Homeschoolers?

[UNKN0WN]

You are welcome fellow homeschooler.

[Jukka the Sling]

That video is a classic. XD

(Also, there are a few other homeschool threads... maybe they should be merged with this?)

[Rosie Willowwater]

That's hilarious UNKN0WN

[Ungatt Trunn]

@Ungatt. I'm not some genius. In the UK you finish school at sixteen then go to College to study whatever until your eighteen. After that you can go to University.

Interesting... here you generally do school 'till your 18, and then (assuming you want 2) you stay in college 4 more years to get your AA/Masters before moving on to university if you so choose. Things seem more "compact" in the UK...

[Groddil]

Hah. I win. Here in Straya, you finish school at 17, college isn't a thing, and you go to uni if you want to for however long your degree takes, which can be anything from half a year to eight years.

[Banya]

@Ungatt. I'm not some genius. In the UK you finish school at sixteen then go to College to study whatever until your eighteen. After that you can go to University.

Interesting... here you generally do school 'till your 18, and then (assuming you want 2) you stay in college 4 more years to get your AA/Masters before moving on to university if you so choose. Things seem more "compact" in the UK...

What? Where? What kind of misleading info is this?
Please do not believe that an Associates degree and a Masters degree are remotely equivalent, or that either take 4 years, or that you can get a Masters degree at a college, or anything else just said. Let me break it down:

In America, after graduating high school at 17 or 18, you go to college or uni, which are mostly interchangeable terms for higher ed in the States, but really the difference is that colleges only offer undergraduate programs, while universities offer both undergraduate and graduate programs. You go to college or uni until whenever you finish.

You can only get your Associate's degree (AA) from a two-year college. An Associates is a two-year degree. You cannot focus your AA in a specific field. It's a general degree that requires you to take courses across disciplines. These two-year colleges often also offer technical certificates like welding, car mechanics, nursing, etc. Most two-year colleges are community colleges, which receive large amounts of public funding, making them extremely affordable for in-county residents.

You can only get your Bachelor's degree (BA or B.S (Bachelors of Arts or Bachelors of Science)) from a four-year college or university, but 5 years to graduate is becoming increasingly normal because of strict graduation requirements. This is called your undergraduate degree. This is the degree that you choose a specific concentration in. For example, I have a BA in Sociology and a BA in International Studies. The BA in IS had many more requirements than the other degree and took longer to complete. A B.S requires more technical courses (math and science) than a BA. People who have both an AA and a BA like I do only manage that if they transfer colleges. A four-year college or university will typically not offer an AA degree program. You do not need to have an Associates to earn a Bachelors.

Your Master's is 1 or 2 years extra after your BA/B.S This is your graduate degree. You need to have a BA/B.S before you can enter into a graduate program. Getting a Master's is a 5-7 year process total. Only universities offer Masters programs; colleges do not.

If you decide to go the Doctoral route, you skip getting your Master's. After getting your BA/B.S, you enter into a Doctoral program at whatever uni you choose. This is not graduate school and you do not earn a degree, rather you enter into a program and earn a Doctorate, an extra series of letters, like Ph. D., that you get to tack on to your name so everyone knows you completed your doctoral program, and from then on you're not Ms. or Mr., you're Dr. On top of your BA/B.S, this process can be 8-13 years depending on what you study.

edit: the censor doesn't like me talking about Bachelors of Science degrees, apparently

[Ungatt Trunn]

@Ungatt. I'm not some genius. In the UK you finish school at sixteen then go to College to study whatever until your eighteen. After that you can go to University.

Interesting... here you generally do school 'till your 18, and then (assuming you want 2) you stay in college 4 more years to get your AA/Masters before moving on to university if you so choose. Things seem more "compact" in the UK...

What? Where? What kind of misleading info is this?
Please do not believe that an Associates degree and a Masters degree are remotely equivalent, or that either take 4 years, or that you can get a Masters degree at a college, or anything else just said. Let me break it down:

In America, after graduating high school at 17 or 18, you go to college or uni, which are mostly interchangeable terms for higher ed in the States, but really the difference is that colleges only offer undergraduate programs, while universities offer both undergraduate and graduate programs. You go to college or uni until whenever you finish.

You can only get your Associate's degree (AA) from a two-year college. An Associates is a two-year degree. You cannot focus your AA in a specific field. It's a general degree that requires you to take courses across disciplines. These two-year colleges often also offer technical certificates like welding, car mechanics, nursing, etc. Most two-year colleges are community colleges, which receive large amounts of public funding, making them extremely affordable for in-county residents.

You can only get your Bachelor's degree (BA or B.S (Bachelors of Arts or Bachelors of Science)) from a four-year college or university, but 5 years to graduate is becoming increasingly normal because of strict graduation requirements. This is called your undergraduate degree. This is the degree that you choose a specific concentration in. For example, I have a BA in Sociology and a BA in International Studies. The BA in IS had many more requirements than the other degree and took longer to complete. A B.S requires more technical courses (math and science) than a BA. People who have both an AA and a BA like I do only manage that if they transfer colleges. A four-year college or university will typically not offer an AA degree program. You do not need to have an Associates to earn a Bachelors.

Your Master's is 1 or 2 years extra after your BA/B.S This is your graduate degree. You need to have a BA/B.S before you can enter into a graduate program. Getting a Master's is a 5-7 year process total. Only universities offer Masters programs; colleges do not.

If you decide to go the Doctoral route, you skip getting your Master's. After getting your BA/B.S, you enter into a Doctoral program at whatever uni you choose. This is not graduate school and you do not earn a degree, rather you enter into a program and earn a Doctorate, an extra series of letters, like Ph. D., that you get to tack on to your name so everyone knows you completed your doctoral program, and from then on you're not Ms. or Mr., you're Dr. On top of your BA/B.S, this process can be 8-13 years depending on what you study.

edit: the censor doesn't like me talking about Bachelors of Science degrees, apparently

I was actually aware of most of this mostly a typo on my part by associating the AA and Masters. Sorry I put ya through all this trouble lol

[Banya]

no problem. Now anyone can reference it if they have a question.

[shisteer of nothing much]

Hello. I'm a homeschooler and I'm proud of it!

[Jarky Thistlebrush]

I have never been homschooled. I accidentally clicked the wrong thing in the poll.

[Sebias of Redwall]

Hello. I'm a homeschooler and I'm proud of it!

Good for you!

I have never been homschooled. I accidentally clicked the wrong thing in the poll.

Hmm... I wonder if there is a way to change votes...

[Tungro]

Hello. I'm a homeschooler and I'm proud of it!

Welcome to the club!

[Verdauga]

My guess is they occasionally do activities, like sports weeks, book reading, book exchanges, field trips, et seq.
We have homeschool groups where I am. Meh.

[Tungro]

I went to a few when I was younger, but I haven't in a while

[Verdauga]

Homeschool groups? Or homeschools? Clear pronoun reference
We did when I was younger, as well.