I don’t think anyone has ever asked me why I’m home educated.

If they ask you, you could always respond by asking them why they go to school.

Or think about why you are doing homeschool this year. I’m assuming there must have been a reason why you and your parents decided to go from school to home education.

Or you could read (former US teacher of the year) John Taylor Gatto’s article: Why Schools Don’t Educate for some ideas. It’s available on several sites but, when I googled it, this was the one that came out at the top of the pile: http://www.naturalchild.org/guest/john_gatto.html

Thing is: if they are your friends or family then they should support your decision to homeschool even if they disagree…and if they’re strangers, then why worry what they think. It’s YOUR life, YOUR education, YOUR future, not their’s. You can’t go through life worrying about what every person on the street says to you, thinks about you etc.

Well it’s nothing to be scared about. I am in eighth grade and this is my second year homeschooling. I like it pretty well. I have never been to public school, only christian and private schools. I tell people that I do it so I can work ahead and work at my own pace. Most people don’t understand why we do it. They think we sit at home and do nothing. Another reason I am home schooled is because the public schools around her are not very good. Just be honest with them and tell them why YOU homeschool. It is different for everyone. Also tell them what activities you are involved in. Sports, co-ops, classes etc. This will let people sed that you actually do stuff. I know how you feel. Overwhelmed, nervous, scared, and worried about what everyone will think and say. Just remember not to let people tell you that homeschooling is stupid, or you don’t really do anything. These kind of people, don’t understand about homeschooling. Don’t worry to much, and hang in there!

Hope this helped

I felt very strange when I started to homeschool my children. I was kind of paranoid also, not taking them out during school hours etc. Many people like to make conversation with or about children, usually asking” what grade are you in?” or “where do you go to school?” Amazingly enough, when the reply was “we homeschool.” The response was always positive. It seems somebody always had a relative/friend etc. who homeschools. Many people had questions about how it was done but I was never challenged on my decision to homeschool. I am still a little shy about my children’s academic performance. I feel that how my kids conduct themselves reflects on the whole homeschooling community. But yeah. You’ll feel weird and maybe others might think it’s different. (and different is always weird) If anybody asks why, you can always reply, “Because I want to, and I can; isn’t it great we have a choice?”

I am a homeschool parent, and when someone asks me why we homeschool my children, I tell them that it is because it is the best option for MY family, i.e. MY children. It may or may not be the best option for other families/children, but my priority is with my own children.

My 9 year old daughter recently told someone that she is homeschooled so that she can get a customized education in lieu of a cookie cutter one (her words).

Weird is relevant…what is weird for someone else is not weird for you. For instance, some people think we are weird for homeschooling. Well, we think it is weird to spend the majority of the day at school, but NOT learning (a lot of that time is spent with non academic issues such as attendance, disciplining unruly students, etc). We find it weird to have to study math because it is 9:45 Monday, and then moving on to Science fifteen minutes later even though we have not completed the math just because it is now 10.

One of the best things you will probably get from homeschooling, from the sound of this question, is a sense of individualism! You are who you are-embrace that and make the most of it, without worrying what other people will think!

I wish you the best!

So why ARE you doing it? You must have a valid reason. Support it! At the very least, just tell people that you’ve decided it’s the right thing for you, that you want to go at your pace and not be held back by a classroom. Read arguments for homeschooling on the web. I have a friend who is homeschooling her daughter, and she’s part of a whole community of homeschooled kids that study together. I’ve also read that homeschooled kids are more comfortable with, and relate better to, all age groups, as they’re not restricted to socializing only with their classmates.

I’ve homeschooled my son for four years now; occasionally other kids ask him what he does for school (and after they find out they run home and ask if they can homeschool, too!), but no one has ever asked him WHY he homeschools. They do ask me from time to time, and people may ask your mom just out of curiosity, but I really don’t think anyone will ask you.

When they ask him why he’s not in school (like if we go to Michael’s to get more paint for a history model or something), he just smiles and explains that he IS in school – and then proceeds to tell them everything about everything that he’s studying. Oddly enough, that either shuts them up quick 🙂 or puts a smile on their face and they wish him good luck.

It’s ok to be a little nervous about starting – I was scared to death! Now, however, I couldn’t imagine not doing so. Once you get into it though, I think you’ll find you really like it and you’ll become more confident in your reasons for homeschooling.

First of all, and this may sound a bit harsh, but you do not owe anyone an explanation as to why you choose to home school.

There must be a real misconception in today’s society that when people ask a question the other party is obligated to answer; we are not.

Does it really matter what people think of you, or your decisions?

You have your reasons, case closed.

If they think you’re weird tell them they’re just jealous because they can’t do their homework in their pajamas :]

I was homeschooled for four years, and it’s fine really if you get along with your parents/teacher. And as long as you keep healthy social relationships outside of your house, you won’t become one of those strange kids like they show on tv– that doesn’t really happen to people, don’t worry.

It’s a lot of fun sometimes, and you get to learn at your own pace. So if you’re really smart you can just keep moving up, and colleges like homeschooled kids. Don’t worry about it 😀

that is an unfair stereotype. possibly statistically speaking, homeschoolers do extra helpful than public schoolers, whether that is unfair to assert that each and all of us homeschoolers are academically impressive and none are on drugs or something like that. i in my opinion be responsive to a pair homeschooling mothers and dads who’re extremely into the tatoo/piercing element and does not have a situation with their babies doing it as quickly as sufficiently previous. it is likewise unfair to assert that public college babies are all below the impact of alcohol, on drugs or different issues like that. If we are in a position to step previous the generalizations and look on the inclinations, the excuses are sparkling: *Homeschooled pupils in a sturdy homeschool get one-on-one and have a extra adapted coaching. It takes a million/2 the time, if not much less, to do the comparable artwork it is done in a school putting. Homeschooled babies could have the prospect at getting extra completed. in addition they have the prospect to comprehend recommendations in the past transferring on. each and every so often all it takes is sturdy mastery of one element to enable a student to do nicely in that concern sooner or later. in the event that they don’t get carry of that mastery, they’re forever suffering. to not point out that because of the fact they don’t could desire to spend plenty time on college artwork, they have have been given plenty extra unfastened time to be taught spelling words. It extremely supplies them an part! (needless to say, this could be based upon how a be certain homeschools, which varies from kin to kin.) *As for character, who could be likely to refrain from drugs, teen intercourse, and alcohol: the youngster who grows up in an ecosystem the place those issues are not a concentration or the youngster who grows up in an ecosystem the place those issues are a ordinary concentration? that is merely like asking, “Why do babies born in Spain talk Spanish?” considering that’s what they grew up around.

We do it because of weaknesses in public schools between students and staff. Zero tolerance, favoritism, lack of proper education, bullying, theft, harassment. Parents in public schools today deliberately push to make their child the popular ones just so the parents can look good. Then there are parents whose kids are quiet and harassed but the school sweeps it under the rug.

No school, anywhere, can guarantee a proper education or safety for any student.