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homer said:

sapphi_snake said:

A question for Americans: Can someone please explain how homsechooling works? Who teaches the kids? Can they do this all the way through high school? Do they recieve a diploma? Is it a good ideea in general?

The parent and or private teacher will teach the child(usually it is the parent). You can do this up through High School. They will receive a diploma. They still have to take state designated tests, such as tcap in tennessee. They also have to take the act in order toget their diploma. It seems like most kids who are home schooled tend to come off to me as antisocial, yet smarter, so it really depends on how you want them to come out. (note, I am generalizing so results may vary)

The anti-social aspects really come from how the kids are allowed to interact socially outside of the home. I don't argue the steriotype can exist, but its easily prevented. In my case, I had a great Church youth group I was able to be a part of, which allowed a lot of social interaction and we had group classes with all the homeschool group like karate, biology, debate class, ect.