https://www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com/homeschool-guidance-counselor/ Honest. Quirky. Real. Stereotype-smashing humor for homeschooling families. Sun, 28 Apr 2024 16:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com/homeschool-guidance-counselor/#comment-138984 Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:07:10 +0000 https://www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com/?p=42634#comment-138984 My “funny” guidance counselor experiences for both my oldest. The oldest was really interested in chemsitry from a young age so we put lots of time, energy and money into the area. He did undergrad and post grad degrees in the area and seemed to be heading for an academic career which would have suited him. Then he decided he was done with chemistry and taught himself more programming and now works as a computer programmer. Oldest daughter didn’t know what she wanted to do, lots of things were possibilities but no real stand outs. She hated science but her dad said she needed to do one more year. I hit on psychology as a compromise – science enough for him, but non-science enough for her. Turned out that was her thing and she’s now working on her graduate degree. Looking forward to seeing how my guidance counselor efforts with my younger two pan out.

]]> https://www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com/homeschool-guidance-counselor/#comment-138983 Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:43:47 +0000 https://www.weirdunsocializedhomeschoolers.com/?p=42634#comment-138983 My kids have both graduated high school and one is a senior in college while the other is a junior. The most intimidating thing for me being their counselor was writing the counselor letter for the Common App. The challenge was writing something that was objective enough without sounding like “mom.”

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