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Excerpt from:
"Homeschooling:
The Teen Years"
Ten Reasons to
Homeschool
Through High School (pg. 38)
Reprinted with permission of the author,
Cafi Cohen
© 2000 by Prima Publishing. All rights reserved
 Efficiency
Many homeschoolers complete standard high school academics eighteen to
twenty-four months, very quickly compared to the four years most high schools take. Using
self-instructional materials, they chose, and learning in ways that make sense to them,
most teens can cut the time for traditional high school by half.
- Head Start on College:
Homeschooled teenagers often take college classes to supplement high school
homeschooling.
- Self-Directed Learning:
The absence of xperts in the home promotes autonomy and self-directed learning.
Most homeschooled teenagers not only lean t teach themselves, they also become expert
networkers.
- Travel:
Freedom from the teaching constraints of school allos homeschoolers to take
advantage of travel opportunities whenever they present themselves.
- Work Experience:
Teenage homeschoolers have time for volunteer and paying jobs. Often they get
better jobs than those who attend school simply because they are available during school
hours.
- Time:
Homeschoolers not only have more hours each day for creative endeavors and
learning activities; they also have more time to be alone, to think, to daydream to
develop a private self and a personal identity.
- Family Closeness:
In contrast to many adolescents who pull away from their families, homeschooling
parents almost universally report that their teenagers grow closer to all family members.
- Limited Peer Pressure:
Removed from the near-constant peer pressure in schools, most homeschooled teens
develop mature manners and values.
- Saving Money:
Both parents and teenagers may earn money while homeschooling, making home
education less expensive than attendance at a public school where average yearly costs for
extracurricular activities can exceed $500 per year.
- Fun:
Homeschooling teens is fun for parents, who in the light of their life
experience enjoy learning all the math and history and foreign language they missed
the first time around.
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