Home Schooling?

Question

Do you believe "home-schooling" is the most effective alternative to solve today's problem with education? Justify your answer

Answer 1

Yes...

Answer 2

There are many different methods of Home Schooling, and I believe if the Parent is productive in assisting that child then yes, home schooling can be effective, I had Teachers come into my home to help assist my son, and that was great, one on one educational communication is phenomenal when applied correctly.
Social interaction can be implemented through too many other resources today, so the old adage that Alternative Education stunts the individual from being Socially interactive is wrong.
Too many Parents have been blaming the School System of corrupting the child, and I believe it all starts at home, it is our responsibility as Parents to integrate our Children into the Society, and guide them to be a productive, healthy contribution.

Answer 3

Yes!!
These days most parents send their kids to school and only care if their grades are good. With home schooling parents are involved in their kids lives. Family vacations become a great way to educate, even trips to the store can become a learning experience. In the system their is no discipline but with home schooling parents learn that discipline is very important and they also learn how to discipline and what is most effective with their child. By home schooling you can spend as much time on a subject as needed, if your child is great in math you don't need to spend a lot of time there but if he or she isn't you can take all the time that is needed. Unlike the system that has large classes to deal with and some students get left behind. Why do you think that home schoolers are always winn spelling bees.

Home schooled kids are not sheltered their are so many different groups that revolve around home schooling. Take it from a Home school Grad who did spend some time in the public and private school system I did so much more socially as a home schooler then in the system.
The best part is that you have more time to devote to what your child loves. Take my sister for example she did dance and gymnastics, she competed in gym and performed in the "Columbia Ballet" You see you can tend your child's dreams as a home schooler.
The groups that are around are great too, parents get the suport they need and the kids have time to hang or you can go on trips. Once we did a "World's Fair" all the kids in the group hade to study every thing about a country, do a report, make a flag, dress in the clothes of the country, or bring in food and music from the country. It was nt only fun but edicuational.

It's hard work but well worth it.

Answer 4

No, because it is dependent upon two things which are not needed in school. First, the parent who assists their child must be knowledgeable and open-minded, otherwise (and I see many instances of this) the "education" consists of limiting the child's world rather than expanding it. Secondly, although I'm sure all of us had some bad teachers in school, the fact is that after a year (or even the next hour in high school) we moved on to someone else and had opportunities to connect with some teachers who were really good for us. And if the teacher was really bad, our parents often could go to school and get us moved to another class in which we could learn better. If it is assumed that the parent will be the teacher all the way through school, none of these problems would be resolved. Even if the parent means well, if he or she is not inspiring to the child, there is no alternative in home schooling.

I can also think of two more reasons that home-schooling overall (I'm sure there are exceptions) isn't an ideal way to learn. Complicating the parent-child relationship with the kind of constant evaluation which happens in school would be brutal. All children want their parents to love them, and the frustrations which could result if the child equates doing poorly on schoolwork with being unlovable and unloved seem enormous. Also, while we all know that there are differences in the quality of schools across neighborhoods,at least all teachers have college degrees and, in many cases these days, have passed exams qualifying them to be teachers. The same cannot be said of parents, and if everyone were to home-school, the differences in knowledge would only be perpetuated.

Answer 5

Homeschooling does NOT solve the educational problems of today.
Homeschooling affords the avoidance of the educational and social ills of our time.
Homeschooling is an alternative for those who recognize that we have problems in our educational system and who want to take education of their children completely into their own hands.

I felt public schools were ridiculously "dumbed-down" compared to other countries by a long shot. Public school also fails in social etiquette and morals, respect and independent thinking. Higher math is ignored, so is foreign language taught much too late and too little. The books are flat-liners. There is bullying, violence, disrespect and "no child left behind" policy...this is ridiculous!

Answer 6

No, I do not. Although homeshcooling is the right option for our family, there are many families for whom homeschooling isn't even a viable option, let alone the most effective option. Homeschooling requires a great effort on the part of the entire family - generally, one parent needs to be home, meaning the entire family is deprived of the second income. The parent who is doing most of the work (usually the mother) has a great deal of work, including: choosing curriculum, preparing lessons, teaching lessons, grading lessons, record keeping, house keeping, laundry, paying bills, grocery shopping, cooking, ...

