Highschool

Discussion in 'Homeschooling' started by Vicky, Oct 18, 2005.

  1. Vicky

    Vicky New Member

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    Your right we are going to have our work cut out for us. I don't know what to use. She is a visual learner and doesn't learn very well on the computer.
     
  2. Deena

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    Maybe with Tina's research she'd have some ideas for you?

    I've heard good things about both of those (A Beka and LifePacs), I think it depends on the child. One person having problems wouldn't mean that they aren't good curriculums. It may mean that that one person had problems and nothing else. At any rate, I know your dh wants the best for his little girl, though it sounds like he wants school at home, not homeschool!

    I know that Bob Jones is Christian, but I'm just using it as an example. Their DVD program is very structured, as school would be, and you really have to keep on your toes to keep up with it. My ds is having a bit of a struggle keeping up with deadlines and staying on schedule. I think it's good for him to learn that---he'll need the structure if he goes to college, and he'll need it when he gets a job! So I'm pretty much appreciating that part of it. It seems very good academically. Maybe a DVD program would be a good idea to use for her, so she sees the teacher, sees them working out problems, etc. Bob Jones isn't just a teacher in a classroom. They add a lot of variety into their program to make it more interesting and hands-on, which has been good for my ds.

    Just some thoughts..... I'm soooo glad he's letting her homeschool! I think she'll be much happier and work harder that way (to prove to him she can do it)!
     
  3. KrisRV

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    wow Deena I didn't know Bob Jones had a dvd program I need to look in on for next year. What is the price do you know? I know Abeka had one and it's 960 something a year for the child. I was looking in on that one. Let me know more about it Deena before I make my mind up on which way to go. Thanks
     
  4. Deena

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    Kris,

    The 10th grade DVD program was around $1,000. That doesn't include the grading and testing stuff, which we didn't need. The A Beka program didn't want to accept us for the 10th grade program, cuz my ds was 14 yo, and they wanted only 15 or 16 yo!

    Anything else you want to know about it?
     
  5. Vicky

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    I honestly thinks if he makes this hard on us then I will put her back in school. I think she is feeling the same way.
    I don't know I would love to homeschool her but on the other hand I don't know if I can do it. I know math and history want be the problem but English and science will be they were my weakness in school. But she is very strong in those subjects and weak in math and history.
    This is something she really wants to do and so do I. I love the thought of having her home with me and teaching her.
     
  6. Deena

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    If you do a DVD program, they usually have lots of helps and some have websites you can access to ask questions, or phone numbers to call to get the info. if you get stuck. I looked at North Star Academy. They looked pretty good, and had all sorts of access to teachers and other students and their stuff looked VERY helpful! You might want to look at it as an option, though I'm not sure that you're wanting something that costs what that does---but it's REALLY good! My son chose the Bob Jones U. program, or North Star would've been the one I'd have gone with. I thought I had the website, but I can't find it right off hand. I'm sure you can Google it or something to get the address if you're interested.
     
  7. Vicky

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    The kids got an invitation to participate in an young Arthur's program this past Friday. They got to meet several children's authors and illustrators from MS. They really enjoyed it.
    I was asked by one of the faculty members of the college if I would come and speak to them about homeschool and help put a stop to some of the myths about homeschool. I agreed to come and talk to all of his classes.
    I am looking at the different subjects, and I have even looked at the Homeschooling for Free book. I still don't know what curriculum I will use. That's why I am asking any of you who homeschool a high schooler to please help me out. Tell me about the curriculum and why you choose it.
     
  8. Jackie

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    WOW!!! What a great opportunity for you!!!
     
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  10. Jackie

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    I strongly disagree! First of all, I DO believe that it is a great thing to learn a second (or even third!) language. I have a workable knowlege of French, and am also fairly fluent in American Sign Language. My children are currently learning French; I am hopefully going to have them learn Spanish, too, since it is becoming more prevelent where we live. But it is NOT NECESSARY to be "competitve" as you think. That would depend on what field you were to go into. And we don't really appreciate people posting simply to advertise their web company.
     
  11. Vicky

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    How am I going to teach another language if I can't speak one myself. I am not as lucky as you Jackie, we don't have classes that they can take here. I can speak very little Spanish. I took it in high school, but the teacher was only a warm body, and only could count up to 20 and knew very few words. So we basically used that time as a study hall and a play time. Does anyone have any ideas?
     
  12. KrisRV

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    Vicky, you can go to the library and get teach me spanish or french. Check out second hand book stores they have alot too. Theres alot on line if you look too.
    There are many ways to do it.
     
  13. Vicky

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    She got her wish. She will be homeschooled as of today next year and maybe the rest of high school. We have decided that she does learn better at home. But now I have to find a good curriculum. Any suggestions?
    She is so happy. :D
     
  14. Jackie

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    HOW WONDERFUL!!! She should be very proud of the mature way she handled the situation; it sure paid off for her!
     
  15. Deena

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    Yippee! Good for her! She worked hard for it, I hope she continues working hard while being homeschooled!

    Learning style is a main factor for highschool. There is so much available these days that you can find something for everyone, I think. It may take awhile to settle in, but keep at it, you guys will do fine!

    Giving her a chance to volunteer somewhere of her choice is great experience, let alone being able to put it on a resume or even a transcript! Does she know what she wants to do as a life work? Some kids do at that age---I didn't. But if she does, finding a volunteer job or intern/apprenticeship job in that area would be really good in helping her gain experience and inside knowledge of that job, and to see if that's what she really wants to do (before you spend thousands of dollars in college, then she changes her major or drops out!).

