Homeschool High School Mistakes – Not Getting ready For College
We’ve been taught to think that a college prep education is exclusively for college-bound kids. But college preparation is GREAT life preparation. The first big mistake that parents make in their homeschool is failing to shoot for college!
In this lesson, you will learn what you can do to provide a college preparation for your own children and why a college prep education is significant.
A homeschool high school college prep education features reading, writing, and math – skills critical to virtually any career. It covers history, so that our society isn’t doomed to repeat it! It covers sciences for critical thinking, along with civics so that our students can vote effectively. It covers the foreign languages so that we better understand the world around us, and physical fitness for health and wellness.
A college prep education is significant for all children. Any time a child is going on to college, then needless to say they will need a college prep high school. But what happens if you think they may NOT head off to college? What then? Then their homeschool experience may be their only formal education, and we ought to make it good. If they aren’t going on to college, then they are going right into the workforce. They must be prepared, to ensure they are good citizens, can function in their particular career, and can vote knowledgeably.
You can’t always know what the future holds
Perhaps you have found that sometimes kids will change their minds? My good friend had a son that loved motors. He was frequently bringing home little stray engines the way other kids might bring home little stray puppies. She had become positive that her son would end up being a mechanic. Positive that her child probably would not go to college, and therefore wouldn’t need math, she was never concerned with pushing him along. He loved engines so much – it was an obvious fit, right?
Well, one day he announced that he preferred to be an engineer, and out of the blue he needed calculus! Children change their minds, and at times even parents are unable to assume that things will turn out a specific way.
Improve flexibility
Planning a college prep high school will allow your children to change their minds. It allows them to pursue ANY college they suddenly long for, and ANY career they become enamored with! Planning for college will allow you maximum flexibility, and prevent any missteps or miscues along the way.
No matter what life brings, you’ll be ready for it! Have you seen “The Incredibles” picture? You can be like the super-hero mom, Elasti-girl. A super-hero homeschool parent ready for anything that comes your way!
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