I remember stumbling on reddit some years ago on a post where some guy was describing his homeschooling in Christian household. He didn't learn anything, he just played xbox and was accepted into Christian college just because he said in the interview how he follows Jesus
Quote:I was homeschooled by Christian parents who taught me close to nothing
I need to vent something here, because I've been holding this back for a very long time. This is a throwaway account for a reason. I grew up in a household with very Christian parents. They are basically Southern Baptists (even though they attend a non-denominational church). Growing up, they decided to homeschool me, thinking it would keep me away from trouble and so I wouldn't be deceived by the secular world.
Throughout my time homeschooling, I basically learned / was taught close to nothing besides very basic stuff. And life was this way until college (I home-schooled all the way through high school) and I didn't have a say in anything. I wasn't doing school-work on weekdays and I would wake up at whatever time I wanted. I'd maybe study a few nights every week, but nothing was on schedule and I was never disciplined, in that sense. I'd just play xbox and was told to read my bible. My mother, for whatever reason, decided to forge my grades into looking 'good' in order to give the illusion to the public school system that I was indeed learning and moving forward in my education every year; but it was a blatant lie.
I still managed to have a few friends, and by age 17 (22 now) I started being pretty rebellious due to constant isolation. I still considered myself a christian but I was slowly letting it go as I started reading about drugs; I'd sneak downstairs and use the computer at night, reading stuff on erowid, then found a couple dealers in my area who I became friends with. That was my escape.
What really bothered me and still does today, is how I felt so alien to everyone, and how everyone sort of saw me that way, too. I remember some friends quizzing me on math and asking me questions about my schoolwork, and my face would get super red, not knowing how to answer their questions; I managed to laugh it off or ditch the conversations every time. But deep down there was this constant shame, I felt like an imposter, and my mind kicked into 'fight or flight' moments whenever academics were brought up in front of me. I was always fearful of being put on the spotlight as a kid and not being able to answer simple math questions in front of an authority figure and being taken away or something.
My mother thought all I needed in life was the love of Jesus Christ and that would somehow make everything okay. This really fucking dehumanized me and I feel incredibly stupid most days. The only reason I made it into college, is because it was a private christian college who gave me an interview (pretty much told them 'i want to serve jesus, god wants me here, whatever') and they let me in.
From that point forward, I've self-taught myself everything, with the exception of a few professors being patient with me. I've managed to transfer to a real university but recently dropped out because I don't think I can survive the upper-level courses. I still feel like I have the mind of an 6th grader sometimes, especially in math and science. I've always been able to read and write okay, but cognitively I feel so behind in comparison to the people I know.
I just wanted to vent / share my story. This shit does happen, unfortunately, and I fucking hate homeschooling. I hate religion. And I have successfully let go of it after a serious identity crises with it all. But yeah, this has negatively affected everything in my life.
tl;dr parents never homeschooled me unless it was about god; had to learn mostly everything on my own. I still feel very far behind in comparison to a lot of people my age.
