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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. What's your plan when they finish high school? If college is in the cards, how do you thikn they will adjust?

2. What's the nuttiest family you've run in to at one of the co-op events? Or just tell us some interesting stories about the other homeschoolers you meet at co-op.[/quote]

My plan is for them to attend college/university, as my husband and I are both educated. If they came to us in high school and expressed interested in pursuing an alternate career path, such as (IDK, just totally making something up here) going to culinary school to open a catering business), I would have a sit down conversation with them about their goals, projected income, quality of life, etc and help them plot the best path to achieve their goals while maintaining security. I imagine most other educated families would have similar plans.

I think they will adjust just fine-- they are in a classroom environment for co-op, learn from other people at co-op and through community activities, and by high school I plan on them taking plenty of courses from other people-- either online classes or community college classes, or local co-op classes from experts (I know a few PhDs and master's degree people who sometimes teach a homeschool class on the side for a little extra income).
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Whoops, missed the second part of your question, sorry.

Nuttiest family? Hmm.

To be honest, not many. I live in an educated area and many of the people in our local homeschooling community have relatively similar views on things as I do (differing here and there, of course). I have encountered some people who don't spend as much effort in keeping their kids in a co-op, so those kids have little experience with other people as teachers, etc. That is really the worst I have seen. But, those families also had younger kids, so they have plenty of time to correct that as the kids get older.

Online, I have seen some people who are much more isolated or wayyy more confident in their ability to teach kids through high school than I am.

Overall, at least in the classical curriculum sector, it appears to be more balanced than people realize. Most parents I encounter are genuinely interested in giving their children the best education possible and do what they can to make that happen.[/quote]

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