<p>I'm debating between two ideas; go accredited/official thru the next few years and go through a program like American School; or unschool after 9th grade and take the GED when I'm 16.</p>
<p>With the first idea; I would have to do official coursework till I'm 16; until I can afford to pay for any kind of school by myself (16 is when I could start working full-time), take the SAT/ACTs during the official 08-09 year, finish a year early.</p>
<p>With the second idea; I'd take first 1/2 of the coming year in e-school; I had planned on going to school for the last 1/2 of the coming year, as a social outlet. Socialization for homeschoolers = nonexistant here.</p>
<p>So, what I want to do is do official schooling, and once I finish 9th grade, about a month before I turn 15, I want to pull out and unschool until I can take the GED. I've heard that the GED is a con in some situations, but I've also heard that it is a good and affordable ruote for unschoolers who may need something "official".</p>
<p>I want to homeschool cuz I dont want to sit in class with idiots until I finish.</p>
<p>My parents, bad as this sounds, dont care what I do..on my mom's part I think its that shes trying to let me make my own decisions; but on my dad's..i could be runnin with gangs and it wouldnt bother him.. he thinks society is a failure anyway. =X</p>
<p>Colleges...I am smart. I always have been; but if I go to college, it wont be straight into a four-year university. It's either gonna be a technical school or 2 year CC to a 4 year uni program. </p>
<p>I live in Kentucky..</p>
<p>I homeschooled for part of 7th grade, and for the last 5 grading periods of 8th..so from mid-October last year (05)</p>
<p>ok that was a little long.</p>
<p>So, yea...its a mess...there are a lot of reasons that I'm homeschooling; mainly behavioral problems in school...on my reports I always got A's and B's, and conduct... if they could fail you on the basis of conduct, I'd still be in 1st grade right now, of course it was finally realized that I don't learn best JUST through textbooks, which was all that I was allowed to do after 5th grade.</p>
<p>But yea I have homeschooled before.</p>
<p>Only reason I want to consider going back for a semester is so I can at least meet some new people. We had a lot do to for teens down here afew years ago but its a bad area, and theres pretty much nothin here anymore.</p>
<p>ok -- first, I think it would help you to set some goals for yourself as far as schooling goes. Since it sounds like your parents will let you do whatever, you are going to have to take the reins. That might really be for the best -- since if you set the goals and you know what you are working towards, you will make the effort to reach those goals.</p>
<p>kentucky does have alot of homeschoolers for the state and regulations are pretty minimal -- so that shouldn't slow you down. They also have a Virtual High school that offers some pretty decent courses and they offer scholarships to homeschoolers (we used to live outside of Louisville). </p>
<p>my suggestion would be to skip the whole GED/accredited/unschooling business. Go to the local library and check out some books on homeschooling in high school. do some research on the internet. I personally like the Well Trained Mind (both book and website) and the discussion boards are very helpful. Take a look at some colleges you might be interested -- there is a college for just about everyone! look at the requirements (english, math, etc) so you know what you need to incorporate into your high school plans.</p>
<p>Then -- set some goals and make some plans for high school. there are many, many ways to learn. if you don't learn well thru textbooks -- american school is not the way to go. They teach through textbooks and no lecture or class discussion. Once you figure out what classes you need to take (like English every year) start looking at curriculum or ways to learn that English. You could join book clubs at the library (or start one), read, jounal, write for the local paper, start a blog, etc. be creative and do what works for you and gets you the skills that others are learning out of a textbook.</p>
<p>What I heard was the the GED was REALLY easy for smart kids and I donno how that could ever impress colleges that u skipped highschool and just took ur GED...</p>