<p>What sort of schedule do you follow? Do you model it on public schools? Local university/cc? Something else?</p>
<p>Also, do you work in the summer? If so, is it just continuing, or is it like a special time to focus on certain subjects?</p>
<p>you seem to be very curious about homeschoolers.</p>
<p>schedules have never worked well for me. i largely direct my own studies. </p>
<p>i do not follow public school schedules. i think they are very ineffective because they make you study like 5 or 6 courses at a time. i think it's better to go maybe 2 or 3 subjects at a time, learning them through and through. maybe there's a reason med schools teach so much in a comparatively short time?</p>
<p>i officially don't work in the summer, but sometimes i do just to catch up if i'm behind on my plans.</p>
<p>(Um, I am a homeschooler. I just like to get ideas/compare. And this year I'm in an independant study school where I have to pretty much follow a schedule, but next year I won't be).</p>
<p>Does that work well for you? Do you find you forget things, like foreign languages and math?</p>
<p>For high school, the most important thing is to make sure that you are studying/taking courses that fit what the colleges that you want to attend will require as college prep curriculum. </p>
<p>Usually this is :
Algebra 1
Algebra 2
Geometry
Advanced Math (like Pre Calculus, or Trig or Advanced Algebra w/trig</p>
<p>4 years of English including American Lit, British Lit, and Advanced Composition (usually World Lit too)</p>
<p>3 units of Social Studies including Ameican History, World History, American Government/Economics (hs tend to put these two as one semester each but we will do a year of each)</p>
<p>Three sciences - two with Labs
usually : Biology, Chemisty , Physics
*some colleges require THREE lab sciences</p>
<p>2 years of the SAME foreign language</p>
<p>Electives to make up 24 total credit units (one semester is a 1/2 unit, two semesters make a unit)</p>
<p>Other classes that they may look for :
Health
Introduction to Computers
Speech or Communication
extra social science courses. </p>
<p>AS for my family, we study year round - it's just easier with all the other interruptions of daily life. Scedule wise, we get in about 4 - 6 hours per day and study about 4 subjects at a time. Remember, this is year round.</p>
<p>why study the bare minimum of what you'd study in public school? can't you be a little more creative?</p>
<p>i mean, this whole homeschool thing can seem a little pointless if you leave public school to learn exactly what you would learn in public school or attend some class to learn exactly how they learn.</p>
<p>don't we abandon public schools because we think we can sculpt a better education than they? sure you should quickly get the bare minimum over with, but after that study advanced or study all sorts of interesting things.</p>
<p>for example, learn to spell:</p>
<p>"And this year I'm in an independant study school"</p>
<p>or learn lots of vocabulary. it's really fun btw.</p>
<p>i'm planning on learning organic chem after i finish general chem (which was after high school chem). public schoolers can't do that!</p>
<p>my son studies math and foreign language regularly (with time off for summer) but his other courses, he works on them just a few at a time. This semester, he is doing community college courses -- so that is a change.</p>
<p>It all depends on your family, activties, interests, etc. I know some families where money is so tight that they do 2 classes at a time, sell the curriculum and buy the next 2 classes worth. Others where they spend all winter in florida with the grandparents, so they school over the summer. lots of flexibility.</p>