*Inna* Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 3 years and no end in sight. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 15 years - I've graduated two and have four to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Finishing our 20th year of homeschooling. 2 grad's- one a Jr in College, who has traveled the globe working with kids and missionaries. One in Cosmetology school having traveled the country campaigning. rising 11th, 6th and 3rd graders to go. Been on TWTM boards for.for.ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wildberrys Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 11 :D My dd is graduating this year---no CC, no co-ops, dual enrollment etc---just Mom as teacher. DS is a freshman this year----but if we weren't moving, I would actually consider quitting homeschooling :001_huh: We are the ONLY family I know of that homeschools with teenagers, we have no friends here because of it and my kids have no real friends because the small town we live in is RUN by the ONE public school and the sports obsession here!!! It's gotten too tough to be an island amongst ourselves, so I think I would crack mentally if I had to endure 3 more years of this horrendous isolation and lonlieness---even though I LOVE homeschooling my children and believe in it 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NavyWifeandMommy Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 I am ending my fifth year homeschooling but if you are going to include afterschooling than it is six years. My oldest went to half day Kinder and I was worried she'd be behind when we moved to the next state. It was known to be advance while the current state was known to be relaxed in education. Then two months into first we just pulled oldest out and offically began homeschooling because we are military and move every few years and we tend to travel during school year and never on the traditional days off of a school rather it be private, public or DoD (Department of Defense). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4everHis Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Wrapping up our 10th year! WOW! The time has flown! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Finishing up our 3rd year. I admire those of you on here who have been going strong for 10+ years! What a feat! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 This is our eighth year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytwomonkeys Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 we "officially" started when my daughter was almost 6 & entering kindergarten, so this is our 4th year:) before that, we did pre-k stuff, but i don't really count it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann@thebeach Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Finishing our 6th yr but it still feels like I'm treading water most of the time ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Began kindergarten with my oldest in 1995. I've graduated 2 (1 is a junior majoring in Petroleum Engineering and the other is beginning college in the fall). I have 2 more to go - a sophomore and a junior (as of fall 2011). The End is NEAR! That puts me at 16 years. I had the first edition of WTM, was on the old forum, and purchased my Singapore math products directly from Singapore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usetoschool Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Since 1992 - one left. The first went to kindergarten but other than that we have always homeschooled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelaughs_times_three Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 We are finishing our 4th year. When I began I swore I'd quit before we had to disect anything! Now I'm planning on homeschooling the whole way through! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 The big 10 ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 I did pre-K stuff with ds(now almost 20) and another little girl for a year. Oldest went to K and 1st at a Christian school, and I subbed and helped in the classroom. But I count my start date in July of 1998, as that's when I "officially" brought him home and got homeschool stuff. So, we're finishing up our 13th year! Oldest is now in college and doing well! DS (now 17) homeschooled all the way through 9th grade, then went to a Christian School for 10th and this year, his 11th grade. Next year he may be home again and do CC, we'll see. DD is in 9th and has always homeschooled. She'll be home at LEAST for next year. It's possible she may go to a Christian "Music school" her Junior and Senior year. If that happens, I only have 1 more year of homeschooling! :blink: :crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetobeme Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 finishing up our 13th year. it's gone by quickly and we aren't finished yet! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 We are finishing up our 7th year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBarnes Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 3 years, but not consecutively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Robyn Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 We're finishing up our 4th official year, and every year has been so different from previous years! I am looking forward to next year which is going to stretch and bend some more to make a whole new sort of homeschool "sculpture." Techniques used will be additive, subtractive, and, as with origami, neither. Sorry. I don't know where all that came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrg Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 This is my 21st and last year. My youngest is graduating from high school at home. Grades 1-12 for three children. Worth every minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Well, I guess I always "afterschooled" as I did a huge range of educational things with my oldest from the time he was a little guy. If I counted that time, it would add an additional 5 years to my homeschooling journey! The thing is, I had never even heard of "homeschooling" until I moved here, so I didn't know what it was at all. My mil even said one time that she thought I should open a "school" and teach my son and a small group of other kids at home because she thought I was so good at it (high praise from someone who never complimented me on any other thing). I told her that I didn't think it would be legal to do that.... I actually started "homeschooling", officially, in the fall of 1999, so that's been 12 years. Adding in the other would make it 17 years! Wow! That does make me feel old, LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in MO Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 We've just finished up our 14th year! I only have 18 more years to go. