There seems to be a stereotype attached to homeschoolers. They are introverts, have trouble relating to peers, and are usually of some Christian or religious denomination. Maybe they even wear overalls.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x3O0WrwsFU
I was homeschooled. I have been told that I defy that stereotype.
My parents are religious, though their reasons for homeschooling myself and my four sisters were more for geographic reasons than religious ones. Needless to say, my schooling was less than conventional. By the time I reached high school I basically taught myself what I wanted to know. Early on I decided that I was college bound, and created a program of study for myself that matched that of "normal" high school students.
I was, however, involved in the local high school for the majority of those four years. I was friends with many of the class of 2006, and because I was a violinist I was recruited to play first violin in the pit orchestra of all the high school musicals. My senior year I was actually enrolled as a full-time student at Kennebunk High School.
I entered college as a music major, but by second semester of my Freshman year I wanted to try other things. I quickly found that I loved Law. It was like performing, except instead of an instrument I played my voice.
By the beginning of Sophomore year I quickly rolled off the phrase “I’m a Communications Major with a double minor in Music and Legal Studies. I’ll be going to law school when I graduate to pursue entertainment law.”
This course is for my major, though I also love to write. Words, writing, and the media are such a huge part of law, that I believe this course will be hugely helpful in all my areas of interest!