Are home schooled kids smarter?

Answer 1

They might know the facts better, but they won't be able to socialize or do group projects as well because they're on their own.

Answer 2

I am a homeschooler and I don't think I'm smarter than kids from public school. There are probably a lot of homeschool kids who are smarter because I think they have more of the time to study on different things and they are not distracted by peer pressure or anything. As for being anti-social thats just a myth. We have what you call homeschool groups where all the homeschoolers from a certain area get together and have classes or sports teams. I play basketball, volleyball and I run track. So homeschooling has not kept me from making friends. We also have a prom. I think homeschooling is the best!!!

Answer 3

Are Homeschooled Kids Smarter

Answer 4

I don't really think it's a question of someone being smarter than someone else. Everyone is smart and gifted in their own ways. Homeschooling works for some people, and for others it doesn't.

Either way, a student will get out of school whatever he or she puts into it. If he/she works hard (whether he/she is in public school, private school, or home school), then he/she will learn a great deal.

I always used to compete against my brother. He's younger, but he was always so much better at everything than I was. He could write. He could do math. He could learn science. I always felt like I was behind him. But my mom did a really smart thing. She never compared us to each other.

My brother was smart in his own right. And I was smart in my own right.

Everyone has a gift, something they're good at, something they love to do. And it really doesn't matter if they're homeschooled, public schooled, or private schooled. Developing that gift is a choice the individual has to make.

Answer 5

First of all my wife home-schools our children. In answer to your question, home-school kids are not necessarily smarter they just get what all kids need witch is one on one attention from parents and educators. Something that in the public schools is sadly lacking. This is not to say that teachers aren't trying but they are underpaid and overworked. I have 4 friends who teach in public school and advised my wife and I to home-school. By the way comments people have made about social skills are way off base. Walk into any public high school and talk to these kids tell me how many are happy. Our children have enough stress and pressure after school they don't need it at 8 years old.

Answer 6

Homeschooled kids are like any other kids, in that some are extremely smart, some are just average, some are just plain dumb, etc. But homeschooling tends to teach kids the way they learn best, and so they absorb (and remember, which is just as important) more than perhaps their counterpart in a public school (or even a private one) does. They also enjoy a lot of extracurricular activities that perhaps school-kids don't have a chance at. I can't speak for all homeschoolers, but I know that I've been involved in learning how to sew, working on writing a novel, woven more than a few baskets, cooking and baking (I can make a mean triple chocolate cookie.), and researching pretty much anything and everything I'm interested in. I have often in the past done that sort of thing during "traditional" school hours. None of those things (aside from the novel writing, perhaps) are exactly measures of intelligence, perhaps, but sewing, baking and just the love of learning itself stand me in good stead in the adult world.

Homeschooled kids generally act more mature than public schoolers, possibly because their "peer group" isn't limited to just kids their own age. Most homeschoolers are far more comfortable interacting with adults about intelligent subjects than your "average" kid, especially once you get into middle school and high school. Many of them are also very good with smaller children. This comfort with others, and the ability to retain information makes them appear smarter than other kids, I think.

The myth of homeschoolers having no socialization is ridiculous. The homeschool group I belong to has around 300 families, and as far as I'm aware of, there's no rule that says homeschoolers can't have school-kids as friends. There are field trips one can go on, events for little kids, 'tweens, and Teen Nights at least once a month with my homeschool group. There's even a prom for high schoolers. This year over forty teenagers came, about half and half as far as gender. Yes, it's smaller than a public school prom, but one is also a lot more likely to know everyone else and have a genuinely good time.

To throw out another question about homeschoolers and socialization: how many instances of homeschoolers being bullied has anyone heard of? I've never heard of even one.

It's true that homeschoolers are alone a lot, as far as having their friends nearby while doing schoolwork goes, but why is that such a bad thing? Some kids actually prefer that, and it's less distracting when there isn't someone nearby to talk to.

So, really, I guess my answer is that homeschoolers aren't inherently smarter, they just have better opportunities to learn the way they learn best than most school kids. (And they're not anti-social, despite the common misconception.) I hope this is enlighteningand perhaps will clear up some of those misconceptions.

Answer 7

Home schooled kids do have the opportunity to get a better education if you go through the right schooling system and make sure that they do not lag off and get lazy while they're doing it. You can see the people that just do home schooling because their kids just don't want to do most of the work in school so they just basically throw their lives away and barely make it through. Alothough some kids might get a better education in home schooling, they definately will loose many social skills and how to cope with different people which are skills that are greatly needed almost as much as an education in the world today.

Answer 8

While many people believe that home schooled children are smarter; it's really about the attention they received. The student to teacher ratio in public and private schools is larger than what home schooled children receive. I have noticed, as a college student, that home schooled students can usually be spotted very easily at my education level. They may have gotten more attention in school but they weren't very socialized by their parents with other children. They don't know how to interact very well. Intelligence isn't just what you know it's also how well you can use it.

Answer 9

I wouldn't say that all homeschooled kids are smarter but I can tell you that they get more attention than in a large classroom of children where they can easily be lost. It's safer for them, no bullies or quick-tempered/ill-mannered/frustrated teachers. In a homeschool environment, their is no limit as to what the children can learn (as long as the parent wants them to learn about it). I have only homeschooled my 3 small children (grades k, 2 & 3) and my 2nd and 3rd graders have already learned how planets are formed, the difference between and planet and a star, memorized the order of planets in our solar system, life cycle of the butterfly and frog, how wind and rain is created, how tornadoes and hurricanes are created and much more. That's just science. I intend on teaching my children all that I know and more. I find that the more I get involved in teaching my children and researching the information for them, I am learning more in depth about the subjects that I thought I already knew. In a homeschool environment, the child feels less pressure about saying the wrong thing. No one is going to laugh at them. Therefore, it allows them to be more free with asking questions about things that they want to learn about and question on things that they don't understand so that the subject can be thoroughly discussed and understood. There is no time limit as to when they "need" to learn it by rather that they learn and retain the information. Also, through their parents that homeschool, the children learn how all these things that they learn can be and are useful in daily lives. Now, I've heard and read that statistically speaking, homeschooled children has higher test scores than that of children that attended public schools. As far as private schools and tutors, how much more private can you get than your own parent? My son, who has a slight learning disability, has learned so much this past year that it's astonishing. Considering that I've had no previous teaching experience, I am proud to see my children learning so much and from me. I'm not saying that it's easy (far from it, at times) but it is rewarding in the long run. They are so much more excited learning at home. They are done with their work normally around lunchtime and then they have the rest of the day...and, believe it or not, most of the time they ask for more work...even on the weekends! Homeschooled kids smarter, I can't speak for all but I feel that they are definitely more enthusiastic about learning. Hope this answers your question or at least gives you a new perspective on the subject or confirms one. Take care.

Answer 10

Many Home schooled children have Excelled in Math and Reading which are two hard Academics. So, the answer is yes they are smarter than the average child in the public school because they get that one on one attention that a teacher who has 30 kids in her room doesnt always have time to give that extra attention, she does her best but it is hard to care for all 30 of the childrens needs at once.

Answer 11

Its a matter of that individual child's will to learn, home schooling promotes excellent kids whom are for some strange reason very advanced, at the same time they miss out on various school based activities, athletic and scholastic clubs. I think if the Instructor is advanced in his studies, maybe a masters or doctorate degree, the student would have that much more know how available to the individual student. Socially it could be a plus or a minus. It could have a plethora of solutions, that would eventually factor into this equation. I personally think that some home school kids are brilliant that is if the curriculum is advanced, I retort if the knowledge is from a great source so goes the child.