What are the benifits?

Question

I have heard that home schoolekids are children who dont get to lead a life like their peers.They have less friends.And most kids regret being home schooled.My question is can anyone who has any experience with home schooling give me some information on what the benifits are?

I know I spelled some words wrong but it wont let me correct them.

Answer 1

I was home educated by my mother between ages 5 - 11 then went to secondry school. I was SEVERLY disadvantaged at maths because my mum wasn't good at maths, so how could she effectively convey the subject to me? she couldn't!

the supposed benefits are:
no taking crap off teachers / pupils
not being a robot
parents have control over what u learn.

which sounds good
but its not

what really happpens is
the peers that u meet outside classroom are jelous / think your weird so you get bullied

you dont interact with kids as much so your social developement suffers.

and lets face it - so does your eduation.

im 21 now and just about recovered, socially and academically,
don't know what would have happened if i hadn't gone to school when i did

Answer 2

The benefits are you don't waste time on things you have no interest in like art, music, physical education. Also, you don't get beat up by the class bullies if you are small. Your learning isn't held up by the slower students and is not disrupted by the troublemakers. I taught school and much of my time was spent disciplining the troublemakers so the rest of the students could learn. I'd never homeschool my kids. What they learn in school is how to deal with other people. You can't learn that at home or church where everybody thinks alike. My first choice would be a Montessori school.

Answer 3

You have heard what many people are saying but the real question is this: Is it true???? The answer is no, it's not true.

1. "....don't get to lead a life like their peers."..... hmmmm. Many of our peers are also home-schoolers and many of them are from public schools too. None of us lead exactly the same life as another. Every family is different. I have yet to meet two people that live exactly like one another -- have you? So, what part of peer life might they be missing?

2. "less friends"....???? That's funny to me because I was raised in the public schools and I had a few very close friends -- everyone else was a "friendly acquaintance. My 4 children have always been home-schooled and they have MORE close friends than I ever knew!!!

3. "most kids regret"....??? Not that I have ever heard from the hundreds of students that I know. Many of them are now grown-up and raising their own families. Others are currently in college and doing very well. My college daughter is happy to have been home-schooled -- she is getting A's in all of her classes.

4. The benefits:
a. The student can make the best use of time -- there are no wasted moments on a bus.
b. No waiting for a classroom to settle down.
c. They can study for mastery and strive for accuracy.
d. They can be done with their core work before noon and the remainder of the day can be used for following other interests. e. They can start their own business in woodworking or babysitting or any of thousands of possibilities.
f. They can study things that they are interested in learning.
g. They don't have to stick with a set of curriculum that is identical for everyone.
h. Home-schooling gives a student a chance to excel within his/her own criteria.
i. They learn to deal with people in real situations -- such as grocery shopping, house building, land-scaping, choir practice, band practice, piano lessons, interaction with neighbors, volunteering at children's activities and at senior centers, etc. etc. etc. They live among people from many walks of life. They don't have biases based on people's age, color, job description, classroom etc. etc. etc....
j. They keep a love for their family members. They are less prone to forget who loves them.

I could go on and on and on.... The benefits are infinite!!!

Answer 4

friends with benifits can be a good sexual release for both parties. just make sure that you both know that its all its going to be. for me, i tend to stray away from that kind of thing because almost always one or the other develops feelings for the other person, which ends in hurt. but, as long as you guys dont develope feelings for one another then it should be fine... and this type of 'friendship' shouldnt last if one or the other should obtain a bf/gf...