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The thought of a parent preparing homeschool High School students can seem overwhelming at first. In my opinion, when they get to be that age, they will probably be teaching themselves what they need to know.
I've written an article about the pros and cons of homeschooling your teen. Here are some basics and tips that you will need for a High School homeschool curriculum.
High school curriculum:
Most colleges require these subjects as a minimum:
Language Arts - 4 years
Math - 3 years (at least, Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry)
Science - 3 years
Social Studies or History - 2 years
Foreign Language - 2 years or more
You'll want to make sure your
child has some High
School English Writing skills for all of these subjects.
There
is a great form at Oklahoma Homeschool that gives you a great
layout of how to organize your child's homeschool high school years
along with lots of suggestions for courses they can take. You can get a
list of famous homeschoolers to further encourage
you that many great people were homeschooled successfully.
If
your child is planning on going to college and has started looking at
some schools, you can get more specific requirements from their college
catalogs. You can find a list of homeschool
friendly colleges and get some help on making out the best high
school transcript.
Tough Subjects
Here are some
guidelines on what to do when you have a difficult subject to teach
that you don't feel comfortable teaching to your child:
What
about College? - Whether your child wants to go to college or is
looking to go into a trade or work for a while, there are also
alternatives to college that you can explore.
In this computer
age, there are more and more options available to students when it comes
to higher education. Although a four year degree is nice to have,
sometimes the debt acquired with that can become overwhelming. Here
is one option for how to homeschool college.
There are programs that
allow you to take college classes while in homeschool high school from
the comfort of your own home. Or you can pursue a profession that either provides hands on training or
apprenticeship or doesn't require a degree at all.
Here
are some examples:
Performing arts
Woodworking
Sports and fitness
Computer programming
Internet Marketing
Network Marketing
Drafting
Landscaping and Gardening
Retailing and Sales
Food services
Photography
Forestry
I'm sure there are a whole host of other careers that you can pursue that don't require a college education
Career
counselor - Be your own or get
some coaching!
Students can feel very pressured to try to choose a career from the many options available to them.
Here are some ideas of how to discern the best career for you:
When you put all these ideas into practice, homeschool High School doesn't sound so overwhelming after all.
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