what is the positives and negatives of home schooling?

Question

what do thing about it?

Answer 1

It all depends on the environment the kids have at home. For example, I babysat two kids who were home schooled and they had no real interaction with other kids and their parents didn't discipline them. As a result, these kids were obnoxious, spoiled pains in the butt and they had no social skills. Oh the other hand, a friend of mine was home schooled until he went to high school, but his parents set a great example at home, and he was involved in a lot of community groups and activities. He grew up to be a respectful, intelligent, hardworking person. So it really depends on how the parent establishes the environment.

Answer 2

I am homeschooled and I think it's awesome! I've been taught at home since I was in 2nd grade. The positives are amazing...more time is allowed to be spent in order to really get something and you don't have all the peer pressures and all of the frustration that comes with public schools.

I love being able to be at home and have the freedom that public or private schools do not allow. Don't listen to people who tell you that you can't get "real world" experiences through homeschooling. Not only can you do more positive things, like attend church, but homeschooling is something in the "real world," too. Besides, I would hardly call shootings, peer pressure and all that other stuff the "real world."

Answer 3

It's a shame that James S believes his experience homeschooling is what all homeschoolers experience.

Where I live, the kids participate in various activities with other homeschoolers--and as a parent who stays at these activities, it is very obvious to me that the children are not socially retarded since they are developing games or working together on something with kids they've never met before--and they also participate in activities that aren't aimed at homeschoolers. They participate in Scouts and Girl Guides and sports teams, community lessons and activities. When old enough, many volunteer or get jobs. Some are shy, some aren't. Some are insecure, some aren't. (This is no different than in public school. In fact, my public school experience was fraught with insecure people who were trying to pass themselves off as secure.) I tend to find that the most insecure kids are the ones who have just been pulled out of public school or the ones who were in public school a long time.

There is no psychologically sound reason for believing that kids NEED to be with same-age peers for 30-35 hours a week in order to develop decent social skills. And for that matter, how many kids have spent their entire school careers in public or private schools and have still come out of it with poor social skills?

There are a huge number of opportunities to interact with others without it being limited to homeschooling groups. It's a shame James's parents seem to have done that. Let it be a lesson for those considering homeschooling.

Answer 4

The positive thing about home schooling, I would say, there is
no one to take your attention away from your home work and
if you need tutoring they will provide it. Your grade will go straight to A's,B's,C's , there is no way you can fail a subject if you are
studying like your supposed too. Negative would be if someone
just wants to use home schooling just to stay out of regular
school. Also if the teacher gives you lots of slack on turning in your homework. Lots of kids have graduated from home school.
My daughter was in home school from 7th grade to 12th grade
and graduated from there, So you can too if you put your mined
to your homework. Anyone can do it and that is the positive.
Negative would be dropping out of school.

Answer 5

My children both started in public schools, and then we started homeschooling near the end of my oldest daughter's elementary years. I also worked at their school the year before we began our journey in homeschooling.

The positives:

More time with my children and time as a family
Curriculum chosen specificly for each child (their learning style, interests, etc.)
One-on-one attention
More thorough grading
More time to explore individual interests (whether it is science or history)
Was not a totally secular education (we could pray, study the Bible, etc.)
Values and character were a primary focus
More field trips
More in-depth studies (no rush to finish and move on)
Full mastery of subjects
Full range of electives based on your child's interests
Curriculum did not have to be grade specific (we could choose to study higher or lower material according to our needs)

Negatives:

Cost (even though it doesn't cost much, it is a negative aspect)
Lesson planning and grading (a huge time consumption)
Choosing curriculum (hard for the beginner, but it does get easier)

Answer 6

I'm a parent of two boys that were home schooled.The youngest one was 14 when he started.Now that he is 18 he wanted to back to high school and graduate with his friends.The school wouldn't let him,because he was way behind in his studies.He hadn't taken P.E. in two years,so that was another problem.He plays select soccer,so we thought that would be considered P.E.,because he has practice 3 times a week and plays two games on the weekend.We have also been told when he wants to enter a college that will be a bigger problem.My son has a problem with a class room setting,which is the reason we home schooled him.I would not advise anyone to be home school in less they have the same problem my son has.

Answer 7

homeschooling can be a hassle because the education system will want to fight with you. You have to use the right textbooks and teach the right curricula. Make sure you take all of the standardized tests, SAT, writing test, reading test, computer proficiency, etc. The only positive I see is that if you have a child who picks up on everything you can try to safeguard them from teachers who tend to throw in their own bias opinion in the midst of facts. Things like political agenda or racist comments.

Answer 8

pro: you can customize the pace and content of lessons to your childs learning style, more time with your kids, your kid doesn't get lost in the crowd, you start to see learning opportunities in every day life, vacations are easier to take, you don't have to have a long summer break where your child forgets half what was learned the previous year

con: some parents become overprotective, the socialization issue isn't as bad as it used to be - there are lots of homeschooling mom's groups and such where your kids can get together with other kids - but it still requires some effort on your part, being around your kids can be a pro and a con - when are you going to get a break? - this will require some extra effort on your part as well. Remember the mom's groups, sometimes they make arrangements to teach each others kids one day a week so they each get a day off.

There are more (of each), but this is a good start.

Answer 9

Positives- Children who live in an area with bad schools may get a better education than if they went to a normal school. They won't have peer pressure. They will be supervised by their parents at almost all times, so they won't have a chance to do anything 'bad'.

Negatives- They don't learn to accept others differences. They will think it's only okay to be friends with people who their parents like. They won't gain independence from their parents. If their parents are not good teachers, then they will not get a good education at all. They will not have a chance to do some of the special things (certain feild trips, some science 'labs') that people from an organized school get to do. Some who have overly religious parents will not be accepting of other ideas of how the world started, how they are here, or of others' religions. Etc.

Answer 10

I was not home schooled. But if you research, you will find that homeschool students outperform standard students on standardized tests by a wide margin. I think the social development can be handled by after school sports or other programs. I have great respect for after learning about it and seeing others do it with their kids.