Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for chiming in with your perspective because it's one I just have not heard at all and one I hadn't even considered until you mentioned it! I think you're right on a lot of counts and it's something I'm definitely going to bring up with Chris and with those who are interested in evaluating him further as being a possibility.
Before, I've sort of put homeschooling out of the realm of possibility because I didn't have confidence in my ability to teach him certain things. English, history, even science I can handle no problem. But when it comes to math, I would not be able to take him much past arithmetic on my own. But I suppose there are probably specialized centers I could take him to for help with that when it comes.
I've even got some neighbors who have homeschooled three kids (all of which are either done or almost done with it) that I can talk to about it. I even homeschooled my senior year because of lot of the same sort of problems he's probably going to run into (grades weren't good enough to skip ahead or take advanced classes because I felt too bored to try in class and a vicious cycle ensued). I finished 80% my senior year requirements by December.
The one thing I would still be concerned about would be the socialization aspects. The center I went to for homeschooling had some 15 and 16-year-olds that were finishing up their senior year and they were seriously deficient in social skills and I couldn't imagine the possibility of them going to their freshman year of college after that! But I suppose there are ways around that as well, we'll just have to work extra hard to make sure he gets everything he needs to be well rounded. They've already mentioned that a lot of the qualities he's exhibiting are because he spends so much time around adults and not as much around other kids.
Definitely something to ponder and again, I thank you for chiming in with your two cents! You brought a whole new aspect to it that might have been overlooked.
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Before, I've sort of put homeschooling out of the realm of possibility because I didn't have confidence in my ability to teach him certain things. English, history, even science I can handle no problem. But when it comes to math, I would not be able to take him much past arithmetic on my own. But I suppose there are probably specialized centers I could take him to for help with that when it comes.
I've even got some neighbors who have homeschooled three kids (all of which are either done or almost done with it) that I can talk to about it. I even homeschooled my senior year because of lot of the same sort of problems he's probably going to run into (grades weren't good enough to skip ahead or take advanced classes because I felt too bored to try in class and a vicious cycle ensued). I finished 80% my senior year requirements by December.
The one thing I would still be concerned about would be the socialization aspects. The center I went to for homeschooling had some 15 and 16-year-olds that were finishing up their senior year and they were seriously deficient in social skills and I couldn't imagine the possibility of them going to their freshman year of college after that! But I suppose there are ways around that as well, we'll just have to work extra hard to make sure he gets everything he needs to be well rounded. They've already mentioned that a lot of the qualities he's exhibiting are because he spends so much time around adults and not as much around other kids.
Definitely something to ponder and again, I thank you for chiming in with your two cents! You brought a whole new aspect to it that might have been overlooked.