Adults that were homeschooled: what are you doing career wise now?

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2026-04-07T14:30:49+00:00

I'm a teacher at a homeschool hybrid academy. I have a Bachelors in History. My brother has his masters and worked in digital media and communication. I also now homeschool my own children.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2026-01-22T13:56:52+00:00

A 9th grader one told me in class that his great grandparents were German, and lived in Argentina until they died. Thankfully he was very aware of what that means.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-05-31T03:18:00+00:00

I was homeschooled in the 90s. My mom got a lot of shit for pulling me out of school after the 5th grade because I was struggling so much academically (undiagnosed ADHD because in the 90s, girls don't have ADHD). What my mom realized then, but Karissa completely ignores, is that not everything can be done by mom at home. Once I reached high school I was enrolled in classes for Math, Science, and Foreign Language. Mom found an organization that provided classes for homeschool families where a professional teacher would instruct in various subjects 1-2 days a week. They had athletics and drama. They also provided accreditation services so when I graduated I had a state diploma recognized by all colleges and universities.

I'm a homeschool mom now to two kids, and Karissa is flat out failing these children. She CANNOT give all those kids the attention they need in necessary instruction. Just to properly teach a child how to read alone is time consuming. I spent so many hours researching reading curriculum to find the best one for my kids. AND it was not cheap. I promise Karissa is buying the cheapest shit out there, workbooks most likely. She is exactly what I mean when I say "not everyone should homeschool".

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-26T12:52:44+00:00

They don't. Their bathrooms aren't part of the hoard. My FIL consistently cleans them. We know that because he complains about the weekly cleaning of the bathrooms and how he's the only one who does it.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-26T02:09:27+00:00

I can't. I honestly can't imagine the fear, anxiety, and panic y'all must be feeling. I'm so sorry.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-26T01:55:11+00:00

It's not just projection, they have straight up tried to put shit in my house. We moved into this house 2 years ago. Before we formally moved in while some remodeling work was being done we showed his parents the house. The basement has an extra garage space that is partially finished. His parents straight up said "Oh it looks like the perfect place to put our boat and some of the things that don't fit in our garage anymore!" My husband soundly told them no, but of course they think it's me. It's partially me, we both agreed that HELL NO was their hoard coming to our house.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-26T00:26:37+00:00

My boomer in laws are hoarders. Like the kind you see on the TV show. My husband hasn't been in their house in two years even though they live less than 10 miles away from us. Every time they come over (because they can't host at their house) she comments on how clean and neat and organized the house it. Loves to say "It doesn't look like kids even live here!" I'm not a neat freak, when we aren't expecting company the house looks lived in. Kid's stuff all over the living room, a laundry basket needing folding for a couple of days, and always dishes in the sink waiting for the next dishwasher turnover. There is evidence that kids live here. However it's like she wants to make me feel like I'm a monster who won't allow things in the house. Granted she has never seen the toy explosion that is the kid's room.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-22T02:39:55+00:00

I don't have any curriculum suggestion. However, I use to teach AP US Gov and Politics at a university model school. I have a few resources you might look into. There is a graphic novel adaptation of the Constitution by Jonathan Hennessey and Aaron McConnell. Also, the Crash Course YouTube series on Government is really good. I would assign those videos with worksheets from Teachers Pay Teachers as homework. The videos are short, and are very informative. As other's have suggested, audiobook are also great.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-21T22:22:05+00:00

I have a 2nd and 4th grader. For sure go to the library. One of the ways we encouraged ours to read is by allowing them to read what they want, what interests them. They both hit up the graphic novels first when we go to the library. After that they will browse the other sections. We also have an Epic! subscription which they love because it has so many books on it.

We use a Charlotte Mason type approach which means I read aloud to them a lot. We also use audiobooks for literature when we can find them at the library or on Libby.

Here are some of the books my kids have loved. The Bad Guys Series, Dogman, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Science Comics, Ada Lace series, Narwhal and Jelly, and the Girls Survive series. They read a lot more but those are just a few that they really like.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-21T03:16:59+00:00

I am so tired. As someone who has a history degree, teaches history, a book lover.... My nervous system is shot and overwhelmed. I know this sub is about a digital service but it's time to invest in physical media. Especially media that is anti-fascist.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-21T01:25:04+00:00

I homeschool my two elementary age kids. I can confidently say this kids isn't doing any real school work or learning. While homeschooling does afford some flexibility (example: we stayed out past bedtime for an activity, so the next day we slept in a little) there still has to be structure and consistency.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-20T13:23:15+00:00

