Were you Home-Schooled? - Or in Private school?

CAMSMOM1 wrote: Were any of you home schooled? How long were you home schooled?

I just wanted to hear your experiences with it, did you enjoy it? How did you make friends? Do you feel you got a better education from it?

And if you decided to home school your children, since you were?


OR....

Did you got to private school? (same questions as above)

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: I went to public school and will most likely send my kids to public as well.

~Roo'sMama~ replied: I was home schooled, and liked it. I don't think I would have done well in public school... I was one of those types that get picked on a lot.

I didn't have a problem making friends because we were involved with the other home schooling families in our area, and I had friends at my church. My 2 best friends both went to my church and were both home schooled.

As for getting a better education, I guess I can't really compare since I've never been to public. I don't think I got any less than public schools get though, and I had one-on-one attention from the teacher. We even went on field trips with our homeschool group.

Dh and I have decided to homeschool our kids - he went to public school and says he doesn't want our kids in it. I think we will let our kids decide when they reach high school age, though, if they want to keep home-schooling or go to public school.

MyLuvBugs replied: Sorry. I was a public school girl, but with both parents as educators at the school....kinda had to.

A&A'smommy replied: I was homeschooled from about 2nd grade on my parents started because I had LOTS of problems at my old school (it was a bad school is a sense) anyway I grew up in church so I ALWAYS had friends. As far as us maybe homeschooling alyssa I don't think its for me I don't feel like I have enough patience or that I could teach her everything she needs to know so right now we are planning on sending her to the public school system here and then when she gets to middle school maybe sending her to a private school for just long enough to get pass that bad years (middle school omg those kids are awful) and then we will see from there.

jacobsmama replied: I went to public school all my life and loved every minute of it, had lots of friends, small town and wouldn't have changed a thing. Now DH went to school 15 mins away and he hated it but we are very different. Jacob will be public schooled as well, hope he takes after his mom

jacobsmama replied: I forgot......what about you Ann??

MamaJAM replied: I attended public schools from K-12. But - I was a tuition student at a high school other than the one where we lived for the last 3 years of high school (the art department there was MUCH BETTER than the district we lived in). My mother was a teacher and feel very strongly about public schools. My parents did threaten me with catholic high school...but I managed to talk them out of it.
DH attended private school for 2.5 years in middle school and hated it.

Our kids attend private school -- mostly for religious reasons (honestly, it's very hard being Jewish in a public school....between the food, holidays you need to miss school for, etc -- it's really tough). We're hoping that our oldest DD will get into a private high school for this coming fall (the high school she'd attend for where we live scares us a lot...and no public schools take tuition students around here). We hope to move to another school district before our 2nd child is old enough for high school....we'd like the other 4 kids to attend public high school.

Wanted to add -- the school my girls attend (and boys will in the future) is quite small. DD#1's 8th grade class only has 2 students (though they have some classes with the 7th grade making it 13 kids in the room). DD#2's class (4th grade) has 8 kids -- and DD#3's class (1st grade) has 18 kids. My girls have some very close friends from school (one of DD#2's best friends left to attend public school this year - but they are still very close because we make sure to get them together often). The girls also have friends from our synagogue as well as other synagogues in our area....especially DD#1 from attending youth group events. While they aren't exposed to tons of different kids...the friendships they have are strong ones.

amymom replied: I attended pariochial (spelling OMG) school for 1st thru 8th grade than a private Catholic HS. When we lived in a bigger city, my kids attended the local private Catholic schools. When we moved here, small town, my children have attended the public schools. But I have been so far very pleased with all their education.

I forgot to add, I would love to homeschool but feel my dd needs the socialization skills that I just do not have!!

luvmykids replied: I went to private Christian schools until high school, which was public. I loved them both. I'd have to say I got a great education in both, in elementary school I skipped a grade and when I tested to go the second private school they wanted to put me another grade ahead (thank goodness my parents said no, I would've been 3 years younger than everyone). Public high school was a little bit of a shock but back then the private schools around here were tiny and didn't offer all the same stuff like computer labs, now they do. I had an academic scholarship to college so I'd say I got a good education overall. (I know kids in public school do too!)

MyLuvBugs replied: So, I have a question for you all that goes with this.....

Did you attend your school in a city or small town?

And do you think the size of the town or area affects the school system?


Personally, I do. I grew up in a VERY small town. There were only 25 kids in my class, and that was the biggest class in 30 years. Most of the classes have only 5-10 kids. It was an awesome experience for public school. However, most people complain about public schools being horrible with uncaring teachers, and drugs, and gangs, but in a small town you don't have any of that. So, I'm just curious what all your thoughts are.

luvmykids replied:
I was in the city. I don't really know about the size affecting it, in a way I say it makes the schools better if the classes are small, all the parents and kids know each other, etc. It seems like it would be just like a private school in that sense.

5littleladies replied: I went to a private school from K-12 and I liked it. I think that parts of my education were lacking and some of it surpassed that of other schools-Something which I think could be said for any school. Most of my friends from school also went to my church or youth group so we were a close-knit group of kids. I think my overall school experience was a good one, however, I am homeschooling my kids. There are no longer any private schools in our area, but that isn't really a factor in our decision. I believe that I can give my children a stronger education that they would get elsewhere, and we are involved in a large homeschool group so they have lots of friends.