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 11 years. My girls are 15,13, and 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 We started homschooling in 1982, when older dd was in first grade (just before her 7th bday). We hsed until younger dd began taking classes at the community college when she was 14, following in her sister's footsteps. I always miscount how many years that is, lol. In 1988, I started an umbrella school (technically known--now--as a Private School Satellite Program) in California, when dds were 10 and 13yo; I continued it until I moved to Texas in 2004--16 years. So although I wasn't homeschooling from 1982 to 2004, I was still closely involved with homeschoolers all that time. I will always be a homeschooler.:thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iona Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 finishing up our first year this week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shea Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 5 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caitlinsmom Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Finishing our 3rd year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosaicmind Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 This is my 13th year. In July I will be starting my 14th year. Wow!!! I can't believe it. This is my first time homeschooling highschool, which has been an education for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerkaza Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 12 years for me! 8 more to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 My son is 28 years old and I pulled him out in 6th grade (1995) so 16 years. I have graduated 4 of them. The oldest three moved right into their adult lives rather quickly, the fourth child is in college, the fifth in PS and the youngest is back at home. The oldest two did one year of PS high school , the next one year of PS middle school, the next none at all, the fifth went off to PS in middle school and never came back, the youngest did one year and came back home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 24 years, 4 graduated, 2 to go! Me too! On all counts! The finish line is set at 2020. :tongue_smilie: Geo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 (edited) Since 1996. My goodness, where has the time gone?! My youngest is four so that means I have at least 12 years of teaching left. Edited May 2, 2011 by Mothersweets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanceXToo Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 A little over two years officially. I pulled my daughter out of public school in March of her third grade year, homeschooled her for the rest of that year, all of fourth, and now we're nearly done with 5th. My 5 y/o son has been home with me right from the beginning and has never gone to preschool etc, but we're not doing formal "school" with him yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristinaGammon Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 14 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 12 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 This is our 11th year. I started in 2000 when oldest was 4yo and have been at it ever since. None of the younger kids have ever been to school (except pre-school one or two mornings a week). The oldest went into state school a year and a half ago. Even after 11 years, I still feel like I'm fumbling through, not with the grammar years (the youngers are certainly benefiting from my experience with the olders), but without question as I try to figure out 8th grade and high school for the 13yo. I don't think I could have done it without the advice and support on this board, though. So a great big :grouphug: and 'thank you' to everyone here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 This is my 13th year. I took two years off and taught at a private school, otherwise I'd be at 15. We've graduated one and our next oldest has begun his high school work. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 We began when our oldest was going into 1st grade. Time flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVA Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 24 years ..............5 chilldren. This will probably be our last year as our youngest will go to a Classical Christian high school next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaMa2005 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Just finished our second year. Where has the time gone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homenluvinit Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 We've been homeschooling going on 8yrs. now. 12 years ago my mother in law started trying to persuade me to homeschool, but I thought she was crazy. There was no way I would ever homeschool. I never even knew it existed until I met my husband. Anyways, it was obvious that God's plans were not my own & after 8 years I feel this is the best thing I could of possibly done. All five of my kiddo's are blessings & I thank God everyday for the opportunity to homeschool! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I've graduated 3 so far. We have 2 years left til ds graduates. I don't know what I will do with myself after that. Actually, who am I kidding? I'll be playing with the grandbabies!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorCalMom Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I had moments this past year when I didn't think I could stand one more day. :tongue_smilie: Thank God for His grace & mercy...we managed to complete our 4th year. I am inspired by those who have made it through a couple of decades! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I'm not yet! I decided to homeschool our children before my oldest turned a year old, and I'm just getting myself and my educational philosophy figured out right now. We'll be starting our first year in 2013, assuming my daughter is ready by then. In 1996, I was in 6th grade...:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MinivanMom Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 We just finished our second official year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I started in January 2002 when I pulled my son out of public school Kindergarten halfway through the year. So we've been homeschooling for 10 years. My dd19 started homeschooling at age 17 and I don't consider her totally graduated simply because of the path she has chosen. If she just said she was done with school, I think she's done enough credits to be considered a graduate. She's only short 1 foreign language which colleges prefer. However, she has decided to stick with our online high school and has 3 more elective classes in order to earn their diploma. I feel like a failure that I didn't push harder but after being in traditional brick and mortar schools for 12 years, she fought schoolwork tooth and nail! And now she has no motivation to finish by an arbitrary (to her) deadline. She said it shouldn't matter if she is 19, 20, or 21 when she graduates. She is about to become the general manager of a small restaurant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reet3 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 We just completed our third year. I took my oldest daughter out of PS after 4th grade. My 8 year old twins are still in PS but this should be their last year if i can tolerate it for that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angela in ohio Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I started in January 2002 when I pulled my son out of public school Kindergarten halfway through the year. So we've been homeschooling for 10 years. I pulled my dd out of K and started homeschooling her in January of 2002! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikin' Mama Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 I will begin my 15th year in Sept. I began when my oldest was in kindergarten. My two boys went to the local public high school. One of them is in college, the other one will be a junior in hs. I still homeschool my daughter, and will NOT put her in school of any kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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