Re: Homeschoolers united!
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 3:52 pm
No more homeschooling for us. Unless something changes, our youngest will graduate the local public school in 2021. Thankfully, the school is pretty solid academically.
We've had various results with respect to college or after-high school for the first three kids.
1) Boy #1 graduated from homeschool and joined the coast guard. The recruiter mistakenly told him he'd have to score higher in the ASVAB than "normal kids" due to his being homeschooled. He was misinformed; the 2012 NDAA did away with that and made it so homeschooled kids were considered Tier 1 high school graduates like any other high school graduate. I contacted the lawyers (at HSLDA.org) and had them cocked and ready but boy #1 didn't want me to do anything till after he took the ASVAB. Well, he scored in the upper 90s and after that the recruiter was all sunshine and roses, "You can pick any job you want," that sort of thing. Boy #1 is now a third class petty officer with his own studio apartment and car stationed in Texas.
2) Boy #2 was homeschooled sophomore and junior years of high school (freshman year was in the private school in Moscow). We moved to Kyrgyzstan where the private school there (QSI-Bishkek) accepted our "parent-developed" transcript for those years. He ended his senior year there as valedictorian and took a gap year before going to Virginia Tech and becoming a member of the Corps of Cadets there with the intent of commissioning as an Air Force officer. He's now in his junior year maintaining a 3.4 majoring in Russian and minoring in computer science.
3) Girl #1 graduated in May. Her junior and senior years were homeschooled. So far no issues. She's in talks now with Army recruiters to become a combat medic. So far the recruiter didn't even bat an eye when she mentioned graduating from homeschool. She takes the ASVAB later this week so we'll see how she does. She wants her own G.I. Bill.
I wish all of your out there a successful homeschool year. Try and remember these years, because you sure will miss them when they're gone.
We've had various results with respect to college or after-high school for the first three kids.
1) Boy #1 graduated from homeschool and joined the coast guard. The recruiter mistakenly told him he'd have to score higher in the ASVAB than "normal kids" due to his being homeschooled. He was misinformed; the 2012 NDAA did away with that and made it so homeschooled kids were considered Tier 1 high school graduates like any other high school graduate. I contacted the lawyers (at HSLDA.org) and had them cocked and ready but boy #1 didn't want me to do anything till after he took the ASVAB. Well, he scored in the upper 90s and after that the recruiter was all sunshine and roses, "You can pick any job you want," that sort of thing. Boy #1 is now a third class petty officer with his own studio apartment and car stationed in Texas.
2) Boy #2 was homeschooled sophomore and junior years of high school (freshman year was in the private school in Moscow). We moved to Kyrgyzstan where the private school there (QSI-Bishkek) accepted our "parent-developed" transcript for those years. He ended his senior year there as valedictorian and took a gap year before going to Virginia Tech and becoming a member of the Corps of Cadets there with the intent of commissioning as an Air Force officer. He's now in his junior year maintaining a 3.4 majoring in Russian and minoring in computer science.
3) Girl #1 graduated in May. Her junior and senior years were homeschooled. So far no issues. She's in talks now with Army recruiters to become a combat medic. So far the recruiter didn't even bat an eye when she mentioned graduating from homeschool. She takes the ASVAB later this week so we'll see how she does. She wants her own G.I. Bill.
I wish all of your out there a successful homeschool year. Try and remember these years, because you sure will miss them when they're gone.