Second Genre- Script: A Homeschooler's Conversation With His Friends

I wrote this script to show how a lot of the common

myths about homeschooling are fake. I tried to model

 it after actual conversations that I have had with my

 public school friends. I've met a lot of people who say

 that homeschoolers don't do the same work that

public school students do, that homeschoolers don't

 have any social interactions, etc. Most of those ideas

 are myths and there are some pretty cool aspects to

   homeschooling that you don't get in public school.

Script

Dramatis Personae:

Aaron: Homeschooled student

His Friends:

Steve

      Larry

      Michael

Setting: Local Skate Park

(About 4:00 pm on Tuesday)

Steve: Hey Aaron, wazup, how’d you get here so early?

Aaron: Oh hey man, I just finished my work early today, so I figured I’d head over here and chill.

Larry: What! How’d you finish your homework so qui… oh yeah, you’re homeschooled.

Michael: So what makes homeschooling so cool? ... Is it true you get to sleep in until 12:00?

Aaron: (laughing) Ha-ha. No it’s not true. I might get to sleep in an extra hour or so, but that’s because I can get through my work faster since I don’t have passing periods and I don’t have a set schedule of how long to sit in class.

Steve: What? No schedule?

Aaron: Yeah, I can do the work at my own pace. If I finish a subject in thirty minutes, I can go on to the next subject right away. I don’t have to sit in class waiting for the bell to ring, and I don’t have to walk to and from classrooms.

Larry: So like, how many classes do you do every day?

Aaron: I take all the same classes you guys take; Calc, Lit, Health, Art, Gym, all five days of the school week. I really don’t get out of anything. Because I can work at my own pace, I can finish a grade earlier than I would in public school. This semester I’m finishing up high school, so I can take AP classes at college next semester.

Michael: Nice

Steve: Dude! What did you guys gets for lunch today? It sucked!

Larry: Fish-sticks. I can’t wait for tomorrow, chili dogs!

Aaron: (laughing) Sucks for you! I can pretty much have whatever I want. Today I ordered pizza.

Michael: You’re untainted by the horrors of public school food?!

Larry: I think I’m going to Aaron’s school next semester.

Steve: So do you know many other homeschoolers?

Aaron: Oh yeah, my family is in a co-op with several other families, and there’s a whole age group for teens. We have a gym class; we go to events together and all the same stuff I used to be able to do in public school.

Michael: So basically all that stuff about homeschoolers being lazy, not having any friends, not having lives ... that’s all fake?

Aaron: Yeah, all of it. It’s pretty cool once you get used to it.

(Scene ends.)

Homeschooling is… cool. Most myths about homeschoolers are false. Talk to a homeschooler you know or take the time to find out more before you believe anything you hear or see in the media.