Homeschooler Edit Meaning

1.

a really smart kid who meets the following criteria:

really smart

anti-social regardless of 15 extracurricular activities

pro-life

spelling bee champion

homeschool debate team

already in college... community college

anti-evolution - no, sworn to defeat the evolutionists

pro-creation, if you know what i mean. definitely their parents

pro-bush

conservative

anti-liberal

you get the point

normal person: you're a homeschooler? I never would've guessed!

homeschooler: thanks!

See homeschool, homeschooled, home schooled, gothardite

2.

1 - Someone who sits at home all day while upping their levels on World Of Warcraft.

2 - Super smart A+ kids who think they are better than you.

3 - Strange inbreds who slack off all day and have no friends or social life.

NOT TRUE.

I happen to be homeschooled. I have normal friends and a social life.. and i don't wear high waisted jeans.

I think it's examples 1, 2, and 3, that give the rest of us a bad name.

John - Where do you go to school?

Laura - I'm a homeschooler.

John - Really? You're so.. normal.

See homeschool, homeschooled, homes, homeskool

3.

:in general, the mindset of those who are unfamiliar with homeschooling is that homeschoolers are unsocialized, intolerant, self-righteous, abnormal people. Yes, some homeschoolers are. However, the vast majority are normal people who simply choose a more specialized/focused educational program. Through homeschooling, one has the freedom to move at one's own pace; completing work at a quicker pace or spending more time on a concept as needed. Many homeschoolers have tutors for some subjects, take a few courses at public high schools, use video courses, or enroll in college courses while still in high school, in addition to parental instruction. Mostly, they just want the freedom to pursue their interests in depth, while still fulfilling high school requirements.

As a homeschooler, I can place a high emphasis on music, yet not abandon academics, while pursuing my high school education. While maintaining a 4.2 GPA, I take music lessons, sing in choir, play in my city's youth symphony, and am highly involved in Marching Band, Symphonic Band, and Varsity Jazz Band at a public high school. I have also composed music for a drama to be performed at the high school. Yes, I do have many friends who are my age, a large percentage of them being public schooled. I also wear normal clothes and shop at stores like Express, American Eagle, and The Gap. I am a normal person who just likes to accomplish as much as possible.

See homeschool, homeschooler, homeschooled, anti-social

4.

a person who is taught at home. incredibly cool, pleasant, sexy and sensitive people

(I bet you can't guess what the writer of this thinks he is)

"dude, we homescoolers are cool"

5.

One who is schooled at home, esp. with curricula designed to teach each individual subject. Schooling at home allows one to work at the pace necessary for that individual.

Homeschoolers are often associated and confused with the group known as nerds, or with non-sociable, sheltered individuals. While there are many homeschoolers whom would be considered nerds by most, to say that all homeschoolers are nerds or non-sociable is a hasty generalization.

In truth, looking at public schools, there are essentially the same amount of nerds and introverts. The problem of lacking social skills is not an issue of the school you choose to go to; it is simply a problem of a personality that one must work to get rid of.

A lack of social skills is unhealthy for nearly everyone. To blame this issue on the fact that someone has school at home makes the problem worse altogether, i.e., it's like dousing a house that is under no danger of burning down with gallons of water, only to realize that the house right next to it is collapsing in flames... attacking something that isn't the cause of the problem.

I, myself am homeschooled and, quite frankly, have more friends than the average public schooler (a good 70% of my friends are public-schoolers, mind you).

I know about more music (meaning many different bands) than the average public-schooler.

Among my favorite places to shop for clothes are American Eagle, Buckle, Banana Republic, Guess, Gap and Target (don't jump on my case. Target's clothes easily compare to American Eagle's, for sure).

So the stereotype condemning homeschoolers is not altogether true. I would admit that it's not absolutely unreasonable. However, I have to say again that homeschoolers are not the issue. It's nerds/introverts/sheltered people in general.

See public school, homeschool, sheltered, introvert, nerd, smart

6.

A person who is schooled at their home (they're usually taught by their parents).

Johnny "So where do you go to school?"

Susie "I'm a homeschooler."

Johnny "oh, so whats it like being a shut in?"

Susie *rolls eyes* "well so far i haven't been shot, nobody has tried to sell me drugs, never had a drop of booze, and i'm not pregnant...so pretty good.

See school, private school, shut-in

7.

According to nonhomeschoolers...they’re different. Everyone has his or her own assumptions about this strange race of students, the ones who choose to sever their relationship with the public school system. They must either be a genius that feels restricted in a normal classroom, a socially inept and reclusive introvert, or maybe both. Besides that, they are devoutly religious and spend five hours a day on bible study. They don’t swear, smoke, wear skirts above the ankle, or drink anything stronger than orange juice. Homeschoolers are geography bee winners, girl scouts and boy scouts, participatants in civil war reenactments, and above all, they love every minute of it. But we're not, really.

See that perfectly normal person not dressed as a skank who could be considered a freak because they are reading for pleasure and don't throw wild parties? They're probably a homeschooler.

See ufo, wacko, unusual, weirdo, intellectual