Hello everyone,
So I'll start by saying that I am on mumsnet, but I am not a mother, or father :).
I am 18 years old and currently homeschooling myself through A Levels. I decided I wanted to homeschool 2 years ago after reading "The Teenage Liberation Handbook."
I was not happy with school in general and this, along with other reasons, persuaded me that this is what I wanted to do. My parents supported me as I am an independent person, and I was old enough then to decide for myself how I wanted to be educated. However, they don't know much about home schooling, and think that school is just fine, so my brother and sisters go to school.
My 13 year old brother is extremely unhappy at school. He doesn't work, the teachers pick on him and has no good friends. He is desperate to homeschool like me. I currently use Oxford Home Schooling for my A-Levels, with brilliant tutors. But I am not sure if this would work for him, or be motivating enough.
As I have said before, my mother doesn't know anything about homeschooling, and is not keen on letting my brother quit school because she believes he won't work at home and will never get an education etc...
What I want to know is if anybody here knows of any good curriculum to use for homeschooling 13+. Something like distance learning would be good, as my brother would have the support from tutors. I'd really like to know what all you home schoolers use, in the hope of persuading my mother that this may be a serious option for my brother.
Thank you for reading! :)