• Homeschooling High School

    American School 

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    The American School offers the best value in high school distance education—combining affordable tuition and top-quality curriculum in both print and online formats. In its 116-year history, ...
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    Adjusting curriculum to include career choices for high school age! 

    by
    Aandwsmom
    Published on 04-10-2013 04:01 PM
    1. Categories:
    2. Curriculum,
    3. Secular Homeschooling,
    4. General Homeschooling,
    5. Homeschooling High School,
    6. Parenting
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    Well, as we are winding up the first year of 2 high schoolers being homeschooled(it feels SO crazy to say that....they were just in 5th and 6th grade-honest!).....the topic has turned towards what they want to be when they graduate! I want to buff up our homeschool day with what they need but tailor it for each of them!

    I know for my older son, as he has said this since he was 7-8 years old that he wanted to be a video game designer! He is now 16+ and has held onto that, never waivered! He has been into video games since birth, I swear! And can do things on the computer that I do not understand! I remember when he was 2 and would rearrange the files on my Mom's IMac. Then giggle when Grandma couldn't find anything and go click, click, click and they were all back! Nobody showed him, he just knew! CRAZY! As an adult who has used computers since 1988....I still cannot find stuff I download! He did not get that gene from ME!LOL

    My younger son is leaning towards being a paleontologist. No surprise there as he has always been into rocks, fossils, dinosaurs! I cannot remember a birthday or Christmas, that he didn't get a dinosaur something....book, fossil, excavation kit, etc. I guess that is a better choice than Monster Truck driver which WAS his choice at 5-6 when he was obsessed with Gravedigger!! Though that WOULD have been cool, IMHO!LOL

    So, what to do.....what to do!


    We have enjoyed almost 2 weeks off for Spring break but now that I am at the end of the week....I need to finish procrastinating and get the last part of the school year schedule together! I already had a few ideas of things I wanted to change or add BUT now that we are going to start focusing on adding some things to help our career choices.....I need to do my research! ...
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    Letting go of the negativity in homeschooling! 

    by
    Aandwsmom
    Published on 10-03-2012 09:40 PM
    1. Categories:
    2. Homeschooling Styles,
    3. General Homeschooling,
    4. Homeschooling High School,
    5. Parenting
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    So, what has been the overall response to your homeschooling your kids?
    Mine has been up and down!
    The hardest people to deal with on it has been our families! We have everything from 100% support to totally against is so therefore we ignore it and pretend it doesn’t happen! It makes me sad and angry. My Mom was a schoolteacher for 37 years and she is our biggest supporter. She has been for it since we started. The only issue has been getting her to think outside the box when it comes to teaching them, vs. how she taught for years. My Stepdad has been against it and for it and then against it again. He thinks I am sheltering them too much and that they should experience the things of high school to be able to deal with real life. I cannot make him understand that high school TODAY is not like he remembers back in the 50's. Heck, it isn't even the high school I attended in the late 80's! Hubby's family is totally against it. They(his parents) used to help buy the boys school clothes when they went to public school and they no longer help. That stopped as soon as we became homeschoolers. They do not ask the boys how school is, they do not acknowledge a field trip, etc. It really angers me but after 4+ years, I have learned to let it go and consider the source. Though I do like "poking the bear" so to speak by telling them how the school year is going, how the boys trip somewhere went, etc. ...
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    Is Your Homeschooler Thinking About College? Check Out Questbridge! 

    Published on 08-13-2009 09:57 AM
    1. Categories:
    2. Homeschooling High School

    My blogging-buddy Jena, at Yarns of the Heart, recently posted again about her son's Full Ride Scholarship to the University of Chicago. Peter was homeschooled, using an interest-led style of learning for all but his first ...
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