Any adults who were homeschooled?

[raysnkaysmom]

I have a question for adults who may have been homeschooled (and one for moms who homeschool now)

Just out of curiousity, I'm wondering how adults who were homeschooled do in the career field (successes, specific careers)? I know there are wonderful moms and kids who are homeschooled, but the very few I've known have given 'homeschooling' a negative idea in my head...

The kids I've known are always outside playing, never seem to have any structure. One of the girls is 11, and doesn't even know her months of the year in order - Now, I know this has to be a bad example, but when I see these kids always running around outside, or my DDs friend who is out shopping during 'school hours', it has me wondering if there is true structure..and if not, how does this prepare the kids to be adults in a 'structured' career atmosphere.

If homeschooled, can these kids go to 'any' college or do some colleges not accept them...and do they do 'well' in college when they have been in a home environment for so long...
(As you can see, this is more for the people who have completed homeschooling, not still doing it)... I'm just curious, and please know I"m not bashing, I want to hear the success stories, not the ones I've seen...

 

[npmommie]

well to address a couple things first.
"school" does not have to take place during "school" hours for homeschoolers,
so if you see us out running errands during "school' hours it doesn't mean we aren't doing anything.
the other thing is lessons take far less time for a homeschooled child than in school just due to the fact that it is not a group setting, so what takes 7 hours for school may only take a homeschooler 3 hrs to do.

as far as colleges, yes any college will take a homeschooler and in fact some such as MIT have instructions on how to apply if you were homeschooled.
one of the higher ups at MIT was homeschooled as a child.

one of my dd's gymnastics coaches was homeschooled, she is in college now.

just like you can't base your judgement of public schools on one child you can't base your judgement of homeschoolers on one child

 

[raysnkaysmom]

well to address a couple things first.
"school" does not have to take place during "school" hours for homeschoolers,
so if you see us out running errands during "school' hours it doesn't mean we aren't doing anything.
the other thing is lessons take far less time for a homeschooled child than in school just due to the fact that it is not a group setting, so what takes 7 hours for school may only take a homeschooler 3 hrs to do.

as far as colleges, yes any college will take a homeschooler and in fact some such as MIT have instructions on how to apply if you were homeschooled.
one of the higher ups at MIT was homeschooled as a child.

one of my dd's gymnastics coaches was homeschooled, she is in college now.

just like you can't base your judgement of public schools on one child you can't base your judgement of homeschoolers on one child

yeah, I wasn't sure about the colleges/universities acceptance requirements..

And...like I said, its a few (more than one or two) homeschooled children I know, I didn't want them to give me that 'uneducated or unproductive' idea on all homeschoolers...that's why I asked
and..makes sense on the less time needed when it's one on one!
Thanks!

 

[LisaR]

I have a question for adults who may have been homeschooled (and one for moms who homeschool now)

Just out of curiousity, I'm wondering how adults who were homeschooled do in the career field (successes, specific careers)? I know there are wonderful moms and kids who are homeschooled, but the very few I've known have given 'homeschooling' a negative idea in my head...

The kids I've known are always outside playing, never seem to have any structure. One of the girls is 11, and doesn't even know her months of the year in order - Now, I know this has to be a bad example, but when I see these kids always running around outside, or my DDs friend who is out shopping during 'school hours', it has me wondering if there is true structure..and if not, how does this prepare the kids to be adults in a 'structured' career atmosphere.

If homeschooled, can these kids go to 'any' college or do some colleges not accept them...and do they do 'well' in college when they have been in a home environment for so long...
(As you can see, this is more for the people who have completed homeschooling, not still doing it)... I'm just curious, and please know I"m not bashing, I want to hear the success stories, not the ones I've seen...

My son just turned 12 a few weeks ago. Last year, he completed high school algebra with a 97%. He just started algebra 2. At the grocery store, he can figure out how much change I should get back before the cashier enters it into the register. If you ask him the months of the year, days of the week, up vs. down or left vs. right, there is a really good chance that he will mess it up. He is dyslexic. If my son were only judged on putting the months in order, he would apparently be a failure in your eyes.

 

[metime]

While there are people who say they are homeschooling and really just participating in 'legalized truancy' the majority does a very good job of educating their children.

I know a few homeschoolers who have children at UMASS and Harvard and most of them started a year or 2 before they would be graduating high school. I have yet to encounter a person who could not get their child in to the college of their choice because they homeschooled.

