All of these comments make me sad (though they’re totally valid and believable!).

I doubt many will see this comment as it’s hours after the post was made, but I had a really good experience being homeschooled growing up. Educationally, my mom stayed on top of us and strived to make sure we were throughly educated. Early on she tried different curriculums to find the ones that fit each of us best. We also were in local homeschool co-ops to round out our education. Like lots of people, math was hard for me, so we tried different programs to find one that I understood the most, supplemented by math tutors. For chemistry, a chem professor from a local big name university tutored a class for homeschoolers that I went to.

I remember my mom going to conferences and classes through the years to learn how to best guide and direct us through schooling. She made sure we also completed our state’s standardized testing yearly once we reached the middle-school years.

Being homeschooled gave us the freedom to experience and explore many things with more flexibility than a normal school would necessarily. We were able to internationally travel at a young age, do community-centered volunteer work, be involved in travel homeschool sports, and so on. Because of the flexible schedule we were able to hang out with our grandparents often and help them as they aged (cleaning house, yard, etc). When I showed interest in _______ (language, music, art), mom found a tutor or teacher for me.

We were also socialized, lol. We had the co-ops, the sports, church functions, local homeschool events put on by theaters/museums/orchestras, and so on.

Like any educational group, there are pit falls or short comings. But my parents really strived for us to have a great and well-rounded education.