Which is better?Homeschool or Private School, Why?

Answer 1

It really depends on the private school and the child's learning style or the homeschooling approach and the child's learning style. Some kids have great success in public school, so you really have to weigh the pros and cons in your particular situation and your child(ren).

If you choose to homeschool, please disregard people's negative or ignorant comments about socialization and I mean ignorant as in the dictionary definition of simply not knowing, not as in being stupid or idiotic. Most of the time people are well meaning with these comments, but just ill informed.

Since I began homeschooling my niece, who was very shy and had few real friends in regular school, has made progress in her social participation because homeschooling allows me to expose the kids to so MANY diverse people and social environments. She is so much happier and progressing at an incredible rate academically and she has only been with me for one academic year! She has made one very good friend too.

My son attended private school (public school was never an option for my children) for two years and it was no better than the *best* public school in our area--only difference is we had to pay for private school, which gave us slightly more say in our son's education than in a regular school.

A regular class setting simply was not good for him because he learns differently. I was a classroom teacher in both private and public classrooms and the challenges for teachers being able to teach to many different learning styles is not easy. Plus in a regular classroom, in some schools, teachers are often "encouraged" to raise test scores, and complete their curriculum by the end of the school year, which sometimes is not possible for too many reasons to list. What I have seen happen to fellow teacher colleagues still doing classrooms teaching in both private and public schools, is that they end up feeling cornered to teach to the test and that is not learning! That is learning to pass state tests.

Now as for the socialization aspect, my son has not missed his peers. He has made better and stronger friendships since we began homeschooling. He does not suffer with making friends. He is very friendly and likeable and participates in many sports and clubs. He has just made more meaningful friendships outside regular school.

Homeschooling has been a good approach for US.

The most important ingredient to a child's success in life is a parent's involvement. Whatever educational environment you choose, stay involved! I say that as a teacher and parent.

Answer 2

I Would Choose Private School I'm Christan But I Will Never Imagine Either Going To A Private School Also Public School is Free And There Are Less Rules At Private You Have To Follow Many Rules And Sometimes You Just Have To Chill And Cut A Little Slack So I Would Go With Public

Answer 3

It has been my experience that you can generally pick the home-schooled kid out of a crowd because they will be pasty white with a "deer-in-the-headlights look". Of course that is a generalization, but you would be surprised how often its true.

The Private School often appears to be a good choice "to avoid the riff-raff of public school", but too often there is a greater percentage of riff-raff in the private school because they have been kicked out of public schools and their parents hope the influence of "good" kids will rub off on them. No one has ever said that one good apple will sweeten the pile; it's always one rotten apple will spoil the rest.

As to the education received, it really depends on the qualifications of the teachers whether home, public or private school. Most don't want to teach the kids to ask questions and learn how to formulate their own ideas or opinions, they only want them to regurgitate the answers that are required on standard tests which show "academic standing".

Private school on the whole is better than homeschooled in the latter years when the needs of the students may surpass their parents abilities. During the earliest school years homeschools should be able to meet the elementary needs of reading, writing, and arithmetic, but will miss out on the social skills.

Answer 4

As far as I am concerned Homeschooling is the best. Why you ask? Because you as a parent can either move your child ahead in a subject or further behind in a subject until the child can understand it. It does not matter how long you spend on a certain subject just as long as your child can understand it. As for a private school I feel that they are to expensive. Yeah you can get some that will pay some or all of your tuition. But you have to qualify income wise where as you don't have to qualify to buy certain supplies or to get into a home school environment. As for the thing with public they don't spend enough time helping the kids in a certain subject until they get it you either get it or you don't. If you don't get you as a child slips through the cracks of a public school system.

Answer 5

Where I come from Private school is no better than public. The classes are large, the bullies are nastier. But that's just here, I don't know about anywhere else. On the other hand, I am SICK TO DEATH of people saying that homeschooled children aren't social. My son is in so many groups we can barely keep them straight. He has friends in different age groups and etnicities. He goes to parties, he plays sports and HE IS NOT isolated. I say homeschool is better because you don't have to pay $10,000 a year to ensure your child's great education.

