I was home educated from 13.. AMA

[aroseaday]

Following on from the other homeschooling children thread!

I'm in my twenties now and was homeschooled from age 13.

@Taxiparent I did quite well so I think my tutors were incredibly talented and knowledgeable!

Only one B and that was in maths 😂 rest high A's.

Taking a short break- watching a film with my boyfriend and our pup.

'Villains' on Sky Store- anyone seen it?

Feel free to leave more questions!

Yes, I'm sure that would have been very hard. Interesting that you were homeschooled not necessarily by choice but necessity because of your health.
Do you feel in recovery more now?

Did you meet other homeschooling families/make friends? What were they like?

Back! Film was good, quite short but good dark humour.

@WineIsMyCarb Thank you, Yes I guess in that I wouldn't let myself get that physically unwell again but still struggling mentally.

@SquashedFlyBiscuit I didn't actually! I didn't socialise in those circles. I imagine I probably would have if I had been voluntarily homeschooled.

It's interesting hearing about different experiences of home ed. Good friends of ours home educate their children and they are always at groups and activities with friends, or meeting up with other families at the park/on outings. I'm sorry to hear that it was an isolating experience for you. Were your parents not concerned about this?

@aroseaday you sound like me a bit, although I wasn't home educated I struggle with similar things. Keep trying to persuade my DH to run a business so I can do the admin! Sounds brilliant. Wishing you all the best for continued recovery, sorry don't have an actual question!

@Ibloodylovewomen Yes definitely, it was my choice to stay homeschooled though. We did try to integrate me back into normal school when I left the hospital but it didn't work out. (All girls school- lots of bitchiness!).

Would you recommend home schooling if you hadn't had access to a tutor? The majority of HE seems to be conducted via a parent? Which is fine if they 'know' the subjects up to a GCSE pass level or above, but I'd imagine pretty shit if they could barely pass an English/Maths test paper themselves? Also do you think the majority of HE is conducted due to underlying issues? If you hadn't had an eating disorder do you think you'd have navigated general schooling well? (no offense meant! 😳)

@Oddgirlout Can we be oddgirlsout? I'm sorry to hear you've struggled with similar, it's so lonely sometimes.
Wishing you the best too!

@Lalala205 Interesting questions!

Hmm, maybe? Having a tutor really helped to check in each week and make sure I was on the right track. Maybe if you're academically gifted you wouldn't need one but I would imagine most parents, like you say, aren't up to scratch enough to teach and I know a majority of home ed parents use 'child led' learning which I guess could be useful to some children's learning styles but I don't think going to a museum on a regular basis for example is as productive as sitting in a lesson either at school or with a professional tutor.

I completed primary school and really enjoyed that, did well enough academically and had a vibrant social life so I would say yes to having navigated general school well without the MH problems.

I think a lot of parents do choose to home educate because their child may have additional needs that can't be catered for in the classroom (for example SEN/ASD/MH/gifted etc) but it's a shame that schools are so underfunded that they can't deal with a variety of children these days as I do think the general school experience can be lovely and very character building.

Ah! Thank you for the answers to my questions 😊 and yes I completely agree in relation to SEN and underfunding (it's shocking really!). I do often wonder in regards to HE if it's really 'ticking' all the boxes for some children though? Or if it's more parent vs child focussed 🙄 Fantastic that you had the support offered to you though via a tutor and your family. Wishing you all the best for the future OP! You sound like a very well centred person IMHO.

We can absolutely be oddgirlsout! Let's make a gang!!