Comments on: Homeschooling 101

By: Cass

Cass — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:05:37 +0000

Babus Lapus just now. Great post, and I look forward to hearing more about your schooling. It’s always interesting to hear how others do it.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:45:20 +0000

Yikes, Kim! Not have the option– that means homeschooling is illegal! :( That’s very, very sad. In the U.S., homeschooling was “considered” illegal just because there were no specific laws guaranteeing parents’ right to homeschool. That changed in the 1980s. NYS was slow to adopt it, but it did. NYS is practically run by labor unions, and the teacher’s union is the biggest union in the country.

Shelly, thanks for the link. I guess I’d send my kids for a class or two at the local community college, but honestly, I feel about college the same way I do about public schools: they stink. The only reason I’d ever send my kids to college is for that piece of paper (degree) that pleases employers so much. Not that it has much to do with getting a real EDUCATION.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:09:57 +0000

We don’t have the option for homeschooling where I live (Canada), but the kids do go to a really great school so I guess it all works out in the end.

By: Shelly M

Shelly M — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:00:01 +0000

I meant graduate from college with an Associate Degree as they graduate from homeschool high school.

Our son will be 16 in July and will graduate next year from college if he stays on track. He’s been in college since he was 14.

By: Shelly M

Shelly M — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:58:05 +0000

Good Gravy! The laws in your state sound horrible. I’ve never had to deal with that in Michigan or Kentucky. Most states allow the kids to go to Community College at 14 and graduate homeschool high school at 17 or 18 as they graduate from homeschool! Washington State even pays for it! That’s just sad. I’m very upset and I don’t even live there! Michigan has the “go to school until age 16 law” also but homeschoolers are exempt. We don’t even have to register.

Here are the posts about college at 14 in our state and others.

Well, If your comments won’t allow HTML I’ll post the nonesense above in the next post. If it does then pretend you didn’t read this message. LOL

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:04:12 +0000

I don’t know what the laws are about college in New York State, specifically. I do know that a young lady aged 14 wanted to attend college (she had completed school), but the state was forbidding her to do it, because in NYS, you *have* to attend school until you are 16. And there is also some gobbledegook about having a high school diploma before you can attend college. Homeschoolers usually don’t get diplomas. The laws are geared to discriminate against homeschooled kids, that much I know.

I’m not sending my daughter to college right off. We don’t have the money, plus, I think she’d do better at home, still. I want her to learn Greek (we’ve only dabbled in it) and also take some other courses.

Thanks for your comment; I’ll have to check out your post.

By: Shelly M

Shelly M — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:35:04 +0000

Well, you are a homeschooling family too. I didn’t know that. I don’t know what state you live in but there are options for many home schooled teens to begin college at the age of fourteen.

I just posted something about that recently on my blog if you want to search it on my site. I’m too lazy to link to it right now! LOL

I’m looking forward to reading about your schedule. :-)

Shelly M.
The Mom With Brownies