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1. Being part of a large family is practically a pre-requisite.
2. Culottes and capris were less a fashion statement, and more a "modest alternative."
3. You can intuitively sense another homeschooler when you meet them.
4. Your public school friends never sympathized with the tribulations of Bob Jones curriculum, A Beka video school, or Saxon Math.
5. They also assumed you did all your schoolwork in pajamas…and you totally did. (Sometimes)
6. Vacations and sick days never slowed you down, because you could always double up for a few days or catch up on the weekends.
7. This was usually a sure-fire way to put off school in the morning.
8. These were your Saturday morning cartoons.
9. You learned to play at least one instrument, and it was probably the piano.
10. At least one of the parents from neighboring tribes attended homeschool prom as a chaperone to prevent "worldly" behavior.
11. When any of your homeschooled friends “jumped ship” by defecting to public school, you worried about the “negative influences” they’d encounter.
12. Your inner hipster comes out whenever someone describes themselves as a “homeschooler” after only homeschooling for a few semesters.
13. Your social life was mostly limited to extracurriculars.
14. But your sports/debate team/drama club/Toastmasters comrades usually went to the same church or youth group, so you got to double-dip.
15. Whether you “skipped a few grades” or “did a couple at once,” the result was the same: graduating early with a larger-than-usual teen superiority complex.
16. You were more in tune with pop culture from your parent's era than your own.
17. You keep up with Shakespeare quotes the way the rest of the world keeps up with the Kardashians.
Ditto Monty Python.
18. You still gloat over the statistics comparing homeschooling to public school.
19. People seem genuinely confused to find out you were homeschooled but aren't "super weird or awkward."
20. ...though you still get "Well, that explains a lot..." whenever they find out.
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