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Home Education & Future Career?
Hi, I'm home educated by my parents and happy that way and have been for 2 years now. But I was a little concerned of what future career I would have after finishing home education. In other words where could I apply for GSCES or other exams or gain the skills to get a goo job. I'm currently 14 years old and only have two years left in home education. Best answer will get 5 star rating, postive feedback and a postive vote. GCSE is something we have over here in the UK.
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- I would start with the book "Teenage Liberation Handbook - how to quit school and get a real life." This book gets you thinking about your future and the greater options for it than most people think of. I also recommend that you think about the jobs you are interested in and either through connections or old-fashioned pounding the pavement, go volunteer to work in offices/situations related to jobs that interest you. The exams you speak of, I don't recognize.
- I've never heard of those exams either, but your choices as to what career you could have after graduating are limited by one thing. you. You have the exact same opportunities as anyone else, so take advantage of that.
- Check with your local school board, or college. Many institutions of higher learning such as colleges or universities, have challenge exams that students who come from outside the regular streams, are able to write. This includes foreign students, whose standards may not be easily compared and evaluated in relation to UK standards, and home schooled students. Good luck.
- You likely will not be limited in your career choices because you were homeschooled. Regardless of the form of education, it is completely normal to start wondering about careers at your age and unless things in the UK are very different than in Canada/US, there really shouldn't be a problem. I would suggest finding a support group in your area. You have a higher chance of having your questions answered thoroughly through them than through Yahoo Answers. You can't be the only homeschooling 14yo in the UK who wants to take those exams! ADDED: I should have specified a homeschool support group. It's what I was thinking but apparently didn't type it!
- I believe that wherever you decide to do your GCSE exams you will have to pay. Normally, secondary schools would budget for this, but seeing as you've been home schooled, I think it will be up to your parents to pay. I'm not sure, as I wasn't home schooled myself, but you may be able to enrol on a 'crash course' of GCSE studies at a local college or sixth form establishment. As others have already stated, the only barrier to you getting a good job is yourself. Be positive, and aim high. Consider yourself privileged that you've had the opportunity to study at home without the distractions that learning alongside others can bring. (Learning among a group means that you have to slow down to the speed of the slowest learner. Obviously, there are some things that you miss out on, like the socialisation of working in a group, but that's not something that you can't overcome.) Best of luck for your future.
