Homeschoolers Unite!!!

@jesusredeemedme2425 your name is kiara? That's such a pretty name ❤❤ I never went to any school ever. I was not homescholed either, I have not been educated. My owners taught me how to read and write, but that was it. So I'm the past 4 years I've had to learn everything, from the internet, technology, animals, places everything. 

kiara you were homescholed?? What was that like? Would you of liked to have gone to school? I think I would of liked school

I think both normal schools and home school have different benefits, although it depends on where you live. And what your home is like🤔🤔🤔🤔

@jesusredeemedme2425

Thanks for posting this amazing thread, jes. 💙❤️

I have been homeschooled for 15 yrs now. Its one of the worst thing life has thrown at me. 💔 Because my cut off from teens my age, and because homeschooling are not common here in this country. And everybody keeps asking me why aren't I in school and this has resulted to my social anxiety. 

I loves books and I wanna to attend med school in America. 

My favouite subject is linguistic (I am now a blingual and will be taking IELTs soon, after that I intent to learn French and Spanish too)

I am currently learning math, English, science and phsycology. (Must say that I am a novice at all of them, only started on math a yr ago .now I am starting on Algbre 1,9 grade)

Its really hard to keep our head up having an abnormal education background than most people here,yet, we am still teens and explorers of the world.  I hope all of us will find accptance and love despite our deferences. 🍀

@jesusredeemedme2425

Hi Kiara(?)

*big tight hugs*(if accepted ofc)

I was kind of triggered by the first question, my mom said since its plain oblivious that I can't even keep myself alive. Volunteer is definitely not appropriate. 

It is true, I am in China and we have this test which is like our lives depends on it….and parents here are quite …abt scores  (I don't wanna expand more, forgive me. But it's also a trigger for me…)

Compulsory is like required. So yeah, we have 9 yrs of them. 6 Yrs in primary school, 3 in secondry… and than this test mentioned above which would like if you failed you can't go to college …

I like books wrote by people like me (ppl with experiences of abuse, homeschool …) like books by Helen Keller, Tara Westover …

I have two reasons why I needs to achieve that score; 1, I needs to do it b/c I have spent like 4 yrs on this language and it only seems right. 2, if I don't my family is going to … me. 

I cant solve math problems to save my life too. But we can learn and make friends with math. Yk…

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@jesusredeemedme2425

I attended public school until 3rd grade, then my mom pulled both me and my little brother out and homeschooled us.  As to why; long story short I was heavily mistreated by both the teachers and students.  It got so bad that my younger brother tried to protect me, and was told by the bully that he was going to kill him....  Mom felt that not only were either of us not learning, but also getting to the point that she feared that something would happen to us if we stayed.

We used Switched on Schoolhouse for our curriculum, it's computer software that taught math, science, history, language, and Bible study.  Honestly my only complaint was that it covered more geometry than algebra.  We also joined Greenhouse, a homeschooling group that had classes and activities that you could sign up for.  Through that my brother and I joined Kids on The Block; a puppetering troop that taught disability awareness.   The main character that my brother played was Mark; a young man with CP.  I played two characters, Brenda and Molly; Brenda had ADHD, and Molly had vision issues (glasses not blind).  Unfortunately we only got to do that for a year, since the program was shut down after that.  We also signed up for 4-H together, and had a lot of fun in it.  I also took dance classes, My brother joined Civil Air Patrol; pretty much civilian air force.  Years after that we started Taekwondo, and we've both reached 2nd degree black belt rank.  

As far as other things that we did, that other kids may not have had the opportunity to do...

I'd say the biggest one would be our experiences with animals and animal rescue.

When we were young mom and dad ran a kennel and bred Siberian Huskies, Akita, Maine ***, and Bengal cats; we would help by feeding them, helping clean pens, and playing with them.  As we got older it became harder for my parents to find trustworthy owners for their puppies and kittens.  So they ended turning their kennel into a boarding facility, which they ran for a long time.  Around that time my family and 4-H group started a rescue for rabbits, that we called Recycled Rabbits.  We would take rabbits from various places like shelters that couldn't keep them, owners that couldn't (or wouldn't) take care of them, or that had been dumped somewhere.  After giving them necessary treatment we would find them new homes. It was through Recycled Rabbits that i had my first experience with animal hoarding.....  I'm not talking about that right now

Eventually the organization was taken from us by another 4-H group, but crazily enough it didn't take long for us to get back into rescue.  A humane investigator by the name of Julie approached my parents, with the intention of using their kennels to house rescue animals.  They weren't doing much with it at the time, so they said sure.  After that it was like we were breeding again, my brother and I cleaned pens, fed animals, and played with them; but new jobs were also added.  We helped with micro chipping workshops, adoption events, we'd help with capturing and spaying/neutering feral cats.  The biggest thing that I did with that rescue was assist in an undercover investigation of a sale barn that was illegally selling certain animals, as well as mistreating them.  It was around this time that I took the test to become a humane investigator myself.  I was able to serve for 2 years before the organization collapsed. Long story short; 2008 economic collapse......

I'm going to cut it short here.....

After graduating from high school mom had us attend community college for a year, so we'd have education records for other colleges.  My brother dropped out, but i stayed and got my Associates degree; after that I got a Bachelor's in Geology at a different college.  

That pretty much is the end of my journey so far, i've been trying to get a job in my field since then.  I did work in Wisconsin for a little bit, but otherwise it's been living with my family and working part time while i'm searching for a better job and getting some small businesses off the ground.

That should be enough of an essay for now lol

Boosting <3

Let's bring the 7Cups homeschoolers together! <3