do you think home school is a good idea?

Answer 1

No I think the idea that you can better prepare your children for the outside world by not exposing them to the outside world is completely dumb and backwards. I think that it is extremely selfish to think that you are doing the best for your kids by taking it on yourself, and have delusions about your teaching ability if you do. (not you personally, just whoever)

Answer 2

Home school is more than just a good idea. It is a practical and positive process of education.

And it isn't actually only an idea. Home school IS. It is happening now. My children have been educated at home for their entire lives. The count of home school students is into the millions.

Is it a good idea to home school? Of course it is. Studying is always a good idea. Studying can and should be done anywhere and anytime.

It is a good idea to home school because students can and DO advance at a remarkable rate when they are not held back by programs and peer influence.

It is also a good idea to learn how to teach something to yourself. If you can master independent study you will be well on your way to success in college and in your career.

HTH!
Barb

Answer 3

YES!

To say that children should not be home-schooled, but should be in the "outside world" is ridiculous.

Think about it.

Kids in school are stuck inside a building for up to 6 or 7 hours a day, except for brief times when they can play outside. When they get home they are faced with another batch of work that they have to complete as Home-Work.

My Home-schooled child takes about 2 hours to finish all her Math, Language, Social studies, etc., and then we are usually out for the rest of the day, visiting friends, going to the public library and so on. In her Monday morning Home-school group she is taking Archery, Chess & Geology (taught by a student from our local University) this session (which lasts 6 weeks)

We go on field trips every couple of weeks, ski once a week with a home-school group throughout the whole winter, skate every Wednesday with another home-school group, volunteer in our community with the elderly and disabled. My daughter is in a choir, Girl Scouts, has Piano lessons, Dancing classes, Church group, she sings to entertain the Elderly in local Nursing Homes.

Tell me now . . . . . . . which kids are "out in the real world?"

She is missing some things I guess - kids with bad manners, bad attitudes and bad language - but I think she will get along just fine without them.

Answer 4

Of course it is!!! if you dont like school or how it is run or if something bad happened to you there like me. I am home schooled by my mum because of what happened in a school i went to. Someone threw a bottle at the back of my head, the bottle was a plastic one filled with mud and stones, but it was hard and strong enough to give me concussion, i was in pain 24/7 for 5 weeks, i couldnt lie down to go to sleep or concentrate on anything. The school never tired to find out who did it. When i finally did recover, my mum tried me in a different school, but i was unhappy there and i had serious panic attacks and kept going home. Then my mum home schooled me and i am way way happier and i get to study very hard and deeply for the job i want to do, either a paediatric nurse or a midwife. And i get to choose which subjects i want to study. So, thats my opinion.
from eoangel5

Answer 5

Yes and no. It really depends on what you see as important, the academic side or the social aspects of the school experience. From an academic point of view, home-schooling can help your children to avoid the problems associated with the "aim the curriculum at the lowest common denominator" approach taken by many schools, i.e., making the material really simple so that everyone passes. But, if the school has good AP classes, then your child can avoid that issue to a certain extent. Another major problem can be the gaps in the parent's knowledge. Even someone with a Ph.D. has gaps or weaknesses in their education. So even with good textbooks, the parents will likely not be able to adequately teach the material in those areas in which they are weak. Otherwise, their are social issues too: for example, Christian parents home-schooling their kids so that they don't get taught about evolution or sex in biology. And finally, home-schooling can really deprive your child of social interaction. This can be a problem when they go to college: learning how to interact with other people is much harder (and potentially more dangerous) in a college environment.

Answer 6

Home schooling is a good idea in the sense that the parent would obviously know the exact details of his/her child's curriculum and has the ability for better education than what is offered in regular schools, but, home schooling does have disadvantages.

The main disadvantage, in my opinion, is socialization. Yes, one can argue that their child has friends with which they can talk on the phone with, go to the mall and see a movie with, etc., but what about situations that need action to be taken? Decision-making for all types of situations on the spur of the moment? Missing the opportunity to encounter students from different races, religious preferences, family backgrounds, etc.? Yes, the home-schooled child can LEARN about these thing, but not EXPERIENCE them.

Although there is the adage of "It's a small world", it really isn't. What we encounter on a daily basis is minute compared to what is beyond our own backyard. Unless the home-schooled child is given the opportunity and takes that opportunity to ENCOUNTER and EXPERIENCE more than what is in his/her text book or main circle of family and friends, then that child will have missed an integral part of personally knowing the diversity that is out there and might have a tough time adjusting to the "outside" world once they are no longer home-schooled.

I'm sure that the people reading this who are "for" home schooling will give my answer a thumbs down. Oh, well. You're entitled to your opinion as well as I am with mine :-) .

Answer 7

If you have a child that is at all sensitive, or is smarter than the average for her age, then home schooling is the only way to go. You still need to make sure that she does sports and socializes with other kids outside the family. You want to make her a well-rounded child.

The testing criteria can be very high in some areas, so be prepared to put as much effort into teaching her as she does at learning.

Answer 8

Yes and no - it really depends on the family. Homeschooling is the best option for our family, but it certainly isn't best for everyone. And I would never say it is the answer to all of the problems with public schools.

If a family is willing to put forth the effort required to do it well, homeschooling can be a great option (among many really good options). However, if the family is not willing to make the commitment, homeschooling will be bad for everyone involved, especially the kids.

Answer 9

Yes, and anyone who is concerned about socialization is just following and swallowing the swill that the system wants you to believe. Where else in our world do you only interact with people your own age. I think the real socialization problems are in the government schools. Homeschooled children interact with people of all ages and learn to deal with and problem solve with them. I will stop my rant now, my apologies.

Answer 10

Yes I do, My wife's best friend home schools her daughters and there both very well educated. the ten year old reads on a high school level and the fourteen year old is starting in junior collage this year.

Answer 11

if my wife and i had had children we would have left this country if nesicary to have kept oour kids out of public schools. we made this agreement before we married. this will give you some idea about what we think about home schooling