A Brief Explanation of My Education :)

Hello all! My first day of school is tomorrow (technically today since it is kind of three am...), and since I'll probably talk about the insanity of senior year here, a quick explanation is in order.
I am legally homeschooled.
My parents are legally my teachers and are legally responsible for my education. However, they've hired 'tutors' to teach me.
The reality is both of my parents have jobs, and I go to school where I am taught by multiple teachers in multiple classrooms with other students. It's basically like your average public highschool, but with smaller class sizes, my parents have the final say when it comes to my grades, and I only have to go once a week :). I'm taught a week's-worth of info, then given a week's-worth of homework to accomplish (and the program I've been attending is college prep, so the courses are challenging). What I love about it is that I can choose when to do it throughout the week, and can make plans one day and shift my homework schedule accordingly. The unfortunate similarities to public school are sometimes you get a teacher who is a 'bitty' (not the word I'm thinking :-P), and there can be cliques. The good part: I'm in control of my education, I've had the opportunity to get to know some amazing teachers and make great friends, and I'm able to work the morning shift during the school year unlike most of the other employees my age. I've also taken classes at a community college during the school year and summer, gathering college credits. In past years, that has been the way it worked, and I am so grateful for it :).

 

This coming year, things will be a little different. Instead of taking six classes at one basic location (plus dual enrollment), I'm only taking three (which is bittersweet)at two locations. On Tuesdays I'm taking Spanish in the late afternoon, and on Wednesdays I'm taking Physics and World History in the morning. Thur-Fri-Sat-and some Sundays, I'll be working. Mondays I get off work to cram. So hopefully this post, which wasn't as brief as I planned, will save me a backstory later.

 

While I'm on the subject, I don't advertise myself as 'homeschooled' (though I am) and don't consider myself a 'homeschooler', mostly because of the negative stereotypes associated with homeschoolers. When someone knows me AT ALL, I feel more comfortable sharing that, and I get told a lot 'You're homeschooled? I wouldn't have guessed that...'. The fact is, there are many different ways of homeschooling, many options and styles and opportunities.  So don't write it off as staying at home all day in your PJ's with your mom and 38 siblings.  Homeschooling can provide an amazing education, whether your parents are your teachers or you hire others.  And that's my two cents on the matter :).  What about you guys?  Are you public schooled?  Private schooled?  Dual enrollment?  Or homeschooled?  If you're homeschooled, what do you think of it? And am I the only one who feels just like Jeremy in that strip?

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"But you see, it's not me, it's not my family.
In your head, in your head they are fighting,
With their tanks and their bombs,
And their bombs and their guns.
In your head, in your head, they are crying..."


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