Every family is different and that 11 year old may have a learning disability. I have met children both homeschooled and public schooled who don't know certain things that they 'should' based on age, but again everyone is different.

I have not met many adults who were homeschooled but I have heard of a few: Joseph Pulitzer, Sandra Day O'Conner, 14 U.S. presidents, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, The Wright brothers, Agatha Christy, Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, Susan B. Anthony, Frank Loyd Wright and the list goes on.

Homeschooling is what the family makes of it but the more often than not people who take on the effort to educate their child do so because they feel they do a better job of it than their local public school.

My oldest daughter was homeschooled up until the 6th grade last year and continued her education at a very challenging school. At the parent night the teacher commented on how how quickly she made so many friends and said it was unusual when kids come from another school to adjust so easily. She asked what school she went to prior and I shocked her when I said she was homeschooled.

She is where she needs to be for that particular school and had I put her in the public school she would not have been prepared for a more challenging school based on the minimal curriculum standards in our local public school system.

My youngest just turned 9 and while I did go over the months I can't honestly say she could rattle them off perfectly without thinking but she did read Phantom of the Opera last year (at 8 yrs old) when she would have been in third grade. She was really into the book she bought with her Christmas money and excitedly discussed the plot during the 3 days it took her to read the book.

She is also learning Chinese so I guess I could take those things away and put more time in the rote memorization of months, I would much rather her go with her interests and passions. She is at the moment telling me all my errors as I type but in my defense I went to public school.

A child who may not have the days of the week down may be able to understand and explain the periodic table. You can’t judge someone’s knowledge by one task.

I will say that when we started homeschooling I had visions of them living in card board boxes and me to blame, but that quickly faded once I noticed how much better off my children were being homeschooled.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

My son just turned 12 a few weeks ago. Last year, he completed high school algebra with a 97%. He just started algebra 2. At the grocery store, he can figure out how much change I should get back before the cashier enters it into the register. If you ask him the months of the year, days of the week, up vs. down or left vs. right, there is a really good chance that he will mess it up. He is dyslexic. If my son were only judged on putting the months in order, he would apparently be a failure in your eyes.

While there are people who say they are homeschooling and really just participating in 'legalized truancy' the majority does a very good job of educating their children.

I know a few homeschoolers who have children at UMASS and Harvard and most of them started a year or 2 before they would be graduating high school. I have yet to encounter a person who could not get their child in to the college of their choice because they homeschooled.

Every family is different and that 11 year old may have a learning disability. I have met children both homeschooled and public schooled who don't know certain things that they 'should' based on age, but again everyone is different.

I have not met many adults who were homeschooled but I have heard of a few: Joseph Pulitzer, Sandra Day O'Conner, 14 U.S. presidents, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, The Wright brothers, Agatha Christy, Mark Twain, Andrew Carnegie, Susan B. Anthony, Frank Loyd Wright and the list goes on.

Homeschooling is what the family makes of it but the more often than not people who take on the effort to educate their child do so because they feel they do a better job of it than their local public school.

My oldest daughter was homeschooled up until the 6th grade last year and continued her education at a very challenging school. At the parent night the teacher commented on how how quickly she made so many friends and said it was unusual when kids come from another school to adjust so easily. She asked what school she went to prior and I shocked her when I said she was homeschooled.

She is where she needs to be for that particular school and had I put her in the public school she would not have been prepared for a more challenging school based on the minimal curriculum standards in our local public school system.

My youngest just turned 9 and while I did go over the months I can't honestly say she could rattle them off perfectly without thinking but she did read Phantom of the Opera last year (at 8 yrs old) when she would have been in third grade. She was really into the book she bought with her Christmas money and excitedly discussed the plot during the 3 days it took her to read the book.

She is also learning Chinese so I guess I could take those things away and put more time in the rote memorization of months, I would much rather her go with her interests and passions. She is at the moment telling me all my errors as I type but in my defense I went to public school.

A child who may not have the days of the week down may be able to understand and explain the periodic table. You can’t judge someone’s knowledge by one task.

I will say that when we started homeschooling I had visions of them living in card board boxes and me to blame, but that quickly faded once I noticed how much better off my children were being homeschooled.

