I was homeschooled for grades 1-10 - AMA

I see what you did there.

I dunno, I never actually met any of my teachers since it was all done over the interbuttz...

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I did, I played several little league sports. We also had a group of homeschoolers that we did field trips with and classes and the like. Our core group was three families with others coming and going over the years. I essentially have three moms and dads and lots of brothers and sisters. The other kids I homeschooled with are adults now, but we remain best friends and have been for about 16 years now.

Kind of sorta... not really.

I had a few close friends but not too many. In fact, most of them were in public school, so I actually didn't get to see them often.

I also tended to have older friends, since I found kids my own age annoying.

Though, it's funny, because it's kind of a chicken before the egg situation since I'm sure if I hadn't made friends with all my brothers friends (my brother is 3 years older than me) I probably would have enjoyed being with kids my own age just fine.

My parents tried really hard to put in my social situations such as sports and music (Orchestras for kids etc.) but I often wouldn't have any of it, except for Orchestras, they were awesome and I only stopped being in one 3 years ago (I'm 21 now).

We did interest-based learning. Basically whatever the kid was interested in, the parents promoted that. Our learning was also supplemented with math books and science classes, etc.

I did a mix of Long Distance Learning and Unschooling.

When I went to public school in the 11th grade, I took AP English, average level math (I probably should have been placed higher), and I was also taking post-secondary classes at the local college. My parents are catholic, I turned out atheist, even anti-theist, so I don't like Islam.

Academically, going into High School I was in one of the highest percentiles in terms of marks. In actual practice, I was on par with every other kid going into High School, and I found since it was all new to me, I actually cared about doing well and had no problem getting high marks.

Though, the one thing that happened that made me go "oh shit, I should have learned this" was when I realized that I never had bothered to learn long division and it was part of a proficiency test in order to get into Pure Math in Grade 11. I'll tell you this: having to relearn long division since you skipped over that part in home schooling because it sucked really blows. But, I still got through that part fine after some studying.

Grade 10 sucked horribly. It was totally weird being able to interact fine with the adults but be a total weirdo with everyone my own age.

Grades 11 and 12 were progressively better and I figured things out pretty quick and stopped making myself look like an awkward ass.

It's really hard, because, I spent much of my time learning to cope by becoming the class clown and then it was even harder to get out of the coping stage and just be myself.

I think I've hit the sweet spot while at University actually.

I went to public high school for eleventh grade and I studied abroad in Sweden for 12th. I didn't mind public school, but it wasn't super amazing or anything. I did play baseball which was cool.

I would do it again in a heart beat. 100%. I think it's better than normal schooling, until High School of course.

I'm out of college with a degree in video production. I moved to LA in Sept. to pursue improv and comedy. Doing well. I'm not sure about your second question, but maybe you meant would I do it again if I had the choice? I have to say yes, because if I didn't I would be someone completely different.

Nope, I did all public school cirriculum just through distance learning.

Even Catholic Schools in Canada need to teach evolution.

I never studied science at home. I took biology and chemistry at a local college in a class specifically for home-schoolers. I don't remember focusing a lot on evolution, but we weren't creationists. My dad is a doctor, so he knows a lot about evolution. :)

We did interest-based unschooling, but the one thing my parents insisted we learn was math. I did Algebra 2 in 10th grade and then when I went to school in 11th I did Trig. I never liked math when I was homeschooling because my parents required that I get 100% right all the time. Once I got to school and realized a 94% was good, I started to really enjoy it. I never really pursued it in college, but I would say I'm better than the average person at math.

As for regrets, I'm pretty regret-free in general, I think dwelling on the past is not a useful way to spend time, but I wish I knew more about history, and I also wish I had gotten to watch more movies. My mom was very against TV and now I'm going into the entertainment industry and I kind of feel like a fraud because I haven't seen Casablanca. :P

Since the OP sucks and isn't answering questions and I was home schooled for the exact same period, I'll answer some!

I followed a fairly strict curriculum for Math and Science during my time home schooling and took a lot of supplementary courses outside of the distance learning (such as creative writing classes etc) for English and the Social Sciences.

I learned most English and Social Sciences through unschooling I guess. I don't actually remember doing much for those until I went to High School in the Public System. I do remember that I learned how to read and write with the help of my mother and was reading at a pretty advanced level at around 6 or 7.

I did my entire schooling through distance learning, so I actually had teachers that I corresponded with and tests to write (at I time I chose) but simply put, the teachers were only there to grade and give advice, so I mostly did all the learning on my own through text books and computer programs.

My average school day lasted around 4 hours. Including getting distracted and any breaks.

My only regret is that I didn't get to spend much time with my peer group growing up (it was helpful that I had siblings though)! Which is not to say I didn't have friends, I just didn't interact with kids my age every day. High School was kind of awkward because of this.

I am 21 and in University for Film Production.

I'm now 23, graduated from college last year. I'm currently doing auditing for major movie studio in Los Angeles. I'm pursuing improv comedy in my free-time with the hope of making it my career. I'm very happy right now and feel successful.

I went to a public school for 11th grade and I studied in Sweden for 12th.

I felt academically that I was a better learner than my peers at school, if that makes sense. There were some times when I didn't know the book that was being referenced or the historical event, but I performed better on tests, and never had to spend time studying. This also may be genetic though, because my dad always says that he wasn't challenged academically until medical school.

I didn't use an internet program. In Ohio where we lived, students were required to present a yearly portfolio to a certified teacher. The portfolio outlined what we'd done and what we'd studied, and if the teacher felt we had performed adequately, they would sign off on the portfolio.

North Dakota?