Stereotypical homeschooler?

It's always fun seeing who's following us now, and today I realized that a long time "email" friend and CDA supporter had snuck into the list unnoticed. I saw that Katie was doing this on her blog and it looked fun to test myself.

I scored scarily high, same as her! Then I saw that Rachel (our blog button designer) had also done it so I guess it's going around.


Are you the stereotypical homeschooler? X the boxes that apply to you.

Growing up/now:

[x] Girls: Own/have owned a denim jumper

[x] You were at least 13 when you got your first "trendy" haircut [probably still don't have one! I like long hair]

[x] Everything in your closet at some time was referred to as modest

[x] You do/have tucked things in that shouldn't be tucked in [that's funny to remember]

[x] You have been a member of at least 2 co-ops

[x] Your mom drives a van of some sort [we had our van days, yes, for all those long legs and musical instruments!]

[x] You have at least one childhood picture where you, your mom, and all you siblings matched [oh yeah…homemade plaid jumpers!!]

[ ] You are/were/will be a PSEO Student [uh...what's that?]

[x] At some point in your life you were more comfortable with adults than kids your own age [pretty much always]

[x] Have studied ways to defend your beliefs, debate, and/or create laws

[x] Used uber conservative A Beka or Bob Jones curriculum

Total: 10


[x] You use big words that most adults could not use in conversation

[x] You can use the words sublime, epiphany, and cognizant correctly

[x] You have a favorite word. [correctly spelling "miscellaneous" when I was younger]

[] You have an understanding of Latin root words and how to use them [did study this at one point but don’t remember much]

[] People from the outside world are referred to as "public schoolers"

[x]You or one of your siblings knits.

[x] You laugh at the decline in literacy in America [The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read. Mark Twain]

[x] You score constantly higher than "public schoolers" on standardized tests.

[] You have no concept of cafeteria food [volunteered - and ate - at a hospital for 7 years before moving here]

[x] Family vacations are/ can be referred to as "Field Trips" [those are the best kind!]

[x] Traveling on said vacations have included stopping at historical site markers along the way [also the best stops!!]

[] You have never been in a public elementary school, middle school, or high school during regular school hours (any or all of the above) [I was 12 years old before I did go in one school briefly. Culture shock deluxe!!]

[x] You have gone to or been involved in a homeschool convention

Total so far: 19


[x] You read books on a regular basis [of course! Not nearly as much as before Bolivia, but today I am finishing the 400+ page “The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House”]

[x] You have taken part in a political protest [If writing letters or petitions counts, usually on adoption or child trafficking…]

[] You were a Pride and Prejudice fan before the movie

[] You were a Lord of the Rings fan prior to the movie

[] You were a Chronicles of Narnia fan before the movie [this would be my sister Emma! but for me, I've read them but never been a big fan of fiction]

[x] You speak a language other than English [was pretty conversant in Russian before Spanish]

[] You dream of dating characters from books instead of celebrities [never dreamed of dating anyone…which is even more the “homeschool answer” =) ]

Total so far: 22


It (has been) assumed that you:...

[x] Have won many spelling bees [my spelling was sharper before spell check, oops]

[x] Have no social life

[x] Have no friends of the opposite gender

[]Are extremely inept [could very well be true, I just didn't hear of it]

[x] Only listen to classical music

[x] Play piano or the violin [that would be piano for me, and violin for all of my sisters and many of my kids here]

[x] you do not own a pair of trendy jeans

[x] Have no knowledge of drugs or alcohol [unfortunately I’ve now had quite the education in this job of mine…]

[x] Don't date, only court. [true]

[x] you have never been to a "party" [by “their” definition, haven’t!]

[x] Know no other beliefs other than what your family believes

Total so far: 32


You have been asked more than 10 times in your life:

[x] If you wear pajamas to school [not sure about 10 times, but was definitely asked!]

[x] If you get perfect grades because your mom grades you

[x] If your mom teaches you or if somebody else's mom does

[x] How do you meet people

[x] Why you aren't in school

[x] If you get days off whenever you want [more often than not in my case, I was sad to have to skip days! My Mom asked ME for days off, LOL]

[x] If you're going to be homeschooled through college

[] If you have a big family [just last week someone marveled at my big family of four kids…uh, that’s NOT big]

[x] What your parents are protecting you from

[] To quote something famous

[x] For the answer, because supposedly homeschoolers always have all the answers

Total so far: 41


You have "rebelled" by:

[] Listening to "worldly music"

[] Wearing black fingernail polish

[] Wearing tight clothes or letting your midriff show or showing off what color of boxers you are wearing

[x] Watching a *gasp* PG-13 movie [but not till I was probably near 20...]

[] Breaking dress code

[x] Listening to music with a beat

[] Dancing. Especially dances that involve contact for longer than 2 seconds. With somebody of the opposite gender. [I don't suppose dancing with my Dad counts?]

subtract this from total: 39


OVERALL TOTAL: 39


1-10 You're not really a homeschooler...you just do school at home

11-21 You're a homeschooler, but not what the world expects

22-32 You're a homeschooler

33-? Congrats you're the stereotypical homeschooler