I hadn't thought of a learning disorder.... which I guess is possible.
I guess (again, with my kids being public schooled) I just remember the months of the year being a kindergarten song, hence they memorized it.. I agree, it's obviously not a massive amount of knowledge when compared to algebra or learning another language, I just thought it was 'basic' knowledge...
As far as the bolded above, that unfortunately have been the circle I've come into... basically a 'legalized truancy' of sorts. A neighbor, my daughters friend, and a family member.... That's why I came here in hopes to hear the success stories, so thanks for letting me know it's not all the negative I've seen!

 

[LisaR]

I hadn't thought of a learning disorder.... which I guess is possible.
I guess (again, with my kids being public schooled) I just remember the months of the year being a kindergarten song, hence they memorized it.. I agree, it's obviously not a massive amount of knowledge when compared to algebra or learning another language, I just thought it was 'basic' knowledge...
As far as the bolded above, that unfortunately have been the circle I've come into... basically a 'legalized truancy' of sorts. A neighbor, my daughters friend, and a family member.... That's why I came here in hopes to hear the success stories, so thanks for letting me know it's not all the negative I've seen!

I guess I have never understood comments like this. You have experienced a couple families that you feel are not making the most out of homeschooling (although playing outside during your definition of school hours and not knowing the months of the year in order aren't incriminating evidence). From that, you seem to question if there are any "success stories" or if it is all "negative."

Can you honestly say that the school your children attend has never failed a child? Can you say with certainty that there aren't any children in that school that are falling through the cracks? Have you ever watched the news and looked at the schools in our country that have drugs, shootings and stabbings on a regular basis? Haven't you heard the stories of the kids that graduate and can't tell you what country is directly south of the US or where the Pacific Ocean is? Unless you are living under a rock, you know darn good and well that these problems exist. Yet, nobody comes on here and points these things out and says, "are there any success stories that come out of the public school system?"

Public and private schools are not perfect. Some should be closed permanently. Some teachers should be banned from classrooms forever. Our schools are failing our children every single day in this country. But one would be foolish to think this was the case in every school. Of course there are success stories. Do you honestly think the same can't be said for homschooling? Do you honestly believe there aren't any success stories?

 

[SilverL]

I was home schooled from 6th grade through 12th. All of the colleges at which I wanted to apply had admissions instructions for home schooled students. Sometimes this involved taking SAT Subject Tests or developing a portfolio. Other times, the only thing they needed was some kind of transcript and regular SAT scores. Almost every university accepts home schooled students, and many of them really desire home schooled students because they can usually work independently. That's a valuable skill in college.

I chose to get an Associates degree at a community college before transferring to the school of my choice because it was far more affordable and it was much simpler than the home school application process at the university of my choice. That's another route home schooled students can take. For some, it may be the best, especially if they haven't been in a classroom setting before.

I know at least 60 home schooled kids and adults. Most of them are highly intelligent, well adjusted people, many of whom do better than their peers. A small handful of them don't do as well as their peers. I don't know if that can be attributed to home schooling, or to underlying issues. Maybe they would do better in public school, or maybe they would just be the disruptive kid. I can't be sure. All I can do is hope that the child's parents are doing the best for their child. In my experience, those kids are the exception to the rule among home schoolers.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

I guess I have never understood comments like this. You have experienced a couple families that you feel are not making the most out of homeschooling (although playing outside during your definition of school hours and not knowing the months of the year in order aren't incriminating evidence). From that, you seem to question if there are any "success stories" or if it is all "negative."

Can you honestly say that the school your children attend has never failed a child? Can you say with certainty that there aren't any children in that school that are falling through the cracks? Have you ever watched the news and looked at the schools in our country that have drugs, shootings and stabbings on a regular basis? Haven't you heard the stories of the kids that graduate and can't tell you what country is directly south of the US or where the Pacific Ocean is? Unless you are living under a rock, you know darn good and well that these problems exist. Yet, nobody comes on here and points these things out and says, "are there any success stories that come out of the public school system?"

Public and private schools are not perfect. Some should be closed permanently. Some teachers should be banned from classrooms forever. Our schools are failing our children every single day in this country. But one would be foolish to think this was the case in every school. Of course there are success stories. Do you honestly think the same can't be said for homschooling? Do you honestly believe there aren't any success stories?

