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Video clip of Naval talking about how homeschooling kids is significantly better than having to send kids to school I don't have kids, curious what parents think about this? Hadn't really considered homeschooling for when I have kids https://x.com/joelrafidi/status/1882152338376532222?s=46&t=QNlz9swNdb9dxGQvZZJaCw

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I was homeschooled K-12 and there were definitely pros and cons. Happy to share if interested :)

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I'm actually extremely interested if you can share some of the pros and cons

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seconded, very interested

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Absolutely! This will probably come in a few parts as I have a lot to say on the topic. A few things to preface: 1) the success of homeschooling is absolutely dependent on a few factors I’ll go into. It’s not for everyone, but can be successful. 2) In my adulthood (30s here), I appreciate the sacrifice that my mom made to homeschool us. Because of her decision to do this, we were a one-income family of four my entire life. I graduated high school officially in 2010, so there were not a lot of work from home opportunities, as my mom would have been able to take advantage of. Even if she could, homeschooling really can be a full-time job of its own, especially with middle school and below aged children. When you are a child, you don’t necessarily understand or see that sacrifice, let alone appreciate it.

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Con: - Looking back on my experience, I feel that I did not have as much opportunity in high school to explore potential colleges or career fields I might have been interested in compared to my peers in public/private schools. I didn’t have college fairs or speakers or even a school counselor to help me figure out what I wanted to do with my life. Yes, of course, my parents attempted to help me with that. But with that also comes limitations of their own interests/knowledge or even bias of where they thought I should go or what I should major in.

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Socially, I can’t really categorize negatively, but I absolutely had a different experience than someone in a traditional school. As a homeschooler, you have to make a conscious effort to socialize since you are not in a traditional school setting. HSers often get the stereotype of being “awkward” or “unsocialized”. People are often shocked when I mention I was HSed, and I do give my parents that credit for making every effort that they knew of at the time. I danced for 13 years and my mom also had us in a co-op group with other HSers twice a week. We would all come together for certain classes that you really couldn’t do on your own, like debate, speech, or drama. My best friend’s mom was an art teacher and held HS classes. I was also a four-sport varsity athlete (more on this in a second). I definitely knew HSers whose parents did not make as big of an effort as my parents in this aspect and suffered socially as both children and adults.

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In general though, I did miss out on the daily general socialization of being in a school setting. Some people, like my sister, didn’t mind the trade off, but I did. Seeing your friends who attend school go to school events, whether a sporting event or prom, made me feel as a teenager that I was missing out. When I’ve expressed this to others, I’m often told “don’t worry, dances are overrated”. I know as an adult it wasn’t a life changing thing, but as a teenager you feel it. I actually did go to junior prom at a public school, as a side note. A friend asked me because the girl he wanted to take said no and he already had bought tickets. It was fun, but a weird experience not knowing anyone like my date did… who ditched meto hang out with his school friends.

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Con: My last big point is missed opportunities athletically. I was a 5’9 four-sport athlete playing varsity in volleyball, basketball, softball, and cross country. I’m not totally positive of the opportunities for young HSers now, but there were practically zero for under high school age HSers interested in sports in my time. That’s actually why I danced for so long. If I had earlier sports opportunities, I would have taken them. This meant I learned the fundamentals of my sports a lot later in life than many others who joined teams in elementary or middle school. Even in high school, there were limited opportunities. Public schools and our local big private school both had enough kids on their own for both varsity and jv rosters, so they didn’t allow outsiders aka HSers to even try out. There were two small private high schools in my area that struggled to have enough kids for their teams, so they allowed HSers to play.

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I will forever be grateful to those schools for that opportunity because I would’ve had nowhere else to play otherwise. But because they were the small, struggling schools they didn’t have the funding other teams had for equipment or a home gym. We actually had to rent a gym for home games that we couldn’t practice at so home court advantage was non-existent. Our coaching staff was also volunteer and not always of the highest caliber, as much as they tried. My parents have actually taken over running my old basketball team and go above and beyond to give those kids the experiences we couldn’t. I did still get some small school offers for college in 3 out of 4 sports, but no scouting or opportunities opened by the schools I played for. This is actually the one thing I have ever heard my mom say she regretted about HSing me and my sister (she was 5’11 and two years behind me).

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If you’re still here reading…I never intended on being this long-winded, but it was really great to share my experience with you all. I’ve got a journalism/communications degree that I don’t get to use too often in writing anymore, so thank you for the opportunity. Like I said at the start, others’ experiences may be different than mine, but I know HSers who are similar to mine, too. I am forever grateful for the opportunities I DID have and my parents’ commitment to our education. I’m always open to questions or DMs, so please feel free! 💚

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Thank you for being as detailed! I am public schooled and was definitely bored throughout as I wasn’t challenged intellectually A few friends of mine are considering home schooling as they don’t like the degrading level of schooling in Germany compared to 20 years ago Now I have a good base to send them. Thank you! 500 $degen

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