Home schooling is one of those things that either makes people cringe or intrigued. I personally have never gone to public school so my point of view on things may be a bit biased.
The environment of being taught at home is wildly varied by family. Some families have rooms setup like a real class room and do all their school there. In my family we do it all over the house.
Part of the nightmare of home schooling is people asking you questions like: “How do you socialize?” The funny thing is most of the time you are in a social environment when they ask you. The best answer I have heard to that question was by comedian Tim Hawkins. His answer was “That’s why we home school”.
People also assume since you are at home that you just sit and watch TV all day. Number one misconception there. Home schooling something everyone wants to do, but once they do they hate it. It takes special people to deal with their parents all day.
Then there is the stereotypical home school-ers, you know that family with the girls all wearing long denim skirts and white shirts. And then the boys all wear jeans and shirts. Did I mention they always make their own clothes to?
People assume just because your home schooled you can’t even watch PG rated movies. I love it when people assume that I haven’t seen a movie because it is rated PG.
Contrary to popular belief most home school-ers are just like every other student. The only difference is that we learn at home. We do everything public school students do just in a different environment.