Of course I believe there ARE....thats why I'd like to hear them.
Just because YOU are familiar with homeschooling, and have positive experiences, doesn't mean others are. As far as I know, everyone knows someone in public school (and if I"m wrong, then I'm in the same boat as you in regards to thinking everyone knows someone in homeschool), but not everyone knows someone in homeschool. So, since I haven't been 'schooled' on all that goes on in a homeschool, thats why I asked. We know there are success stories, and failures in public schools, people fall through the cracks, and others thrive. I guess that's why people do whats right for THEIR child...and I just hadn't seen the other side personally.
But, hey, thanks for being so informative on the open-mindedness of others questions

 

[raysnkaysmom]

I was home schooled from 6th grade through 12th. All of the colleges at which I wanted to apply had admissions instructions for home schooled students. Sometimes this involved taking SAT Subject Tests or developing a portfolio. Other times, the only thing they needed was some kind of transcript and regular SAT scores. Almost every university accepts home schooled students, and many of them really desire home schooled students because they can usually work independently. That's a valuable skill in college.

I chose to get an Associates degree at a community college before transferring to the school of my choice because it was far more affordable and it was much simpler than the home school application process at the university of my choice. That's another route home schooled students can take. For some, it may be the best, especially if they haven't been in a classroom setting before.

I know at least 60 home schooled kids and adults. Most of them are highly intelligent, well adjusted people, many of whom do better than their peers. A small handful of them don't do as well as their peers. I don't know if that can be attributed to home schooling, or to underlying issues. Maybe they would do better in public school, or maybe they would just be the disruptive kid. I can't be sure. All I can do is hope that the child's parents are doing the best for their child. In my experience, those kids are the exception to the rule among home schoolers.

Thank you! This is the kind of answers I was looking for...
I was curious about the enrolling process to colleges.... do you have manuscripts/grades etc? I know colleges generally look at those, so SAT scores make sense..

And, as far as the bolded above....I think thats with anyone..there will always be successes in all scenarios

Thanks!

 

[CJMickeyMouse]

We homeschooled our DS part of the time - he was dual enrolled which meant he was at school part of the day and home part of the day. He participated in athletics, etc.

The reason we did it was lack of challenge in the public school system where we live.

DS is now a sophomore in college (actually a junior by credits since he entered with 30+) with a 4.0 - I think he's doing just fine.

There are all different reasons to homeschool... IMO some are more reasonable than others. In our case, we felt it was necessary to keep our kids learning appropriate material.... which is this case was much advanced of what the school was willing and/or able to provide.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

We homeschooled our DS part of the time - he was dual enrolled which meant he was at school part of the day and home part of the day. He participated in athletics, etc.

The reason we did it was lack of challenge in the public school system where we live.

DS is now a sophomore in college (actually a junior by credits since he entered with 30+) with a 4.0 - I think he's doing just fine.

There are all different reasons to homeschool... IMO some are more reasonable than others. In our case, we felt it was necessary to keep our kids learning appropriate material.... which is this case was much advanced of what the school was willing and/or able to provide.

Awesome idea! Sometimes I think my DD9 could be more challenged and she'd probably benefit from a situation like that! I like public schools, personally, for the interaction and group envioronment and day to day realities, but for educational purposes beyond basics, I think you're situation would be great for alot of people!!

 

[teacups]

If I picked a couple of public school families and based all my perception on them, I'd have a fairly bad impression of PS. I'm glad you came here and asked. How else would you know that we (HSers) are just like everybody else?
I always say homeschooling is the last way in America where folks can be openly Prejudiced and get away with it. You can not be against me due to my:
Race
Religion
Size
Gender
Sexuality
Class
But plenty of people ARE prejudiced against me for homeschooling my kids.

I find it so funny that my neighbors are against it for totally opposite reasons than your questions here. They think I dont let my kids play outdoors enough simply because we had part time school during the summer, and my kids didnt usually get to play with the other kids until about 11:00 or noon. HSers just can not make everyone happy.

Once this summer we were atthe river jumping in with a rope swing. There were about 15 HS kids. A family that we had known in PS came along and we invited them to join us. She later emailed a thank you and told me she thought we were the only HSers around and was shocked to see so many kids there having fun together. People assume so many things about HSers.
For the record... my kids test above their grade levels and have lots of friends and social interaction.

 

[SilverL]

Thank you! This is the kind of answers I was looking for...
I was curious about the enrolling process to colleges.... do you have manuscripts/grades etc? I know colleges generally look at those, so SAT scores make sense..

