[ladey_hawke]

Hi there!

I was homeschooled from 5th grade up and I have seen many different styles of doing this. The biggest drawback in my experience has been that I don't have a high school diploma. I did take the GED, but in the real world it doesn't do diddly-poo for you. I am now a single mother of 4 and am having a really hard time finding decent employment. Not because I am not intelligent or cannot do the required work. It is simply because I do not have the all important piece of paper that states my butt was planted in chair for 4 years.
My brothers, however, 5 years younger that me, went through a school in Michigan called Clonlara. The followed thier own curriculum and did what they wanted but at the end of it all, they had a high school diploma and a transcript to fall back on. Also, they had the legal protection of being associated with a school. It is a satellite program and an excellent one at that.
If I could recommend one thing for any homeschoolers it would be to try to get associated with some group or school that offers the option of getting that diploma. I know it's just a piece of paper, but in our society, it is that piece of paper and not actual knowledge that is all important. You could have the intellect of a piece of bread as long as it has been credentialed!