Outfit: Hair Insecurity --- Day 20: Education

I realized that it's been, like, centuries since I've worn my hair back. OK, well really it's been like 2 weeks, but it feels like forever. I love having my hair down. Maybe I have one of those deep psychological issues that make people view their hair as a security blanket or something.

Day 20: How Important You Think Education Is.
At the beginning of this challenge I thought these topics were really fun, but as I've been going along they have been getting less and less fun. I don't know why that is, but it kind of sucks. I'm super glad that Mckenzie is a day or two ahead of me in this, though, so I can steal her ideas for the days that I don't like. On her blog, Mckenzie talked about her own educational experience so I think I'm just going to do the same thing.

I have probably the weirdest list of schools ever. Are you ready for this?

Preschool: Some place in Australia where all we ever did was play. It was pretty sweet.
Kindergarten-5th grade: Homeschooled by my mom
6th Grade: Homeschooled for all core classes, went to middle school part-time for Band, PE, and AR (Accelerated Reading).
7th Grade: Homeschooled for math and science, went to public middle school for Band, PE, Language Arts, Social Studies.
8th Grade: Went to public middle school full time.
9th-10th grade: Went to public high school full time.
11th-12th grade: Did online high school full time.

So I've pretty much done it all, and let me tell you that homeschooling is AWESOME. You get to sleep in and eat lunch whenever you feel like it, and when you get done with one subject you can just go right to the next one. Online school is equally as awesome, because you get to do all the same stuff as homeschoolers, but you get online teachers instead of your mom (don't get me wrong, I love my mom. But having her as my teacher for high school probably would not have gone well).

The low point of my educational experience was definitely going to public high school. I really liked it in middle school because it was something new and different, but when I finally got settled into the routine, the novelty wore off for me. Both of my older sisters had similar experiences with being homeschooled and then going to public school and both of them went through all 4 years of high school with out any problems, but I just couldn't stand it. The amount of time wasted in the classroom was beyond ridiculous.

But that's all behind me now and I'm looking forward to the future! I can't tell you guys how excited I am for next year. I've been getting more information about the school I'm planning on going to and it's perfect for me. Hurray!