And, as far as the bolded above....I think thats with anyone..there will always be successes in all scenarios

Thanks!

Some homeschoolers have traditional classes and grades. Some don't. It can be hard to translate a home schooled student's learning experiences into a traditional transcript. That's why a lot of schools require a portfolio documenting your learning. My school wanted an "official" transcript---in other ones, one NOT made by my parents. That was impossible for us. That didn't mean it was impossible for me to get into the school. I just had to take an alternative route. But that alternative route saved me $50,000, so I don't regret it

 

[Chancedabowsa]

Look it don't take rocket science ta figure dis out. There are some good teachers and some bad ones in school. There are some parents qualified to home school and some that are not.

Overall, I think da kid is gonna have a better chance in school. A different teacher each year odds are they are gonna get a few good ones. The parents should be lookin at the resume of the teacher , and meetin em and if they don't pass the muster , then ask for a different teacher. Unfortunately, if the mom ain't good (but thinks she is) then there ain't nothing that can be done for dat poor kid. Mom's ought to consider what kind of students they were and what their educational level is. Ask long and hard , the reasons for homeschoolin and if they are truely qualified to teach. It's there own kid they are shortchangin if they are wrong.

I got no stats, but , I question if homeschooled kids are gonna get into top colleges. But, there is a lot of kids goin to school, who ain't gonna make it either.

Kids ain't got it easy.

 

[FSUDisneyGirl]

To answer the OP's question:

One of my best friends growing up (she is now 26) just finished her doctorate in Physical Therapy, and has an awesome job working with kids! She didn't start college early or anything, she was right on time but found a school that had a 7 year Bachelors/ Masters/ Doctorate program. She's doing great!

Her mom starting homeschooling her in middle school because the middle school near her house was torn down and rebuilt...and she would have had to take a bus 45 min. to a different school in a bad area. They liked homeschooling so much, they stuck with it!

 

[LisaR]

Of course I believe there ARE....thats why I'd like to hear them.
Just because YOU are familiar with homeschooling, and have positive experiences, doesn't mean others are. As far as I know, everyone knows someone in public school (and if I"m wrong, then I'm in the same boat as you in regards to thinking everyone knows someone in homeschool), but not everyone knows someone in homeschool. So, since I haven't been 'schooled' on all that goes on in a homeschool, thats why I asked. We know there are success stories, and failures in public schools, people fall through the cracks, and others thrive. I guess that's why people do whats right for THEIR child...and I just hadn't seen the other side personally.
But, hey, thanks for being so informative on the open-mindedness of others questions

Sorry that my answer irritated you. I recognize that many people may not know homeschoolers but to wonder if there are any success stories seems a bit pot stirring to me. I understand that you don't know any success stories personally, but it still seems like one would figure that simple statistics would indicate that there are success stories. You recognize that public school kids fall through the cracks so it seems as if you would assume that there are homeschool kids that also fall through the cracks. On the other hand, there are Harvard graduates that were in public school or homeschooled. The place they are educated isn't the issue. It is the education they receive and the way the kids apply it. Sorry, but that just seemed like a given to me.

 

[TheRatPack]

I have a question for adults who may have been homeschooled (and one for moms who homeschool now)

The kids I've known are always outside playing, never seem to have any structure. One of the girls is 11, and doesn't even know her months of the year in order

I have to comment that we are homeschoolers (NOW) but my oldest 2 went to public school and I find the comment about not knowing the months of the year funny.....just because my 14 and 15 year old still struggle with that. We've only been homeschooling for the past 3 years....and I see so many different things that I think they should know that they don't...but they made excellent grades in school, reports cards and testing....so we thought things were going well.

I guess the point is.....don't ever just assume that your children are being educated to your standards. Even if they are in public, private or specialized schools.....go over more than their homework with them. Sometimes schools are so wrapped up in learning the test for the end of the year that the kids remember all of this information until then and it's never repeated or brought up again....then it's GONE. Now that I'm the teacher, I see where a learning gap is and we fill it...we go over something until they understand it, not just learn it for a test and then delete it from their memory.

Oh and we do follow a lot of the hours/days of school but we are done a lot sooner, just because we don't have to have 10 minutes between each class for lockers, we don't have a homeroom, and once they are done with a subject they don't have to wait on the bell between classes to move on to something else So you might see us out during the day shopping...but it's because we're done with our seat/book work and we're doing some real life learning.

