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I have heard the opposite. Many colleges court homeschoolers as they are often motivated learners who are not burned out on school.Colleges actually prefer regular school for at least the senior year. Helps them to prepare for college work and social aspects
I have heard this directly from several college coachesI have heard the opposite. Many colleges court homeschoolers as they are often motivated learners who are not burned out on school.
Colleges actually prefer regular school for at least the senior year. Helps them to prepare for college work and social aspects
I have heard the opposite. Many colleges court homeschoolers as they are often motivated learners who are not burned out on school.
I am biased the other way I guess. My kid leaves for school 7:30am, does full class load at regular HS, gets out during her study hall and we drive straight to the gym (doing homework on the way....it a 75min drive), pits in 4.5hrs at practice, we drive the 75min home while she does more homework:study and eats,..getting home 9:45pm.——all while maintaining solid A+ and top class ranking. Gymnasts who attend regular school while traveling for their training are the most regimented and on task kids I know! It is all they know, how to budget time and make study plans. Absolutely no procrastinatingI’m guessing it’s a function of wanting kids who know how to function while overburdened, time-wise more than wanting kids who will be the most prepared academically. I don’t personally know any homeschoolers who haven’t already taken a number of college courses, which obviously prep them well for more college courses. I don’t know homeschoolers who do it for gym though. I think homeschoolers are better with time management than the average kid, but I’m biased. Ha.
Everyone’s experiences will vary. I see my kids and their friends, and thats where my impression comes from. I would argue that not having the regiment forced down your throat and still being academically successful on your terms says something different than showing up where you are told and doing what you’re told. On the flip side of that, many of the traditionally schooled gymnasts that we know don’t care about learning and just get by- sometimes with some really late nights of work- but no real passion for knowledge. It’s all in what you’re encountering. Perhaps my kid is just special and not the norm in homeschool.. ha. I’ll take that too.I am biased the other way I guess. My kid leaves for school 7:30am, does full class load at regular HS, gets out during her study hall and we drive straight to the gym (doing homework on the way....it a 75min drive), pits in 4.5hrs at practice, we drive the 75min home while she does more homework:study and eats,..getting home 9:45pm.——all while maintaining solid A+ and top class ranking. Gymnasts who attend regular school while traveling for their training are the most regimented and on task kids I know! It is all they know, how to budget time and make study plans. Absolutely no procrastinating
Most homeschool HS kids I know roll out of bed when it suits them (before 9 or 10), starts school about 9:30-10, finishes at noon and has rest of day to relax before heading to a sport or job.
They don’t stress, if they don’t get whatever assignments done today, no problem, as long as it’s turned in by a weekly or monthly timeline. Running behind, no problem, just pick up that lesson back up later.
Meanwhile my kid would get an F if it went in a day late and there were no extenuating circumstances. And I don’t know a teacher that takes kindly to “i’ll Pick that lesson up later”.
I’m sure there homeschoolers out there that are regimented and on task. I’m sure there are great time budget homeschoolers who work afternoons or evenings or have a sport to get to. I’m NOT at all saying that all homeschooled HS programs are lax, so don’t blast me. It’s just been my experience with the HS kids I do know.
This is true for us and many in our gym. Homeschooling thru the middle years allowed for training that wouldn’t have been available at other times (due to capacity issues with coaching and space). So, regular High School is the plan but it hasn’t been that way all the way through.I think what is deceiving by saying "Most L10's bound for college go to regular school" is that people think they always went to regular school. To me it seems most girls that go to college and get to L10 early (Say grades 8&9) are homeschooled during those crucial middle school years. That ALLOWS them to get to L10 early b/c they do intensive training. Then once they are there they go back to regular school. They weren't there the entire time.
We had considered private schools as well. A little more accommodation with my kid's schedule would be helpful. Technically, I have taken my kid out early to get her to practice on time/get to carpool, however these count as "tardies" and add up to absences and eventually I get letters from the school system. They have to follow protocol and I understand, but it bugs my rule-following self. ;-)We did brick and mortar from start to finish...granted we were at smaller private schools that accommodated their schedules so that really helped them stay in school vs homeschooling.
Some of my daughter's teammates have school districts that allow them to do electives via home school. Sounds great. I wish our school system had an option like that.For some gyms that may be true but at my DD's, the pre-elites all went at least some part of the day to a brick and mortar school in both middle and high school. I know in my DD's case, she took the core curriculum at the school and did the "electives" via home schooling.