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Deathbound
I really hope I can get an answer straight from the horse's mouth so to speak.
Why is it that every form of motorsport is under attack and pressured to be "green"? Race cars, track bikes, and dirt bikes make up such a small amount of vehicles in existence. So what if 40 cars get 3 miles to the gallon for 500 miles a week? That's nothing.
I run into the same criticisms from the environmentalists myself with my hobby cars. I have a 60's truck and a 1969 Firebird, both make more power than any mortal needs and get roughly 6 miles to the gallon. I also only drive these cars about 1000 miles a year total.
I'm just wondering what the motivation is here. It seems so silly to make such a big deal out of something so harmless and fun. Might I add that racing has lead to amazing tech we use everyday.
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I agree with you. I care about the environment and get most of my power from solar, but going after motor sports is not the answer. Formula Pioneered regenerative breaking used in almost every Prius, and in 2014 will revolutionize using turbo chargers with less displacement. The amount of research that goes into improving efficiency in motor sports is often used in road cars. It's this research of getting more power with less fuel that is improving efficiency in road cars every day. Also, Think about 24 hours of LeMans. Both of Audi's cars are now diesel hybrids. Just something to think about.
I agree with you. I care about the environment and get most of my power from solar, but going after motor sports is not the answer. Formula Pioneered regenerative breaking used in almost every Prius, and in 2014 will revolutionize using turbo chargers with less displacement. The amount of research that goes into improving efficiency in motor sports is often used in road cars. It's this research of getting more power with less fuel that is improving efficiency in road cars every day. Also, Think about 24 hours of LeMans. Both of Audi's cars are now diesel hybrids. Just something to think about.
Is homeschooling a good idea for me?
Electra
Hello! I am a 15 year old girl in 9th grade (high school freshman). I attend a public school.
For many reasons, school isn't working out for me. It would be unwise to say that I'm not learning anything at my school because I am, but I truly believe I would be learning so much more and so much more in-depth in a homeschool than I am at my school. I have found that I perform so much better and learn so much more in one-on-one teaching or a small classroom environment. My homeschooled cousin will graduate this coming October instead of June of 2014. I would love to be given the opportunity to graduate high school early so I can get out there and experience a little bit of the world before I head off to college, and I am beyond willing to work hard in order to do so.
My parents are open to this, but they have a few concerns that I would like to ask you guys about. Please answer if you personally have been homeschooled or know someone who has been homeschooled or are a homeschool teaching parent.
First off, my mom is curious as to how colleges respond to homeschoolers. Do most of them have a bias against homeschooled students? I hope to become a journalist or photojournalist (I love writing and photography and I am fascinated in the news media). How would colleges see me when I'm applying? I plan to take various community college courses such as Journalism, Creative Writing, and maybe some science classes, alongside my core homeschooling curriculum. My parents and I were also wondering if being homeschooled means you miss out on the high school experience. I know it does, but I honestly couldn't care less about having that experience. High school is full of cliques and popularity contests and it's getting in the way of the things I want to learn. I'm not saying I'm a social misfit, but I'm saying that the way I think is vastly different than the way my peers think, and that if I am homeschooled, I will be enabled to learn so much more.
Thank you!
Answer
Your mom is right to be concerned and ask questions! First off, many people assume homeschoolers can't get into college at all, or have to enroll in community college because no university will take them. That's is definitely NOT true.
Homeschooler Chelsea Link feared she might not get into any top schools. She got into seven:
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/apr/18/news/chi-homeschool_18apr18
Then there are Micki and David Colfax, who homeschooled their three (four?) boys, and all of them went on to Harvard (and this was back in the 1980s, when homeschooling was even more unusual than it is today). Their book, âHomeschooling for Excellence,â describes their homeschooling adventure. Thereâs also Kerry Anderson, a student who spent her middle- and high-school career riding across the country in the cab of her momâs big rig and homeschooling. A recruiter from Harvard came looking for her in 2007. She graduated from Harvard in 2010, and plans to continue to law school:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128674314
For a more mundane look at everyday admissions, you might also want to read Cafi Cohen's book, âAnd What about College? : How Homeschooling Leads to Admissions to the Best Colleges and Universities.â
http://www.amazon.com/And-What-About-College-Homeschooling/dp/0913677116/ref=sr_1_cc_3?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1361487484&sr=1-3-catcorr&keywords=And+What+about+College%3F+%3A+How+Homeschooling+Leads+to+Admissions+to+the+Best+Colleges+and+Universities
To get a good handle on preparing for college, you may want to check into The Teenage Liberation Handbook. There are extensive interviews with college admissions officers who talk very candidly about what they look for in a homeschooled applicant, and the successes and failings they see most.
