Quote From: sellingen Last year I used switched on school house...it was okay. Im a kid whos into computers, and the way the software worked just wasnt sufficient for me, i constantly had to deal with glitches and software problems, and i seemed to know more than the tech support did. it seems like many christian parents homeschool their children because either they dont want their kids exposed to the public schools or they want things taught withing their belief system. Switched on school house appeals to those parents needs and wants. My issue with the program was that i didnt want to constantly have to read through religious material during a subject that isnt even close to dealing with the bible. i had to learn creation science for probably the first few months, and history was all religious history. i have nothing against religious people, but i personally didnt enjoy studying something that was irrelevant to the class subject. switched on school house needs to have seprate softwares for parents who arent homeschooling their kids for religious reasons.
i started homeschool because of my health problems. i had been dealing with an irritable bowel so i would constantly feel sick and miss school. last school year was my first year home schooling(9th grade). The highschools new attendance policy was that if you missed 10 days you lost your class credits for that symester...i can miss 10 days like its nothing. asthma, allergies, and of course flu season. so with homeschool we(my mom and i) kept the same schedual as a public school would have, 5 day school week, weekends off, and obviously hollidy breaks. because of my displeasure with the program i had last year my mom created my curriculum this year. needless to say its better.
one thing to make sure of is that your kids are happy with the homeschool idea. because the worst thing you can do is have your kids be as miserable as they would be in an actual classroom. and most importantly make sure that they have a social life. i got so sick of being at home after being sick all of 8th grade, and homeschooling and still being sick in 9th grade. Now, in 10th grade, im taking karate. it gives me something to look forward to every week and gets me out of the house. next year will be my last year of homeschool, i can graduate 1 year early because i will have enough credits. The best advice i can give is to do as much reading and research about homeschool as you can before you start, it will go much more smoothly.
