Penguin Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I do not know a single IRL homeschooler who is currently homeschooling. Am I the only one? Just curious - the forum vs. real life thread made me wonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollyhock Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I know one. I know of others but they are not people we ever see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73349 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I know one other HSing family in my neighborhood. I've *met* several others in the area, but I'm not really acquainted with anyone else yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverFamily Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 I met a few other homeschoolers here and there. But I am not good friends with any of them. I have two sister in laws that homeschool, but we live far enough away from both of them that we rarely see one another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scook86 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 We have a few acquaintances that homeschool but aren't close with any of them (different age range from ours). But we have a lot of PS friends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSmomof2 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 We have a lot of hs acquaintances that we see at various activities during the week, but my dc's closest friends are public schoolers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Because of my dh's job I know MANY home schoolers but none of them have the same teaching philosophy as me so we don't really have home schooling in common, if that makes sense. I'm the odd ball because I didn't just take school and put it into my home. I'm not an unschooler but I certainly lean more towards that than school. The only irl home schooler that doesn't just school at home is my sister but she lives 900 miles away from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumshadow Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Nope but we just moved here in November and I pulled her out in March. I will join a group that opens registration in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lieutenant Stranger Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 The # I TRULY know (instead of just kind of know socially) is dropping quickly. I imagine in a few years I probably will not really know any other homeschooling families, though my kids might know people from classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 While I am (so far) the only one who does not know any other current homeschoolers (even in a vague or disconnected sense), I am obviously not the only one who does not interact with other homeschoolers IRL. Our friends have come from other sources. While legal and not paperwork-intense, homeschooling in Denmark is rare. In the USA, we were not a homeschool family and I did not ever meet any there, either. Thank goodness for the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 I came back to correct myself...just because. I do know two people who homeschool. However, my only contact with them is through Facebook, and neither one of them ever post anything about homeschooling. So I don't think "homeschooling" when I think of them. But - yay! I do actually know IRL homeschoolers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoObvious Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 This is so bizarre to me. So why do not know other homeschoolers? Is it because of where you live? Do you not feel the need to seek out other homeschoolers? Are your kids not interested in having homeschooled friends? Do you live rurally and there just aren't many people in general? I'd love to hear about it! There are 6,000 homeschoolers in our county. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted May 13, 2014 Author Share Posted May 13, 2014 Where I live, they do not exist or I have been unable to find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nature girl Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Where I live, they do not exist or I have been unable to find them. It's the same here...I've looked for months, and the only homeschooling groups/coops I've been able to find are around 50 miles away. I'd love for my DD to meet and befriend hs'd kids her age, but it just isn't feasible here (and because of that I've been debating whether hs'ing is really a good move for us.) ETA: Yes, we're in a reasonably rural area, but it's not THAT rural. It just doesn't seem to be an in-thing here for some reason, or it may be that the hs'ers here keep to themselves and haven't formed or joined groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 Do you live rurally and there just aren't many people in general?I'd love to hear about it! There are 6,000 homeschoolers in our county. I can't speak to others, but that is OUR reason. We don't even have 6,000 people in our county! lol We live in a county of 1200 and there are four families that homeschool--us, a family that's pretty insular, a third that's on the opposite side of the county and tends to go to the "big town" (7000) 50 miles down the road to do their HS stuff, and one other family that we're actually pretty good friends with. They have twin boys Buck's age and the boys are the Three Musketeers. (Or the 3 Stooges, depending on the day) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtney_Ostaff Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 Not well. AKA we're having our first play date with people who live in the next town over next week. I have yet to connect with anyone in the town I live in, even though I am acquainted with some. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I don't know any here and usually haven't known any wherever we've lived. I don't make it a point to seek out other homeschoolers and in some places there aren't any other homeschoolers around anyway. We do our own thing when everyone else is in school and hang out with traditionally-schooled kids in the afternoons. I like it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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