Squashing the myths about Homeschooling and creating some new ones! (part 1?)

New acquaintances : So what school do you go?
Me: Uh i don't go to school, I'm homeschooled.
New acquaintances: *looks like they've been hit with an imaginary fart bomb* whaa?
Me: So like I'm um educated at home.
New acquaintances: Oh. (still doesn't get it) So who teaches you?
Me: I teach myself.
*POOF* Acquaintance blows up with mind blown

Okay hi, I am a homeschooler. Since Year 7 my parents have homeschooled me, let me just get this out of the way;

• I'm not homeschooled because I'm not very intelligent (dumb, dunce, a noob e.t.c)
• I'm not homeschooled because I'm super intelligent (genius, prodigy, nerd e.t.c)
• I'm not homeschooled because I'm "naughty" (cheeky, rebellious, troublesome e.t.c)

The simplest reason (and not very explaintory) for me being homeschooled (I have now come up with the condensed version over the years of questions) : My parents whilst looking at secondary high schools for my older sister looked at the option of doing education differently. It worked for her and I was enthusiastic to do it. So we did.

I'm going to do a list of things I've learnt about homeschooling and the education system in the past 4 years and a half (I'm in year 11 now) but first I want to get clear that I think that neither Home education or School education is best. I can not choose between the two. I am applying for sixth forms atm so maybe when I go to "school" again its possible I'll think differently. I mean its like school, that means schoolWORK, generally its poop. 

First Myth

Homeschoolers don't have social lives(?) 

Hmm this is a fun one when people often awkwardly ask "how do you have friends?". Its a fair question tbh. I mean your circle of friends are mainly from school right?!?  Well my friends are a combo of old school friends, church friends, homeschooling friends and GENERAL PEOPLE FROM ZE WORLD. The general thought is that school is where you find who you dislike and like, agree and disagree with blah blah. Which is right actually and how it works normally but I think with homeschooling you have to make more of an effort? 

You don't see people your age every stinking day (well I don't) but life tends to happen and I guess when I do meet people (because sometimes I walk outside my house) I still form friendships as you normal-schooled people do. 

Anyways *warning warning chance of drowning in the deepness here* "True friendship is not being inseparable, it’s being separated and nothing changes." - Unknown

So maybe just maybe I've learnt to truly hold onto friendships. But BUT I am also truly terrified and sometimes insecure about the whole I'm weird and different to you normal people out there. But I'm learning that you "normal" people in school don't have it easy as I like to think ("Homeschoolers have it easy" will be my second myth)  

But good friendships in school are something else too no? Because you're travelling through the ups and downs of education woah!

Okay so this was a rant and basically a spurt of feelings. I'm not actually aiming this post at anyone haha its more of a letter to myself. Its good to get things written down? I'm hoping to actually give some clarity to homeschooling in the next posts but if I have confused you even more I APOLOGISE, I'm trying here. I'd also like to say thanks to the people who have endured my "Why I've been homeschooled" explanations  which must have been confusing and contradictory. 

Peace and Love to all, I am going to stop writing before I really emerge into gabblegooblygook.
P.S P.S This is a brill video by some brill people basically doing some of this blogs post aims for me (thanks blimey cow) ;