Many parents do not have the determination and committment to do this well, which is (IMHO) worse than keeping a child in a bad public school.

Homeschooling is one option out of many available: public school, private school, charter school, magnet school, online school, private tutors, ... The most effective choice is the one that offers the child the best chance for success in life.

As far as socialization is concerned, we have not found that to be an issue. Our biggest problem is choosing among the myriad options available for socialization (co-op classes, sports teams, group field trips, park days, academic clubs, gaming days, library days, ...)

I believe one REAL solution to the problem in public education is smaller schools. When you have 3000 or 4000 teenagers in one school, you are bound to have lots of trouble and little accountability. Setting a maximum of 1000 students per high school, 750 per junior high (6th-8th) and 600 per elementary (K-5th) would allow the teachers and other staff to really know the students. It would also offer more accountability for parents who set no limits for their children. I realize in the short-term, this will be quite expensive, but over the long-term, it could make a huge difference.

Answer 7

There is no one way that will ever be the most effective alternate to fix todays problem's with education. All children learn in different ways. Lots of todays 'education ' problems stem from areas not related to education. The most effective way to fix education problems is to do what is right for your family and if you see areas of education that need changing lobby your government ,talk to your politicians, help out in your local commumity, run after school programs to help parents who have to work full time to support themselves. There are no qiuck fixes in this complicated worlds we call life, and no one right way, but many solutions to many problems, some that work for certain people and some that work for others. Lets all try and respect others choices and just get on with our lives without trying to make others comform to our way of looking at things.For your information i am a homeschooler.

Answer 8

I think there should be a balance. I would probably continue to home school my kids if I had some help in direction. This is going to be my last year. If the school district could work with homeschoolers, it would solve a lot of problems. Maybe every six weeks there could be a liaison who could help evaluate the progress and give tips. They could deal with more children than one teacher could, but without the cost of extra teachers for the amount of children. It would save taxpayers money, and actually give home schools some services for the school taxes they do pay.

Answer 9

Yes i do.kids who home school get the attention they need,and if they don't need it,they don't have to have it,parents actually know what they're kids are up to,and can also teach they're kids morals,instead of hoping that they're kids won't do drugs i a public school,and the teachers can only tell a parent how they're kid is doing in grades,not in who they hang out with and what they do.I wish parents would think about home schooling,rather then just sending they're kids off to a public school thinking that's its the only way they're kids can get an education.I know all this because I'm 14 and have been home schooled all my life,and I LOVE it.I also know kids who go to public school,and they don't really seem very happy to me,and some have gotten pregnant,and gone goth.

Answer 10

We sent our son to public school... that ended up being a joke! We had to move on. It didn't work for us. I made surprise visits to the school and saw exactly what these "special help" classes consisted of. We wanted our son to be quite a bit more intelligent than the people we were meeting in the system.

He is now 20, has been a home owner for over a year, rental property for 2 years now, owns his own business (all his own doing) and is a complete pleasure in the lives of those he touches.

Morons who say "social" skills are lost in homeschooling have no clue to the vast amount of things there are to do in life, instead of sitting in a chair for 7 hours, sometimes looking at someone in the front of the class who hates even being there.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah life is good if YOU want it to be... Everyone has a choice to steer their life in the direction they want to go. We did and the destination was glorious !!!

Happy Learning! : )

Answer 11

if the problem is children who can't think for themselves, are totally into their peers, think learning is only for the school day and school year, are materialistic, directionless consumers, then yes, homeschooling, especially unschooling, can help.
tho there are some religious whackos who want to shelter their kids, most homeschooled kids are actually out in the real world earlier and in more authentic ways than their insititutionalized peers. they're not segregated by age (when will that happen again?) or neighborhood, grouped by ability, and forced into arificial groups exploring topics of little interst or without sufficient time to explore. they're not waiting around for someone to tell them what to learn, when to learn it, how to learn it, and what to do with it. unschoolers are preparing to be actual, functioning, thinking citizens! and that's what the USA really needs.