It's worked out well so far but they both told me the same thing about school. The only class they learned anything in for a long time was Spanish, which we never covered.
My second son has taken many college classes and they seemed like a waste of time for quite a while because he'd covered so much of the material at home. He's finally getting new material taking junior year computer sciences classes. And he should hit new material in calc 3 and differential equations.
My son told me that he found Saxon much more practical and he does have the grades to prove it. He was at the top of his class in math for the whole year (and bored out of his mind, to boot).
Same thing here. As a matter of fact, the head of the math department at his college asked him to tutor calculus next year. That should be interesting if the kids find out he's still in high school.
Homeschooling is great for kids who are very motivated. It's not that it's not good for other kids, but those who really love to learn can go very far. I only have one like that (highly motivated), but the other kids are still learning a lot despite not being the "I-love-to-learn" type, lol.
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