Answer 6

I have had my oldest in private school (through our church). It was a perfectly fine school with a great curriculum and he did well. Then when we moved out of state we decided to try homeschooling and I wouldn't or couldn't do anything else. Home school is good because it bonds you and your children. They receive the one on one education and your able to tailor there education according to each child's learning needs. You are also able to include your families beliefs and traditions everyday all the time they don't have to lay down your beliefs because its not PC to do so. I am not against private school at all. I now have three children who are home schooled and they love it too. They are very sociable, articulate , fun and are able to communicate with people of all ages. I hope this helps. To investigate the legalities of homeschooling you can find out your states homeschooling laws at: www.hslda.org.
ps: my children go to birthday parties, have friends of all ages and who are public schooled etc.. They are always being complimented on their social skills they play sports. They also are educated on what other religions believe. .

Answer 7

Home school is the best in my opinion. I have been to public and private schools, and I am being home schooled now. In private school I was being held back, teased, and humiliated; I knew most of the multiplication tables when I was three. In private school I dumbed my self until I forgot how to read in first grade; that is when my mom took my brother and me out of school.

I then went to public school, and the same thing happened on a smaller scale. The teachers would talk about things that I already knew, and then skip to foreign subjects. Before long I was helplessly tangled up in things that I did not know. Always, with the help of my mother I would get through it, and it would happen. Even though I made friends and joined after school activities I knew that public school was not worth it to me.

I begged my mother to home school me when third grade finished, and to my great delight (and after some serious planning) she did. In the summer preceding seventh grade I am in tenth grade history, and other such things.

Answer 8

Good points and bad to both.
I was home schooled nearly all my life. It gave me great advantages like being able to go all over the world with my studies.
Took my fifth grade history class in an Alaskan archeology dig, my eighth grad language in Russia, my third grade science in SF Academy of Science...
And when my mother traveled on the carnival, so did I.
And you can go at your own pace. I zipped through, graduating before my 16 b-day and went straight to the Dean's list in college.

But I missed out on all the kid-to-kid interactions. Never went to parties or b-days or soccer games. No sleep overs or the such.
And when I went to college I had no idea how to learn in a classroom. And, if you are doing it on your own, not with an official Home Schooling co, then you have to careful that you keep up with government requirements and test at least once a year with some school along the ways to make sure that you are still on schedule.

My nephew and niece go to private schools. They have small classes where they can get close with the teacher. The teach has more time to spend with each student, has more financial baking for supplies, has more interaction with the parents. They hook parents up with other parents, bring in sports teams and reading/spelling teams for the kids. Special camp outs and after school activates. Their teachers are by far top of the class, the school marking as one of the highest in the country, while the public school in the same town marks as one on the lowest in the country.
Many private schools have high rankings and seem to have a much better time of getting their first pickings of colleges.
But private schools tend to be expensive and tend to lack street sense. These kids grow up with an awesome education, math history, art, music, writing.... but out on their own, say, flagging down a taxi or figuring out how to get across country to home from, say NY... they tend to need help. They're used to having a support group: fellow students, teachers, parents.

Anyway, that's my observations.

The Chronicler

Answer 9

How about public?

Private probably because homeschool removes a child from social situations.

Answer 10

It depends on sooo many things. If a parent is eager to teach, to fully round out their childs education..and allows the child outside activities (sports, clubs, etc) then I think hs is the way to go. But there are nut jobs in every part of life, be it bullies or lame, unmotivated or overwhelmed teachers...or parents who abuse their kids or allow them no freedom. There are expensive private schools where kids are afraid of the teachers, or are allowed to skim by without excitement about learning, without even being able to read! Just like there are in public schools. ]

It's all about the parents, the teachers, the schools and the student. Lots of variables.