http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Liberation-Handbook-School-Education/dp/0962959170/ref=la_B000APEU3S_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361487558&sr=1-1
Being homeschooled may very well mean missing out on "The High School Experience," it depends on how you define it. For me, The High School Experience was three long years of boring classes I didn't care about in an old, dirty building in a bad part of town with kids who didn't care about being there. Most kids I knew either got married or went into the military right after school; even applying to college was a kind of rarity. Would I have traded in my proms and homecomings and all the football games (I was in Band) and drama club and friends? YES YES YES YES YES, in a HEARTBEAT, YES! When I was 16 I got to bicycle across six countries in Europe over the summer with my aunt, uncle, and my best friend. It was positively transformational, and I remember feeling like it was such a letdown to come back to ... school. The WORLD was so much more interesting. (Don't get me wrong. I've been thankful for closets, showers, and roofs ever since! Live in a tent off the back of a bike for three months and see if you don't feel the same way!) Some people just ADORE high school and have a great time, but for me it just felt like serving time. I had hoped for so much more, and it was more of the same.
College, OTOH, was absolutely fantastic. Loved all four years. :-)
FWIW, I homeschool both my kids. The eldest has never spent a day in school, and the youngest went to a hybrid, twice-a-week homeschool/private school combo kind of thing and ended up not liking it and not learning jack.
Your mom is right to be concerned and ask questions! First off, many people assume homeschoolers can't get into college at all, or have to enroll in community college because no university will take them. That's is definitely NOT true.
Homeschooler Chelsea Link feared she might not get into any top schools. She got into seven:
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/apr/18/news/chi-homeschool_18apr18
Then there are Micki and David Colfax, who homeschooled their three (four?) boys, and all of them went on to Harvard (and this was back in the 1980s, when homeschooling was even more unusual than it is today). Their book, âHomeschooling for Excellence,â describes their homeschooling adventure. Thereâs also Kerry Anderson, a student who spent her middle- and high-school career riding across the country in the cab of her momâs big rig and homeschooling. A recruiter from Harvard came looking for her in 2007. She graduated from Harvard in 2010, and plans to continue to law school:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128674314
For a more mundane look at everyday admissions, you might also want to read Cafi Cohen's book, âAnd What about College? : How Homeschooling Leads to Admissions to the Best Colleges and Universities.â
http://www.amazon.com/And-What-About-College-Homeschooling/dp/0913677116/ref=sr_1_cc_3?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1361487484&sr=1-3-catcorr&keywords=And+What+about+College%3F+%3A+How+Homeschooling+Leads+to+Admissions+to+the+Best+Colleges+and+Universities
To get a good handle on preparing for college, you may want to check into The Teenage Liberation Handbook. There are extensive interviews with college admissions officers who talk very candidly about what they look for in a homeschooled applicant, and the successes and failings they see most.
http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Liberation-Handbook-School-Education/dp/0962959170/ref=la_B000APEU3S_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361487558&sr=1-1
Being homeschooled may very well mean missing out on "The High School Experience," it depends on how you define it. For me, The High School Experience was three long years of boring classes I didn't care about in an old, dirty building in a bad part of town with kids who didn't care about being there. Most kids I knew either got married or went into the military right after school; even applying to college was a kind of rarity. Would I have traded in my proms and homecomings and all the football games (I was in Band) and drama club and friends? YES YES YES YES YES, in a HEARTBEAT, YES! When I was 16 I got to bicycle across six countries in Europe over the summer with my aunt, uncle, and my best friend. It was positively transformational, and I remember feeling like it was such a letdown to come back to ... school. The WORLD was so much more interesting. (Don't get me wrong. I've been thankful for closets, showers, and roofs ever since! Live in a tent off the back of a bike for three months and see if you don't feel the same way!) Some people just ADORE high school and have a great time, but for me it just felt like serving time. I had hoped for so much more, and it was more of the same.
College, OTOH, was absolutely fantastic. Loved all four years. :-)
FWIW, I homeschool both my kids. The eldest has never spent a day in school, and the youngest went to a hybrid, twice-a-week homeschool/private school combo kind of thing and ended up not liking it and not learning jack.
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