As long as the child is enrolled in homeschool and the proper paperwork has been filled out so the tax dollars still go to the local school district your child can participate in sports and lots of other events to keep the social interaction that is very necessary on going.

I think that is probably one of those situations where the parents weren't paying good enough attention. A parent has to go through the school work with their children to truly know the quality of the education that the child is getting.

In that case...

Make sure your curriculum is secular. I'd hit up eBay for books. If you get Saxon math books and make your kids complete them, rather than stop 1/2 through, they'll be ahead of their peers.

Do you or your partner have an education background? That's key. My parents didn't, but my dad is basically Jared from the Pretender and channeled anything he needed to (especially high-concept math).

I was also pretty self-sufficient, which saved me.

My sister wasn't, and it really stunted her. She has issues she's still dealing with today (on top of being a goddamn millennial who was spoiled rotten by my folks).

Agree with Rausch on the social aspect. My parents made sure I had a variety of social outlets (travel baseball, home school support group, 4-H, Scouts, church group, etc). They let my sister do just one (dance), which also stunted her.


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I am not a fan of "everyone gets a trophy" mentality. It is only setting kids up to fail when they get to adulthood.
I have been to going to all of the school board meetings recently in this area. There have been a lot of students talking to their parents about the new testing methods that have been implemented. My child started not being as attentive to his school work, in talking to him about it I found out that if a student fails a test they are allowed to retake it up to 3 times. If the students answers the questions the same on 2 of the 3 exams then they will be given a 70% and passed. The student still doesn't know the information but according to the school board they have been given a directive that no students should be failed and left behind.
I cannot set my child up for failure in the manner that these people are asking parents to do. It is now causing a dramatic drop in overall scores due to this policy.

I've never met a normal home school kid. Connections and socialization are almost more important than learning in a class

I have a niece who was home schooled for religious reasons, and it definitely stunted her social interaction skills

But it was their parents fault because there are ways to ensure a kid gets plenty of interaction with their peers... sports leagues and scouting, for example, but they didnt let her do those kinds of things either

My stepmother is going to assist us 3 days a week. She is a retired teacher. Also every Friday there is a....meeting or group teaching session that has a average attendance of 25 students and then their parent or parents.
Over half of those parents all are doing this for religious type reasons and don't mind mentioning that they believe that religion should be one of the topics on the Friday meetings which it is not and I hope it stays that way.

My boy likes animals, wilderness and video games the most. So he is a member of the Boy Scouts and there are a couple of groups that get together at a few different gaming shops that play together competing.

This is a problem - perk your ears up.

You are NOT parent - you are a child. You have no clue what's best for you.
Does any grown assed adult think children should have a voice in the conversation about education?

But how do they FEEL?...

The child should voice to their parents and then let the parents take it from there and make the final decision. Keep in mind the voice my child was giving was complaining that several of the other students are not doing their school work and bragging about it and yet are getting 70s and passing without doing any of the work. At first I thought that there was something missing in this story. Upon further review no not really.
After being to several school board meetings and talking to several members of the board and teachers they all hate this new testing method. They realize that it is dumbing down in order to pass children that have not learned the material. The teachers and board are powerless against these changes.

Who?

Fair enough.

You need to realize the point is to make money.

Not to educate children - to satisfy the needs of the state.

A private school (lutheran, catholic, baptist, ect) all meet the same requirements but expect more. They NEVER expect less.

I know here where I live the Lutheran and Catholic schools both agree on an 8 point grading system.

That means you fail at 69 and you don't move on. You leave.

The end...

Every home-schooled kid I've ever interacted with has been very normal and not awkward at all.

The Porters seem to be really nice kids.

We're in Texas, and this is why we home school our kids.