Angel

Hi everyone,

I have been homeschooling my son for 2 years now. He started high
school in 2006 school year. We have had a lot of "life" happen
since the beginning of 2007 and I find that it is becoming hard to
keep up with "doing academics" each day.
I would like to know if there are any other parents that are
unschooling their high school child and exactly how you go about
doing it? I also have a toddler and realize that it's easier with
him learning at his pace, learning what he wants. But with my teen
son, I want to make sure that he is getting the proper "education"
so that he may have a transcript at the end of 12th grade for me to
be able to give him a high school diploma...I would also like to
know how to create a transcript for him. He is planning to go to
Art School and I know the one he is interested in requires high
school transcript and a diploma.
Any help or advice is appreciated.

Thanks,
Angel

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-----Original Message-----
From: angk_1@...

I have been homeschooling my son for 2 years now. He started high
school in 2006 school year. We have had a lot of "life" happen
since the beginning of 2007 and I find that it is becoming hard to
keep up with "doing academics" each day.
I would like to know if there are any other parents that are
unschooling their high school child and exactly how you go about
doing it?

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Unschooling is NOT the lazy mom's way out of making her kid do this
schoolwork.

My son, Cameron, left school at the end of 6th grade. Unschooled from
thirteen on. He's 19 now.

The way we did it was to allow him time to deschool (18 months of not
doing much at all---phone, tv, computer, sleeping). Then he slowly
started to do little more each day. Now he's so busy we hardly see him.

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I also have a toddler and realize that it's easier with
him learning at his pace, learning what he wants.

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I can guarantee it's easier to do that with a teen too!

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But with my teen son, I want to make sure that he is getting the proper
"education"
so that he may have a transcript at the end of 12th grade for me to
be able to give him a high school diploma...

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Then send him to school or keep schooling at home. Seriously. Is that
your *goal*? My goal was that my son would love to learn.

Not that you *can't* make a transcript for him. Kathryn Baptista's son,
Julian, has a lovely transcript.

*I* can make him a diploma! <g> It's just a piece of paper. I could
calligraphy it for him too! <g>

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I would also like to know how to create a transcript for him.

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Have you seen high school transcripts? Can you write one?

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He is planning to go to Art School and I know the one he is interested
in requires high
school transcript and a diploma. Any help or advice is appreciated.

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Have you actually talked with the dean there? Did you ask about
"special students?"

Generally homeschooled and older students are looked at separately from
the rest of the herd---because they're different. They have different
backgrounds. For an art school, I think a portfolio would be MUCH more
important. Where has he shown his artwork? How many different
galleries? Who has inspired him? How?

Art schools in particular want people who think outside the box.


~Kelly

Kelly Lovejoy
Conference Coordinator
Live and Learn Unschooling Conference
http://www.LiveandLearnConference.org


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