homeschooling teens?

Question

I do NOT believe in home schooling kids! I think this will cause them to lose out on alot of social skills as well as people skills. I have neighbors who homeschool their kids and these poor kids look like deer caught in the headlights when you say hello to them! They respond very slowly to other people outside their home and very slowly to outside problems! Do u agree with home schooling or public school? My vote is for Public school!

Answer 1

I totally agree.I am homeschooled and you've answered my questions so you know what I'm going through.I have begged my parents to let me go to public school,they just don't see what they are doing is wrong and I don't think they ever will.Parents need to understand that homeschooling might as well be like putting your kids in jail,and that they get cut off from the world,friends,and so much more.Your kids might even fall into depression like I did when I was 14,I cried everyday multiple times,and I would lay in my bed all day,it was physically and mentally hurting me.I am 16 now and I can't wait to graduate from highschool and get the hell out of here,I know it's bad but being homeschooled has pushed me away from my parents because they don't listen.So,parents I ask you,do you want your kids to not know what to do when they get in the real world.This should make you think because this really happens.Do what is best for your child,let them at least have some freedom,friends,a normal teen life.Not all teens will do bad things like drugs and have sex,like me,my parents just don't see that.So,now I can't wait to leave,I am just glad I have a friend to talk to about this stuff over the phone.If not for him,I might have went into depression again.Yes,I have very high goals(Plastic Surgeon) because of homeschooling but still I can't stand it.People do say I have more class than most girls now a days,and I guess it's because I'm sheltered and am not influenced by others.So,I usually make more friends easily(not like I can hang out with them,but thats another story),thats the only thing I like about it.
PUBLIC SCHOOL ALL THE WAY!!!!!

Answer 2

I was homeschooled from 1st grade through 12th, and definitely wouldn't have traded it for the public school experience...especially where that would mean that at 18 I'd be just finishing high school...instead of working on my Master's thesis. I was able to learn at my own pace, instead at somebody else's, and it worked really well for me.

That being said, not all parents are qualified to home school. Not all kids could be happy homeschooled. And even though I had a really good situation, there were days when I was lonely...and times when I had trouble relating to kids my own age. Today, though, I don't think many people could guess that I was homeschooled based on my social skills (although the fact that I'm an 18 year old grad student usually gives it away). I have friends...I hang out...I go to parties...I date. I haven't spent a Friday night sitting around by myself in over a year. There are weird homeschooled kids, but, let's face it, there are weird public schooled kids too...

Answer 3

I went to public school and was also home schooled and I have to say I learned more while I was being home schooled and the funny thing is my mom made it so much fun I had no idea I was even learning.
I didn't lose out on social skills at all while being home schooled, I still had my friends that I saw on the weekends and my mother had other friends that home schooled there children and we would all get together a few times a week.

When I was in public school my life was hell, because teens are generally not nice. I ended up going to high school which I disliked a lot and would have much rather have been home schooled. I was highly annoyed that even though I was in an AP English class I had to deal with people who read slower the god knows what and couldn't even pronounce half the words, and could not even spell. I also had to deal with bomb threats at least once a month which was also very annoying.
I was more social when I was home schooled then when I was in public school.

Home schooling does not make you less social or make you lose out on people skills.

I know public school can have its advantages but I'll tell you one thing, my children will be home schooled.

Answer 4

There's two sides to this. First, students that I've had who were previously home-schooled were (every single time) among the best students I've ever had. One shouldn't keep a kid in a home-school setting forever though...I think that would be a mistake, they do need those social skills and experiences like football games, homecoming, dances...all that.

On the other hand, most of my home-schooled kids were being schooled by parents (professionally degreed, gainfully employed)who had weird 18th century religious beliefs. So, confronting modern science was either a frightening experience or an eye-opening wonderful adventure. I guess the bottom line has to do with just those points: Are the particular parents in question remotely qualified to try and teach; and, what are the REAL reasons they're keeping there kids out of the public schools?

Some school districts DO suck though...I'd never allow any kid of mine into the schools in my community. They'd definitely go to the schools in the ISD "next door" to us though--that is, the ISD where I teach . We're awesome, and have the scores to prove it.

Answer 5

I know many kids who are homeschooled, and they seem very depressed. If the towns school isnt good, maybe i could understand it. But still, they seem lonely & sad. I mean I would be the same if I was them. Because they have no friends really. Maybe of few but still, Other public schooled kids cant relate to them that much. So my vote is for Public School.

Answer 6

Well thanks for your help on my question!and uhm..I disagree cause I did go to public schools for elementry and this year I would be going to highschool,but all u ever see on tv and the news r shootings and stuff!Id be scared to death!and me being homeschooled I learn a lot more then people and public schools,and yeah it does get lonley I must admit but I got friends that I can see and stuff.And not all people who r homeschooled don't have good social skills I babysit,talk to people all the time,and love talking to people!so I say homeschool,oh and drugs,and gangs I don't wanna be caught up in the mess,glad i'm homeschooled but not glad my friends is going and that were fighting!My two older step sisters r in highschool public and they say it's drama and u easily get into fights and get your feelings hurt I don't want that,good question!

Answer 7

I've met a lot of home schooled kids and they appear a little smarter and also a little more mature than regular kids. Also, they seem to have less exposure to those moral value issues regular kids seem to have.

No if there homeschooling in a dysfuctional home or where the parents don't have proper social skills then your in trouble.

Answer 8

First of all and maybe this could come off as a little rude to you...but maybe when you are talking to those children and saying hi, maybe their parents have asked them not to talk to strangers...or maybe they are just reading your body language and know that you don't think much of them or the way the are being brought up...????? i pulled my daughter out of public schools because she was getting to distracted by all of the B.S. that goes on at school...her grades dropped and her attitude changed drastically....she is now making A's and B's and will go on to make something of herself now that she can focus on her education and not all of the crap she had to put up with in PUBLIC SCHOOLS!!!!! and the children that are home schooled get plenty of social skills..there are groups of mother's and father's that home school their children that get together and take field trips and such...my 14 year old daughter could carry on a conversation with you about any subject and make your head spin....good luck to your children in PUBLIC SCHOOLS and i hope you will become a more open minded person towards the people that are trying to give their children a chance in life..PUBLIC SCHOOLS are failing our children and it is our responsibility to protect and educate them..not sit on our As*es and let someone else do it for us....

Answer 9

I agree with you. My Step Mother in law homeschooled my husband's brother and sister. ( luckily he lived with his real mom who sent him to public school ) They are so strange! They have very little social skills, not to mention that A LOT of people who teach home school are NOT qualified to do so. They would NEVER survive in a public college! I think it's a way for parents to shelter their children so that the only ideas they have are ones that are put there by their parents. Let kids socialize with people of other cultures, religions ans backgrounds! It's good for them! Let them think for themselves!

Answer 10

I believe home schooling if done correctly is fine. However, In most cases I do NOT believe the parents do it correctly. Often home schooled children are not able to adapt to stressful situations. I do know people who home school correctly, their children are social and smart. I think there should be stricter rules to homeschooling. A high school diploma is not enough! Even though I am a teacher I would not home school my children. I would like them to learn from us as well as others!