Verarde
Pondering Wearing A Hat
No, I have not forgotten your questions. Just have not had time. In the meanwhile, here's something to occupy yourselves with.
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Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
Can I ask where this picture is from originally, and some sources for all the percentages and numbers posted to satisfy my natural bias versus percentage tsunamis.
Verarde
Pondering Wearing A Hat
I don't know where it's from originally. Found it on a blog. The sources are at the bottom, and seem legit. Thought it might spark a conversation or two.
Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
If by "occupy yourselves with" you meant searching and hunting for links to research and surveys to figure out the credibility, and a lot of questions I have with regard to the many statistics linked, I'm sorry, but I'll pass. 
Which is exactly the point of these number tsunamis. They overload you with percentages and numbers and they know the effort to check them all is so off putting, hardly anyone will take the time.
Do you have a link to the blog?
Which is exactly the point of these number tsunamis. They overload you with percentages and numbers and they know the effort to check them all is so off putting, hardly anyone will take the time.
Do you have a link to the blog?
Verarde
Pondering Wearing A Hat
If by "occupy yourselves with" you meant searching and hunting for links to research and surveys to figure out the credibility, and a lot of questions I have with regard to the many statistics linked, I'm sorry, but I'll pass.
I just meant for you guys to have a distraction to look at.See above.
yeah I do. Unfortunately, what the guy does is find interesting links, and writes short little blurbs. Nothing too interesting on his site. And like you, I'm too lazy to go look up all those numbers and confirm 'em.
Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
Thanks for the link, it did help a little in confirming what I suspected.
A good class on a subject can easily prepare you to succeed on an AP test, without being labelled as such. Before you put a ton of effort into it I'd check to see how the colleges you're interested in value the tests though. Lots will accept them and give you some credit, but it's frequently generic credit that will have little value for meeting the requirements of an actual degree.
Something you always have to be wary about when looking at statistics relating to home-schooling is that, without spelling it out, they all seem to be interpreted based on the premise that the only significant difference between home-schoolers and public school students is the home-schooling. In practice, the mere fact that the home-schoolers' parents have the potential and interest to home-school their kids puts them into a group which is much more successful than the average student.
Evangelical parents are probably gonna leave their kids with some fairly unscientific definitions of words like "proof" and "theory" applied in scientific contexts. That doesn't really speak against home-schooling though. If you have a teacher who is obligated to be ambiguous and a group of parents and respected adults who have deep-seated convictions you're likely to end up with about the same result as if the teacher wasn't involved. I think it's unlikely that being home-schooled leads to any major gaps in a kids education that a public school would have prevented. High school students are unlikely to learn all about things like falsifiability and a null hypothesis regardless of where they go.
I'm curious if any of you guys with a lot of home-schooling experience are in your late 20's or older? To me it seems like socialization would be the big issue with home-schooling. I hear you when you say that you're relatively introverted anyway, but it seems like that kind of thing would really catch up to you once you get to career age. Not that there aren't some careers where you can get away with being incredibly introverted, but nothing quite resembles high-school-after-high-school so much your average workplace and there are tangible benefits to being successful socially in a lot of cases. Obviously a person has plenty of opportunity to learn social behavior in a diverse group after high school, but I can't really think of another time when it is really forced on you. I realize there's no well spelled out question here, but I'd be interested to hear any of your musings on the subject.
What is being "successful" socially?
That's not a problem around here at least.
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
Hot girls who like to party.
Elephantium
Trampling the AI
While "girls" is a good flippant answer (LOL!), I think this quote explains it better. I heard this in a presentation during college (I think the topic was about Java):
"Working hard and doing your job well will get you your first promotion.
Being able to make friends at the office will get you your second promotion.
Being able to play office politics will get you your third promotion."
Poast fix'd.
Now, for a serious answer, That's success at the office in a climber manner, stepping on one or two fingers along the way. Anyway, it's professional success. Social success isn't the same.
strijder20
Wallowing in irony
As a homeschooler, the ideals and ideas of your parents must have more affected your ideas and ideals than a non-homeschooler. Do you see this as a disadvantage or as an advantage?
madviking
north american scum
Will you homeschool your kids?
Must be nice to have the financial resources to homeschool your kids. I homeschooled myself in high school but it wasn't accredited 
I was depressed and didn't see the point in going to school. My mom worked 2 jobs as it is so it wasn't an option for me.
Dunno if it's been answered: What are your college plans? Career plans? Your OP says you have a christian upbringing: do you plan to learn other worldviews (religions, cultures, etc)?
I was depressed and didn't see the point in going to school. My mom worked 2 jobs as it is so it wasn't an option for me.Dunno if it's been answered: What are your college plans? Career plans? Your OP says you have a christian upbringing: do you plan to learn other worldviews (religions, cultures, etc)?
jtb1127
Deity
Do you like Ron Paul?
Verarde
Pondering Wearing A Hat
College plans...Must be nice to have the financial resources to homeschool your kids. I homeschooled myself in high school but it wasn't accredited
Dunno if it's been answered: What are your college plans? Career plans? Your OP says you have a christian upbringing: do you plan to learn other worldviews (religions, cultures, etc)?
Currently I'm looking at a major in what a local private college calls "Government", but on the "Strategic Intelligence" track. However, I have not committed to that college, and I'm not sure what that type of major is called by the majority of colleges. I'm practically looking at something that involves, well, strategic intelligence.
Career plans would then be something related to that, where ever life takes me.
I think to understand my own worldview better, I have to have a firm grasp on other worldviews, which one of my courses does help me with.
This is hard to answer because I don't know what the future will hold. Possibilities:
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Definitely as an advantage. People frequently remark to my mother how mature I am for my age (that's a compliment, right?). I believe this is due to my upbringing. My parents have not left me alone, they have always been supportive and encouraging.
I don't pay much attention to politics...except when it gets down to the election stuff.
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