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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I haven't read through all the posts. I homeschooled my kids, including one who is 2E, through middle. Also followed SWB's recommendations--sounds like we have had very similar experiences. Just want to chime in that my kids started taking classes through the Well-Trained Mind Academy starting in 5th or 6th. Loved every single class, especially writing classes and AOPS. Strongly recommend.

Just a couple notes: the person who said AOPS isn't enough ??  I was skimming comments and maybe I misread. Have you used the algebra and other books or are you talking about Beast Academy? The textbooks are incredibly challenging and advanced. When my kids have gone back to school they have always placed at the highest level classes, a couple of years ahead.

To others, I live in this area and i don't know any uneducated homeschoolers. I get that there is some self-selection in who we choose as friends, but I know none. My friends who homeschool all have at least one parent with advanced degrees. My closest friends are: one BA and one Masters in teaching; two MDs; one JD and one MBA; one Phd and one BA. I have a PhD.  One of these families is very integrated in an unschooling community and the kids spend several days a week with co-ops or other activities. The others are very into sports and other activities so they have a large community of non-homeschoolers. Personally, we did classical homeschooling mostly on our own with some online classes, some consistent activities with homeschoolers (a nature program), but mostly socialized with neighborhood families and families involved in my kids' activities.

Obviously we all have different experiences but we haven't seen the social isolation.[/quote]

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