TCHSG had a call out to homeschooled teens to write a short letter on what they might tell other parents who are thinking about homeschooling their teen(s). Here is one teens point of view on his homeschooling experience.
Thanks for participating Nate!........
Dear Parents,
My name is Nate, I'm 16 years old, in the 10th grade, have been homeschooled all my life and I do not attend Running Start. I hope to answer your questions about homeschooling for high school to the best of my knowledge. My high school level math is done mostly on my own, by using the Teaching Text Book's Algebra 2 book and CDs. This curriculum is very easy to understand. For science I use Apologia Science's Exploring Creation with Chemistry text book and accompanying CD. Chemistry and Algebra 2 are my favorite curricula because they explain everything so well and they make it fun too. The only thing a parent has to do with these subjects is supervise, grade the work, give tests, and make sure that records are kept. I enjoy homeschooling because learning is so much faster and easier when you don't have distractions like the high schools do.
My social life, on the other hand, is actually better than those who go to the public school. What I mean by this is, I go to the high school everyday for baseball and I get sick and tired of the other players' crude humor and talk that really doesn't need to be said or heard. I prefer to hang out with my church friends, go to AWANA at my church, Sunday School, youth group and 4-H activities. In my opinion, my social life has not been curtailed in any way because I'm homeschooled.
The one thing I would want to say to parents is, your student cannot climb the mountain of success with one step, it takes one little step at a time to climb the academic mountain as your student prepares for college.
Sincerely,
Nate
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