What Kind of School Do You Do?

[aliveinHim]

I was homeschooled K-12th and then went to a Christian college.

I don't know if it would have been good for me to go to a public high school but I really wanted to.

I'm not sure if I would homeschool my kids. *shrugs*

Where do you go to college?

[Edward]

I have been going to public school all my life, but I wish I was homeschooled.

[Fish and Chips]

Public schooling, though a good friend of mine was homeschooled for a couple years so I know a little of what that's like.

[Mangafanatic]

I don't think there's any one system of education that's perfect for everyone. Fortunately, my parents had the foresight to see that homeschooling was going to be ideal for me. I was, thus, homeschool'd from k-12, and then attended a private liberal arts school for college. Great experiences all around.

[Furen]

Wow, I knew there were lots of home schoolers here, but wow, that's a big percent
Public... but I don't like it (though being in a public school, shops are easier access, so it's not too bad)

[Atria35]

That is a pretty big percent, but there's a lot of former Homeschoolers, and ones who did at one time but aren't any more mixed in there. For every option, I believe.

Besides, I thought that the majority of kids that are homeschooled are from religious (and of those mainly Christian) families.

[Syreth]

I went to public school. If I have kids, I'll enroll them in public school. Even though it's not always easy, students learn things in public school they couldn't learn otherwise simply because of the diversity of people who attend. Of course, the needs of the student should be considered too, so I wouldn't say that I'd give the same answer across the board. I've known parents who have believed strongly in homeschooling only to enroll one or more of their children in public/private school because home schooling just wasn't the best thing for those particular kids.

[Hiryu]

Public School. College >>>>>> High School.

[PrincessZelda]

I was homeschooled. Of course, now I go to an actual school, since I'm in college.

One of the most annoying questions ever: "Are you going to be homeschooled for college, too?"

[WhiteMage212]

Homeschooled (or I should say, I'm homeschooling.) Thanks to the large homeschool communities, I basically take classes like private/public schoolers. Most of those classes are put together by Biola University so it acts almost like a private school (minus going to school campus every day). Then I also take community college classes, so my mom barely teaches me any subjects, other than correcting my homework.

[Shao Feng-Li]

Let's see...

k-1 Public school. Seriously, kindergarten was the most useless year ever for me.

2nd grade- Christian school. Best school year ever. I learned more in that year then any other. And I adored my teacher.

3rd- Public school. Another useless year. Lamest teacher ever. She'd sit down at her desk the entire time and just yell when the class got noisy.

4th- Homeschooled. Saxon math FTW.

5-6th- Public school. Houghton-Mifflin math FTL. I never really understood negative numbers.

7- GED, Homeschooled. Saxon-Hake math really made me understand math. Being at home was great. I didn't have to be gone for 8 hours and I'd just get everything done in about 4. After going through the GED thing at the college, I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't try for one. EASY stuff. XD

[SnoringFrog]

I was in private Christian school from K5 all the way through high school. Now I'm in Christian college.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

Mainly private Christian schools. Many Christian students in primary school, very few in highschool, public TAFE (tertiary education) and I'm almost finished my teaching course at a small Christian university specialising in education, theology and performing arts courses.

[Jake]

Back before I moved on to college, I was in public school all my life. In fact, the college I'm attending is a public one!

[Yuki-Anne]

Where do you go to college?

I went to Ozark Christian College.

One of the most annoying questions ever: "Are you going to be homeschooled for college, too?"

My mom suggested this. I told her no, not under any circumstances. I loved my family but I really needed to get out and grow up, and they understood that.

[CrystalChalice]

I spent my first year of school in a private international school. After that, my parents enrolled me in a Chinese Christian private school. I will be graduating from high school there in a month.

The school I'm in has this reputation of being really strict. In fact, I'm always surprised at how lenient some of the other private schools here are. The thing I appreciate the most about my school, though, is that it has taught me discipline and strong Christian values, and that it introduced me to so many of my friends. It also kinda shelters its students from the outside world, so they keep telling us seniors to be careful once we get to college.

[Warrior4Christ]

Private primary school, then private high school, then public university. (Then private company.. ha.)

[rocklobster]

What the? Osaka came back?
Anyway, I was public schooled and in college for quite some time too.
BTW, Atria35, the reason so many ultra-religious families home school their kids is the fact that so many public schools today teach things that are contrary to the Christian faith. I'd elaborate more on this, but I don't want this topic to get locked or anything else.

[acgifford]

Let's see...

k-1 Public school. Seriously, kindergarten was the most useless year ever for me.

2nd grade- Christian school. Best school year ever. I learned more in that year then any other. And I adored my teacher.

3rd- Public school. Another useless year. Lamest teacher ever. She'd sit down at her desk the entire time and just yell when the class got noisy.

4th- Homeschooled. Saxon math FTW.

5-6th- Public school. Houghton-Mifflin math FTL. I never really understood negative numbers.