    I am reading/going through Cafi Cohen's book "Homeschoolers' College Admissions Handbook. Preparing 12-18 year-olds for success in the College of their choice" The chapter I was just looking at talks about alternatives to college, and other interests they may have and allowing them the choice of which direction to head. It says not everyon WANTS a set career that they would need to go to college for, so at these younger ages they need to start exploring, and you with them, their options. It's good advice! Someone may work as a volunteer firefighter, and that could spark an interest in being an EMT, which takes training, but not a college degree. In other words, be open to opportunities around you to help her choose a course that will be best for her interests. Strict bookwork may snuff out some of her interests, and bore her. One family homeschooled through 8th grade, then let their dd explore her interests during highschool. She took the GED, passed, and was readily admitted to college when the time came.....and she did well! I'm not sure I can be that open with my kids, but realizing that you don't have to school at home, and that certain ways of schooling will help your dd achieve success better than other ways, will help keep the possibilities open for her and for you!

    Best wishes, we'll be praying for you all!
     
  16. Vicky

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    Now she has to tell her grandparents. My dh's mom want be a hard sell, she loves the idea of homeschooling. My parents are all for homeschooling until high school. Then they are all for going back to school, no matter what anyone else wants. I had to go to a private school after going for 10 years to public school. Only because my mom talked to a lady whose son was going there. She told my mom that it was a wonderful school. It was not easy going from ps to a uppity up private school. No matter how much I cried nor how miserable I was. She was determined that I was going to graduate with the high society group. I was not that type of person. I hated my last two years of school. All she thinks about is social social social, church and others are good through 8th grade. But highschool is where you go to parties (not the type I want her going to), you become popular and have lots of friends. That is their vision of highschool, forget the academics, its all about being part of a group. My dd is not that type of person, she is very humble and doesn't want to be part of just any crowd. My mom wants to take her to get a makeover for her birthday, my dd flat out told her no way she didn't want to wear makeup. And that she don't care about being popular nor does she care about what is in style. Once again trying to make her into something that she is not. She has always tried to make me into something that I wasn't. It didn't work, you can't put a square peg into a round hole no matter how hard you try.
    She will have her work cut out for her. We told her that, and we really have to respect her answer. She said that it she didn't care about what they said she knows in her heart that the Lord wants her homeschooled.
    I know that my parents don't raise my children, but it is hard because she will call everyday just to speak her mind, no matter how many times I tell her to call back when she has something good to say or its an emergency. She will do that call and tell me something good then she will start on the negative. I have tried many many times to tell her that I am busy and can't talk now. I have even said good bye when she starts it, she then gets my daddy involved and he will call and say something and she will take over the phone from him. I have even tried not answering the phone but she will call and call and call all day. I know who will get the most of the heat me. My dd will not be able to spend the night with them until she changes her mind about going back to school. They will be so mad at us that they will try no get the whole family mad at us too.
    Can you tell I have been through this short of thing before with them. I know what they will do and how they will react. I love and honor my parents, (which by the way they will remind me that the Bible tells us to do that), but I don't know how to do that and still stand my ground. I have tried many times to tell that they are our children and we are responsible for them until they leave our home then they can make their own chooses. My mom has said as long as she is alive she has the right to tell me how to live my live. No matter how old I am. You can't argue with a brick wall and that is how she is about the things she is deturmend is going to happen her way. I know just ignore her and she will get the hint, you can't ignore a brick wall when you are trying to go around it.
    Thanks for letting me vent. I may be doing it again when she tells them.
     
  17. Jackie

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    Oh, Vicki, you poor thing!!! No, she doesn't have the right to tell you how to live your life. Tell her that, when you got married, they gave up that right to your DH, LOL!

    I think I'd tell them that you don't answer the phone during school hours, because it's too disruptive to your DD. Set the answering machine to answer on the first ring. I know...it's not a good solution, and I can see her calling again and again and again. Maybe take the phone off the hook? Sounds to me you've got one young lady you can be mighty proud of!!!
     
  18. Vicky

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    I let my internet call wave take my calls during school. That way we don't hear the phone ring. The only problem is that when my dd is doing research she always calls. I have tried telling her that many many many many times. She stills tells me the same thing that she is my mother.
    Yes, I am extremely proud of her. She is a solid Christian. She is doing a bible study with other girls her age at church, and does her homework without ever being asked did she do it you just know that she has.
     
  19. ChocolateBunny

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    I skipped to the end of this thread without reading all of it -- sorry if it shows. As you can see from my post count, I am very much a newbie. I was just doing some searches and stumbled onto this forum. I am 18 and in my first year of college; I was homeschooled all the way. The first time I stepped into a classroom as a student was when I took a couple of college classes my senior year of high school. I am very happy with how I have been prepared for college; the social side as well as the academic side. I don't know if this curriculum has already been mentioned, but I used Apologia science in high school and thought it was the absolute best that was out there (and we tried several others). I felt it gave me knowledge and understanding that put me well ahead of my peers in the science courses I have taken in college.
     
  20. Jackie

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    Welcome, ChocolateBunny! Your name, btw, reminds me of Veggie Tales...."The Bunny, The Bunny....OOOHH, I love the Bunny...."

    Anyway, I'm pretty much settled on Apologia Science. My oldest is middle school age. Do you have an opinion on history? I'm leaning toward "Streams of Civilization", which my DSS used a while back in his Christian high school, and the book really impressed me. But that's a while off. Just curious in your opinion! Thanks!
     

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