I've never been to a homeschool conference, but I'm wondering if one could be helpful to me as an afterschooler? A local one is coming up in a couple of weeks, and seems expensive (because of late sign up -- $100). I wonder if the conferences would be helpful, looking at curriculum in person instead of going off reviews and guesswork, and whatever else they do. I'm now thinking if there are a lot of homeschooler gifted kids out there that I could meet up with too.

Any general thoughts on this idea?

BTW, it's a state parent educator sponsored one. We're not religious and I know I'd be skipping some conferences that seem too much for us to use, but I don't know if the whole thing will be like that or likely a good mix of topics.

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