot, but make sure it's classic lit that will expand your horizons, like the Iliad, Canterbury Tales, Tom Jones, or Great Expectations, not Harry Potter or vampire books. I'm not saying you can't read popular fluff like that stuff but don't read it =instead of= the good stuff.
Now, before you do any of this stuff, you need to find out what your state's laws are. That's all laid out at hslda.org. On their home page is a link to "all states". Check there, and check the "activity" in your state and try to get a feel for how hostile your state is toward homeschooling. All states have legal provisions that allow home schooling in some way or other, but some will fight you about it. You can get legal insurance for that at hslda.org, so that if there's trouble (probably won't be, unless someone decides your parents are "right-wing conservative christians" in which case they will want to rescue you from their evil environment) you will have full legal help for free.
What I can say in general is: You can enroll in an online school, you can enroll in a state-run online school, you may be able to hire tutors (incredibly expensive), you may be able to make your home a legally registered private school (for example, all of california's private schools fall under this provision; it's up the the school and the parents whether they want to teach a standard or accelerated or special curriculum, and teachers do not have to hold a credential, since the headmaster decides who's able to teach. Thus, Mikhail Baryshnikov could teach at a private school in California but not at a public school.)
There is a good resource for homeschool resources linked below. Curriculum Express caters to homeschoolers. Also feel free to google around for other "homeschool resources".
Explanation for how to homeschool: There are many options, it's hard to say in general "how it works" but some will try to push you into a public school distance learning course. I really don't think this is for you unless they specifically say you can work at your own pace and expressly allow you to get behind your peers. You won't have to fall behind if you don't want to but it's always nice to have that option, especially if you're sick for three weeks at a time. You also have weekends,
I will be entering 9th grade this fall and i need an online homeschool that has a tuition of under $1500.00 but is private and christian.
A Beka
Alpha Omega Academy
American School
Apologia Educational Ministries
Bob Jones
Christian Liberty Academy
Seton Home Study School (Roman Catholic)
I am part of a homeschool group right now but it is a secular group.
I don't know about a Christian homeschool group but there are some things that you can do on your own online. Go to AcademicEarth.org to find university level online video courses for free. My son has used it and it allowed his team to win the state science championship this last year. He also used MathTutorDVD.com to greatly improve his math skills at his own pace. It costs money but it is well worth it.
You should also go to CollegeBoard.com to see all the things that you may be able to study at the AP level and CLEP tests which can earn you a great deal of college credit while you are in school, even if it is home schooling.
If you do this, you will save yourself alot of time and your parents alot of money while earning your college degree before even graduating high school.
The 'Brainy Bunch;' Christian Family Sends 7 of Their 10 Homeschooled Kids to College by Age 12
An impressive seven of 10 homeschooled children from a Christian family in Montgomery, Alabama, which now boasts a doctor and New York City architect among them, all started college by the time they were 12; and now their parents have written a book about how they managed to pull off such staggering academic success.
Christian Homeschooling Online
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