<p>I love homeschooling. It was SO right for my family, and I see other families that I think it would have been right for. However, there are definitely difficulties.</p>
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This is one of the biggest difficulties. You certainly could be learning during all those times; you don’t have to be watching TV or Facebook. There’s a whole world of non-directed things to learn. You could be surfing wikipedia and CNN and ArtOfProblemSolving and ScienceNews instead of Facebook; you don’t need school to tell you what to learn. What will keep you away from time-wasters when you’re in charge of your own schedule?</p>
<p>I don’t know that going to school will change who you are. If you are a loner, I don’t see that forcing you to be with people will change that. I don’t see that it NEEDS to be changed - you are valuable as you are and don’t need to be an extrovert to be important. <a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/opinion/sunday/26shyness.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/opinion/sunday/26shyness.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all</a> OTOH, you DO need to be with people some. It isn’t healthy to totally avoid people - I know people who do that.</p>
<p>SO. The two concerns, time management, and anti-social-ness, are real concerns. The benefits to homeschooling are also very real. I think homeschooling could be great for you… IF you can mitigate the problems and get the good out of it. </p>
<p>How do your parents feel about the time commitment for them?</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>