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Well, for me, since I live in the US it really depends which state you live in. Some states have high regulations, others have moderate, and some have low. Like, I live in Texas, a low-regulation state so as long as my mom teaches me math, reading, grammar/spelling, writing, and a course in good citizenship with a written cirriculum, homeschooling is legal . For some states like Pennsylvania, the parents must have teacher qualifications, a portfolio, logs, cirriculum approved by the state, records of standardized testing, etc. etc. (example of a high regulation state). But, really, it's a myth about homeschoolers being lonely--I take classes on Fridays at a co-op where I'm surrounded by a hundred other kids that are homeschooled as well, and next year since I'll be in 10th grade I'll be taking classes all day Tuesdays and Thursdays and building a transcript.

You can have tutors come to you (or you got to them), but most homeschoolers nowadays I know of are taught by their parents (usually moms).

Social skills for me are gained by getting the opportunity to go out more, being involved in the co-ops, and homeschool organization. For instance, I play on the girl's varsity basketball team with other high school girls my age, and we're all homeschooled but practice with each other 2 hours every day. We've also been invited to the district State Tournament on the 27th and are going!!! We also have a varsity boys' team and junior high team. We also do prom, spring formal, and we just had homecoming pass us (don't know much about schools in the UK, but here these are all high school dances done by public schools and the homeschool organization I'm part of). We have our football players, cheerleaders, etc.

Although there are several people against homeschooling, my sister and I have gotten lots of comments on how polite we are and how social we are. They say that most kids don't know what to say to them or don't say anything at all.

Homeschooling isn't much different from public school nowadays--it's just school at home, taught by your mom. Also, I'm studying for the PSAT and SAT tests (college entrance exams) which I'll be able to take next year when I'm a Junior, and my sister and I both took the California Achievement Test last year and I placed way over my grade. If I were in public school, I'd be in 8th grade because of my birthday being so late in the year, but I scored in 10th. (You probably don't know what these tests are, being in the UK, but they're standardized and timed tests.)

Anyways, hope that explains some.

Thanks,
Khariyya

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