Hidden Talent?

I can smell a homeschooler from a mile away. Show me a crowd of people and I can pick out the homeschoolers at first glance. I may not be good at a lot of things, but this? I’m good. How can I do such a thing? I was once homeschooled myself.

Do you want my credentials? I found this list on Facebook and I couldn’t resist taking it. It merely scratches the surface of homeschooling, but I thought it was funny. I was homeschooled except for grades 8, 10, 11, and 12. To put this into perspective, we weren’t even the super conservative homeschoolers! Our van only held 12 instead of 15 and we got to wear jeans if we wanted to. So, here’s the list with my comments in bold type.
Growing up/now
[X] Own/have owned a denim jumper They look so hot with red cable-knit knee highs
[X] You were at least 13 when you got your first “trendy” haircut I was 14. I got the “Rachel”.
[X] Everything in your closet at some time was referred to as modest I had knee length shorts before they were cool
[X] You do/have tucked things in that shouldn’t be tucked in Oh yeah.
[X ] You have been a member of at least 3 co-ops Maybe if we had lived in a less rural area….
[X] Your mom drives a van of some sort. 12 passenger Econoline, baby
[X] You have at least one childhood picture where you, your mom, and all your siblings match My mom made floor length floral dresses for my sisters and I.
[ ] You are/were/will be a PSEO Student
[X] At some point in your life you were more comfortable with adults than kids your own age That was made very clear to me in 8th grade.
[ ] Have studied ways to defend your beliefs, debate, and/or create laws
[X] Used uber conservative A Beka curriculum
Total: 9

[X] You use big words that most adults could not use in conversation
[X] You can use the words sublime, epiphany, and cognicent correctly Okay, I think everyone can use these words correctly.
[ ] You have a favorite word.
[ ] You have an understanding of Latin root words and how to use them
[X] People from the outside world are referred to as “public schoolers” That’s how you know they aren’t “one of us”.
[X]You or one of your siblings knits. Would you like me to knit you a scarf? Or would you rather have me crochet a doily?
[X] You laugh/cry at the decline in literacy in America Those poor, poor public schoolers…
[X] You score constantly higher than “public schoolers” on standardized tests. If you call scoring post-secondary on your 2nd grade standardized test scoring higher.
[ ] You have no concept of cafeteria food
[X] Family vacations are/ can be referred to as “Field Trips”
[X] Traveling on said vacations have included stopping at historical site markers along the way
[ ] You have never been in a public elementary school, middle school, or high school during regular school hours
[X] You have gone to or been involved in a homeschool convention I’m not going to even start counting.
Total so far:18

[X] You read books on a regular basis I used to think it was normal to read an entire book in a day.
[X] You have taken part in a political protest “Boston Tea Party” on the capital steps in Bismark. We were illegal homeschoolers lobbying for the right to school at home. Did you know that my dad was also running for state senate at the time? A lot of homeschoolers were taken to court, but we were young enough that we didn’t legally have to go to school yet. They changed the law by the time we were old enough. Some family friends were taken to court, but the case was thrown out because their son was adopted from another country and they didn’t have a birth certificate to prove how old he really was. Oh, and our book fairs were secret and took place on a farm in the middle-of-nowhere North Dakota.

We also regularly protested at the abortion clinic in Fargo. Seth was at those too. We did a lot together when we were little, we just didn’t know we would end up married!
[ ] You were a Pride and Prejudice fan before the movie
[ ] You were a Lord of the Rings fan prior to the movie
[X] You were a Chronicles of Narnia fan before the movie
[ ] You speak a language other than English
[X] You dream of dating characters from books instead of celebrities Celebrities are soooo shallow compared to book characters
Total so far: 22

It (has been) assumed that you:
[ ] Have won many spelling bees
[X] Have no social life What are you talking about? That’s why homeschoolers have so many kids!
[X] Have no friends of the opposite gender I have brothers
[X] Are inept Need I say more?
[X] Only listen to classical music The first cd’s my family owned was a collection of classical music. My mom bought them at a Best Buy in Minnetonka. I was really excited. My favorite was Dvorak’s “New World”.
[X] Play piano or the violin One year of piano lessons so that I could take violin. I just broke the strings on it last week 🙁
[X] Do not own a pair of trendy jeans. Unless you count trendy as a decade late and handed down from your aunt?
[X] Have no knowledge of drugs or alcohol What are those?
[X] Don’t date, only court. How about neither?
[X] Have never been to a “party” One. I was 21. It was really tame. End of story.
[X] Know no other beliefs other than what your family believes That’s a common one
Total so far:32

You have been asked more than 10 times in your life:
[X] If you wear pajamas to school For the record, no I did not.
[X] If you get perfect grades because your mom grades you
[ ] If your mom teaches you or if somebody else’s mom does
[X]How do you meet people
[X] Why you aren’t in school
[X] If you get days off whenever you want
[ ] If you’re going to be homeschooled through college
[X] If you have a big family
[X] What your parents are protecting you from
[ ] To quote something famous
[ ] For the answer, because supposedly homeschoolers always have all the answers
Total so far: 39

You have “rebelled” by:
[X] Listening to “worldly music”
[X] Wearing black fingernail polish
[X] Wearing tight clothes or letting your midriff show or showing off what color of boxers you are wearing
[X] Watching a *gasp* PG-13 movie
[ ] Breaking dress code
[X] Listening to music with a beat
[ ] Dancing. Especially dances that involve contact for longer than 2 seconds. With somebody of the opposite gender. Scandalous!!!
Total: 44

subtract 4 this from total,
OVERALL TOTAL: 40
1-10 You’re not really a homeschooler…you just do school at home
11-21 You’re a homeschooler, but not what the world expects
22-32 You’re a homeschooler
33-? You probably wouldn’t have facebook to begin with…but congrats you’re the stereotypical homeschooler