Modern homeschoolers?

Question:I know there are some great people in history who have been homeschooled but I would really like to know about big names who have been homeschooled in modern times?

Answers:
Sandra Day OConnor
Whoopie Goldberg
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Jason Taylor
Hilary Duff
Dakota Fanning
Alan Alda
Louis Armstrong
LeAnn Rimes
Rebecca St. James
Bode Miller
Maria Sharapova
Venus and Serena Williams
Gloria Steinem

Parents homeschooling:
Garth Brooks
Will Smith
John Travolta
Darrell Waltrip
Lisa Whelchel

not totally inclusive, just a few
Do you mean like celebrities? Frankie Muniz and maybe Topher Grace.
Dakota Fanning and her younger sister are homeschooled.

The twins who play on the show "The Suite Life of Zach and Cody" are also homeschooled.

There are others, but those are the only ones coming to mind at the moment.
a lot of the child stars out there are homeschooled or have personal tutors.
Christopher Paolini: best selling author at age 19

Jason Taylor: defensive end for Miami Dolphins

Tim Tebow: quarterback who helped lead Flordia Gators to
National victory in 2007
-when spotlighted to name high school on television he says: "Homeschooled. Thanks, Mom!"
Although their names may not be in lights, it is the individual contribution that many home schooled graduates, students, and their families make on a daily basis.
Comparing oneself to "famous people" is not what home schooling is all about.
It is about individuals, and personal excellence with humility.
Home school graduates are often your entrepreneurs, small business owners, self employed workers, and so on.
Check with Patrick Henry College, and see what fields their graduates are in, and for more statistics on home schooled adults, and young people go to http://www.nheri.org/
If you look at most of the people in the media (politicians, businesspeople, etc.) you'll find that the vast majority of them were "in school" in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, so it took them 30, 40, 50 years to "get famous". Since homeschooling has only recently (1990s) made such a huge "comeback" (if you will), it will take a decade or two to see how successful homeschoolers are in the "real world".

Even then, I wouldn't expect to see a huge number of them, as the percentage of students who are homeschooling today is still relatively small (approximately 1% of the school-age population is homeschooled). Given those small numbers, I wouldn't think that 1/2 of our politicians or businessmen would be from the homeschool ranks (but I wouldn't be surprised to see more than 5-10%, either).
Lindsay Lohan was homeschooled her senior year of highschool..the other years of highschool were either at a "real" school or like tutoring on the set of a movie or something. many people in movies have been or are homeschooled.another one is AnnaSohpia Robb...she was homeschooled but didn't like it so went to a public school

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