I went to conventional school, but my mother was a teacher, so I had some home-schooling in addition to what the school taught me.

I can still remember the moment I "got" what reading was all about. (I don't remember how old I was, but this was before learning reading in school.) My mother had taught me the alphabet and the corresponding sounds, and she finally showed me a list of vocabulary words, on which I practiced "sounding it out."

I distinctly remember being puzzled by "can". I came up with "cuh -- ah -- nuh". That didn't make much sense. My mother encouraged me to say the sounds faster. But I kept separating them. Finally she said "can", and the light went on. OH! You're supposed to blend them together!

I don't remember what the following words on the list were, but I know that I was successful with at least most of them.

My mother was a teacher. She taught me and my siblings how to read before we began kindergarten, because we wanted to learn and she figured it would be an advantage. But that was the only way in which we were homeschooled.

Only in the sense that my family encouraged learning; my grandfather lived with us and was a retired professor and college president, my Dad was a high school teacher and administrator, and my Mom was an honors History student in college. I went to public school from kindergarten through high school.

By necessity. I was bedridden for four years as a kid, so Mom had to homeschool me. She was a teacher, so academically I exceeded my grade level when I returned to school. But have spent the rest of my life trying to catch up on social skills with my peers -- particularly those of the feminine persuasion -- with whom I had no contact during my pubescent years.

My friend was... he had girlfriends staying with him didn't have to go to school. I was jealous of that.

Not really, as I started in 1st grade (necer attended kindergarten).....but my mother abd my older sister taught me how to read and write a little before I started school, so I wasn't totally unfamiliar with the idea of school when I started.

Yup you and I were in the same homeschooling class don't you remember?

Nope, I went to a normal school. I just had to cross 3 mountains, survive an avalanche, and negotiate with a goat before first period. 🥹

Not really. However, in middle school I got interested in electricity and then radio. My father knew a fair amount about these things, and he answered many questions I had.

No.

I've read more than one book and haven't been encouraged to marry my cousin...

Nope

Nope, very small private school though from K to 6th grade, so I definitely had a leg up when it came to public school in 7th grade.

Yeah

No but I wanted to be!

No, I was collecting detentions like pokemons. Someone's gotta do it.

I was.


Public offered no second breakfast.

Yup, for 5th and 6th grade. 🤔

No my parents let me be in the real world with other people.

Yeah ._.

Kinda, I just stayed home instead of going to school.

Hell no! My mother couldn`t wait to get me out the door to school.

Nope, public school

we were told home school kids end up weird and shitting in litter boxes.

unlike the public school system..

Yes 😔

No