 

[Narnian_Princess]

I was homeschooled from birth through 12th grade. At first, I thought it was going to harm me in my adult life, but in fact, it's had the opposite effect. Like a PP, I went to community college first and got an Associates degree, and have now transferred to the university of my choice. I had a full ride scholarship for my first 2 years, and I would have also for my last 2 years to any college in the state. But I decided to move to the college of my dreams, out of state, though I could only get a 30% scholarship.

My homeschooling experience has really set me up well for college. I am a new student here at my college, having transferred in as a junior, but from what I'm seeing so far the freshmen are having a difficult time with the self-directedness of the material (especially the whole 'sources outside the textbooks' that are expected on papers; in the past week I've heard probably a dozen kids complain about that), something that I didn't have a problem with because homeschooling prepared me for it.

It's also set me up well in the work world. My bosses have always expressed pleasant surprise at my work ethic (whether other kids in general don't work as well or they just don't expect much of homeschoolers, I don't know). But I have done very well for myself so far and I expect to do much more in the future.

Now the one area I will say that homeschooling affected me negatively in is socially. My mom had undiagnosed major depression for almost all of my school years, and isolated us kids until I was 15. But once I was 15 and started getting out into the world, I caught up very rapidly and now, aside from my quiet nature and the fact that I still don't like to walk up to groups of people and introduce myself and jump into their conversation, I'm very well-adjusted. In fact, the career counselor at my new college was impressed that I cornered her at orientation and started asking questions, and then followed up.

Anyway... I have known homeschooled kids who were completely lost once they got out in the world. But myself and my twin and "little" brothers ("little" brother turns 19 this year...) are not in that number. We're all independent and successful, and going places.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I hadn't thought of a learning disorder.... which I guess is possible.
I guess (again, with my kids being public schooled) I just remember the months of the year being a kindergarten song, hence they memorized it.. I agree, it's obviously not a massive amount of knowledge when compared to algebra or learning another language, I just thought it was 'basic' knowledge...
As far as the bolded above, that unfortunately have been the circle I've come into... basically a 'legalized truancy' of sorts. A neighbor, my daughters friend, and a family member.... That's why I came here in hopes to hear the success stories, so thanks for letting me know it's not all the negative I've seen!

In my experience--it seems that those who know "this one family"--tend to not know them much at all.

I often wonder if you have ever sat down with them, been in their home, looked at any books they may have, inquired, interviewed--find out what goes on just in a "I was just wondering" kind of way.

Now--I don't have a problem when folks ask about our homeschooling, but I do not like being interrogated while they try to figure out if I am doing something legitimately.

I never teach to the test--things such as days of the week and months of the year: We keep a calendar up and refer to it regularly. I have my children date their papers so they have an awareness, but we do not do a physical lesson on that.

Things such as singing a song in Kindergarten--well that is something the school system determined was important and the only way to be sure the students are learning that is to purpose a lesson to teach just that.

Days, Months, Dates--even counting money...are things that can be taught "real life" and in doing so, it will take longer to stick. It sounds odd that an 11 year old wouldn't know her months--but it doesn't mean anything when you don't have the true reason of why she doesn't know them. (Who doesn't wander around with some sort of printed or electronic calendar anyway?)

I do wonder if you have gotten to know these people whom you talk about. Oddly in ALL the homeschoolers I know--it is a rare few who don't do things in a modified traditional manner (purposing to teach/learn something) and often those are "unschoolers" which I don't fully understand. It seems kind of similar to montessori in that learning opportunities are made available but the child chooses their path. That makes me personally uncomfortabel with my own family, but there are students who have successfully made it to college with those methods.

I do not have anyone personally to present to you as you don't know them--

But I know several homeschool graduates, several who have completed college and then by way of 6 degrees of separation, I could easily find you some doctors, nurses, business folks, engineers, etc.

My 4th grader will be taking a public speaking class this fall from a homeschool graduate who is presently attending UCF (I think that is the school.) Her majors are broadcasting (I believe--can't recall the correct term) and political science. She is a senior and will graduate next spring.

Both my girls take music lessons from a homeschool graduate who is working towards her Bachelor's in Musical Education from UCF. She has started a business already to teach voice or piano to children.

In our state (Florida) we are lucky as homeschool students are eligible for dual enrollment. So a portion of their high school career is spent earning their AA or AS. I do know a couple of students who have done just that.