Quote From: lindsay1111I'm a typical sixteen year old girl and I attend a fairly wealthy public high school. I currently have a 3.5 grade point average and I am very active in my school. I have a part time job teaching younger children gymnastics, I am a varsity cheerleader and varsity tennis player as a sophmore. I am a extremly social person and a very confident a cultured girl for my age. If I had been not given the chance at a young age to have all the oppotunities I have been given I belive I would not be as well-spoken and socialable as I am today. I speak four different languages;English, French,and Spanish all fleuently. If I never attended public schools I wouldn't know how to speak Spanish. If a child is not in a Public or Private school they really do miss out on all our dances that I help plan at my school and attend friday night football games. I live near Atlanta Georgia and football and cheerleading is a huge part of our lives and how our area functions. I belive that high school is one of the most pivitol points in our lives and really helps us become who we are today and there's really nothing that can replace that experience, it gives you the determination and will power to achieve all you can in the rest of your life. As a scholar athelete I will go to Emory Medical School,one of the most prestigious medical schools in the US and will go on to become a useful citizen and not an uneducated and almost useless adult.
I'm homeschooling my 5.5 year old daughter. Since she was four years old, she's known how to read, count to 100, recognize colors like TAUPE, shapes (beyond triangle and square) and the list goes on. I take her to a home school co-op where she takes Spanish (her teacher is Chilean), Math, Book Club, Story of The World and Sign Language. I teach a World Cultures class a this same co-op. These are classes that wouldn't even be remotely accessible to my daughter were she in our public school system. She tests at a high 2nd grade level which tells me that the requirements for 2nd grade in our public schools are ridiculously low because I think that her knowledge is what any 5-6 year old should know.
The experience you detail in your highschool experience is fabulous. For you. That doesn't mean that everyone in your high school is equally as pleased. Check out the list that has been posted of famous home schooled American Citizens who have made their marks in science, math, civics, literature, government and more. Consider these people as well as those those we don't know, before labeling one who is home schooled as uneducated and useless. One thing I hope you learn as you continue your education is that not everything is black & white. There will be many things in life that you don't understand but that doesn't mean that these things are wrong or merit-less. Respect for others opinions, even if you disagree, is a huge part of a successful education and I hope you will take that with you to Emory.