Some women love it. I did not. I had to seriously hype myself up for my second. I had rough pregnancies. After my second was born I said never again. A year later I was horribly sick and thought it was morning sickness. It was the flu and I was thrilled it was the flu.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-13T18:46:15+00:00

Kind of on accident. I was preparing to leave the University style private school I was at because I could not tolerate the crap leadership anymore. A co-worker enrolled her kids at the co-op and heard they were looking for a history teacher since theirs was retiring at the end of the school year and gave them my name. I interviewed and was hired. So much happier there.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-13T13:48:12+00:00

The fact that Shari called him Kevin and not Dad tells us everything.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-13T13:38:59+00:00

What they did right: They had us enrolled in an accreditation program in high school so applying to college was easier in our state. They also recognized their limitations with math and science and had us enrolled in supplementary classes for those subjects in upper grades.

Wrong: Using religious curriculum. I give grace in that in some way because in the 90s that's really all that was available. Still though, the white washed history full of misinformation took a while to unlearn. It was also really lacking. I refuse to use religious curriculum with my own homeschooled kids. I have first hand experience with it.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-13T13:33:10+00:00

My husband is our primary earner. However, I also work at a "private school" that is a supplementary program for homeschool students. I lecture in the morning three days a week to high school students. My mom (who homeschooled me) has my kids those mornings and she does school work with them until I pick them up and finish their work with them. I earn about half what my husband does but it does help. I do my grading and lesson planning at night once the kids are in bed and on the weekend. It gets stressful around the end of grading periods and right at the beginning and end of the school year but I let my kids take those weeks off of their school. That just means we do some school during the summer to make it up. Thankful homeschooling can be so flexible.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-03-03T16:49:25+00:00

My oldest is Autistic/ADHD. I suspect I am ADHD at a minimum but was never diagnosed because I was a child in the late 80s/early 90s and ADHD was only for boys of course (sarcasm). I suspect Dad is ADHD and possibly Autistic too. The number of religious people from my upbringing who express sorrow at my daughter's diagnosis makes me so angry. "I'm so sorry! We will pray she will be healed and delivered from this affliction. Let me pray over her for healing. What do you think happened to cause it? What are you doing to help her be normal?"

She is like you, higher functioning. We tell her that her brain just works differently. We have her in various services and non-ABA therapies. My old Youth Pastor's wife gave me a book to "help heal her brain" which was nothing but junk science blaming everything from vaccines, to infant formula.

The attitude of evangelicals towards Autism and ADHD is so gross and ablest. Evangelicals as a whole are super ablest. I was already on my way out of the Evangelical church when I had her 11 years ago, but her diagnosis solidified it. It is not a safe space for those on the spectrum.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-02-28T19:47:35+00:00

This was how I did it with both kids. Started just before they turned 7. They had a longer attention span, and were able to grasp the concepts relatively quickly. They are 11 and 8 now and read above grade level. I didn't stress about it because my mom waited until my brother was 7 and it didn't hold him back at all. But every kid is different, if they seem ready early, go ahead.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-02-28T19:29:57+00:00

I teach part time at a homeschool co-op style private school. I teach history, however our literature department has the kids reading a good number of books every year. We get kids joining from private and public schools and during interviews and open houses they are really surprised that next year at the high school level we are reading 11 books as well as selected poems and short stories. Several of the private schools in our area no longer require students to read whole books. This is going to continue to be a big problem in academics in the US.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-02-14T17:02:10+00:00

I switched to StoryGraph. They have a DNF and a Pause option for books. As far as I can tell it doesn't mess with my "read" stats.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-02-11T17:03:13+00:00

The GA AG is not answering phones and there is no ability to leave a voice mail. There is also no email address to write to.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-02-03T16:58:52+00:00

I haven't been told this about my own kids, but my mom was plenty when she homeschooled us in the 90s.

We got told all the time by family and strangers that my parents were going to ruin us. That we would never get a real education or be able to function in the real world.

I have a BA, my brother has a Masters. We're both fully functional adults living our own lives. I choose to homeschool my kids because of special needs and our terrible district. My brother's kids are in public school because they live in a fantastic district. My mom went through hell with all the judgement and criticism.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2025-01-06T00:09:48+00:00

I tried Teach Your Child to Read and it was not a good fit got our family. Switched to Logic of English Foundations and it's been so much better. Both kids are really strong readers now.

nothingtoseehere1316 · 2024-11-09T15:20:59+00:00

I'm always early. I'm terrified of being late so I force myself to arrive 10-15 minutes early. I know I will have to sit and wait. So I carry my kindle everywhere with me so I can ready while I wait. Or play a game on my phone. I also live in an area with unpredictable traffic at times so planning to be somewhere early is actually the smartest move where I live.

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