I feel like there’s two main misconceptions, there’s probably more but these are the two I’m aware of.
1) Homeschoolers are super smart. Like, you graduated when you were five years old because you’re a genius child.
2) Homeschoolers have no friends because we’re totally hermits.
So first of all, this is just my opinion on the matters at hand, every homeschooler is different.
1) Homeschoolers are super smart.
We wish.
I mean, I’m not saying we’re totally dumb but just because you’re homeschooled does not mean you’re the next Einstein. (Besides, if that was true, there’d be a lot of Einsteins out there.)
For me, I’m just like every other person out there. I excel at some subjects and I struggle in others.
I’m not a human Athena. I wish but I’m not.
2) Homeschoolers have no friends.
Yeah, because we live in the woods and don’t socialize. We live on farms, make all our own food, and have never heard of a tv or McDonald’s.
Wrong!
Some homeschoolers live on farms. So do some public schoolers. It’s not that weird...or whatever you want to call it.
I’ve also heard that homeschoolers don’t socialize. That’s right. We don’t. We just huddle in our huts and do school all day and then are expected to go to college at age 14 and no talk to anyone.
Yeah. That’s right.
Also wrong!
We do socialize. In fact, I homeschooled with a few different families and different groups over my schooling expereince. If that’s not socializing and making friends then I don’t know what is.
These are two expert videos about homeschooling. Or making fun of it but in a way that is homeschooler a proved so it’s fine.
This one is a song.
There are a lot of misconceptions about homeschoolers but in the end we’re basically just like everyone else.
We can also be super funny. For example:
100 Hilarious Homeschool Manners