7- GED, Homeschooled. Saxon-Hake math really made me understand math. Being at home was great. I didn't have to be gone for 8 hours and I'd just get everything done in about 4. After going through the GED thing at the college, I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't try for one. EASY stuff. XD

PURE AWESOMENESS!! I <3 Saxon. Its what my parents have used for all of there kids. Yeeeeaaaah. Saxon is awesome. Enough said.

[Atria35]

BTW, Atria35, the reason so many ultra-religious families home school their kids is the fact that so many public schools today teach things that are contrary to the Christian faith. I'd elaborate more on this, but I don't want this topic to get locked or anything else.

I know that. I was just stating that I wasn't surprised about the percentage because of the fact that Christian parents think that their teachings are contrary to Christianity. So if you're on a Christian site, you're going to get a higher percentage of homeschoolers than the norm.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

But homeschooling for college/university? I don't understand that one. Surely parents don't have the resources and the know-how to provide such a high-level of education (unless ofcourse, they're professors or lecturers themselves).

[aliveinHim]

My mommy homeschooled us because she wanted us to learn the Bible. Our faith is the most important aspect of our lives. Not to mention, she wanted all 5 of us to be friends with eachother. My parents believe that our best friends should be our siblings. I do have friends away from my sibs but those are the ones who should be best friends. Our homeschool's official verse comes from either 1 or 2 Corinthians (I know verses, I forget references).

[Atria35]

My mommy homeschooled us because she wanted us to learn the Bible.

I'm pretty sure you can do that and not be homeschooled But yeah, if you're looking for more time to teach the Bible and know your denomination's theology better, then I can see where homeschooling would be helpful.

[Shao Feng-Li]

I'm pretty sure you can do that and not be homeschooled But yeah, if you're looking for more time to teach the Bible and know your denomination's theology better, then I can see where homeschooling would be helpful.

Not to mention (at least in my experience) there's nothing in public school to encourage you in the Christian faith (and there's no real neutrality either). I know for us Mom was like, "Except for math, they teach everything contrary to what we believe- why would I send my kids there?" It also helps that she was able to be home and all that.

PURE AWESOMENESS!! I <3 Saxon. Its what my parents have used for all of there kids. Yeeeeaaaah. Saxon is awesome. Enough said.

/highfives

I think the math in school would of been fine if the teachers were... less lame. And Saxon is so much better than Abeka.

[Atria35]

Not to mention (at least in my experience) there's nothing in public school to encourage you in the Christian faith (and there's no real neutrality either). I know for us Mom was like, "Except for math, they teach everything contrary to what we believe- why would I send my kids there?" It also helps that she was able to be home and all that.

I must have been to the only public school on the planet where there actually was neutral when it came to religion (never came up, ever, unless we were reading stories that had a basis in it, and it was never disparaged, though we did have serious discussions about what people did in the name of religion), and only the evolution in science class could be construed as contrary to Christianity (which I don't believe as I don't feel they're contrary).

[Kaori]

Private for Pre and K; public for 1-12; graduated from a private Christian college. I'm also currently teaching at a private Christian school.

I must have been to the only public school on the planet where there actually was neutral when it came to religion (never came up, ever, unless we were reading stories that had a basis in it, and it was never disparaged, though we did have serious discussions about what people did in the name of religion), and only the evolution in science class could be construed as contrary to Christianity (which I don't believe as I don't feel they're contrary).

Mine was like this, too: the topic of religion really just did not come up. Also, there were several Christian teachers at my public high school, and even though they couldn't talk about their faith during class, I had a pretty good idea of who they were--at least, I knew who a lot of them were, and there were probably more I didn't know about.

[PrincessZelda]

My mom suggested this. I told her no, not under any circumstances. I loved my family but I really needed to get out and grow up, and they understood that.

Yeah, lol. My mom never suggested it, it was usually people I'd just met who found out I was homeschooled that asked me that.

[Shao Feng-Li]

@Atira and Kaori- It wasn't as if I was mocked and teased and what not, but there were just things that were disagreeable. And there was a family crisis back in the day that played a big factor in Mom bringing us home. My mom had told my former 3rd grade teacher something in confidence and she blew it to everyone- even the other kids in school found out- eh, it was terrible. And for some reason this awful woman wins awards and what not- eugh. Obviously, that doesn't always happen, but it doesn't help me miss public school.

Anyway...

About homeschooling for college? How are you supposed to do that anyway?

[ADXC]

Private Christian school my whole life including now. I'm at a private Christian University.

[Nate]

Maybe it's because I grew up in an area with lots of religious folks around but I never had any classes that taught anything contrary to the Bible in the school I went to either. Religion pretty much never came up. Even in my world history class they completely skipped over anything religious. Including the Catholic church. Don't ask me how you teach a world history class without mentioning the Catholic church but they did it.