Which is better: Being Homeschooled or Regular School?

Question

For years, people have been arguing over which is the best. And I want to Know

Answer 1

regular school

Answer 2

Homeschool is best if the parent knows how to discipline and is willing to take the time to prepare and spend the extra money. It's best if you want your kids to be smarter, better behaved, able to interact with people of all ages.
Public school is best if the child is extremely gifted in a sport, as it is hard for homeschoolers to get sports scholorships. It's kind of sad that sports is the only reason to send your kids to public school! Public schoolers are falling far behind academically. Public schooled kids generally socialize with people their own age, race, and gender.
There is a lot of research out there that contains FACTS about public and homeschool differences.

Answer 3

Short Answer: It depends on the child. - It depends on the parent.

Long Answer:

Our two children have done both - gone to public school and have been homeschooled.

The older (a girl) was a natural "public-school" oriented student - loved bookwork, tests, grading and everything organized. She excelled in public school,(grades 1-5 & 9) and in homeschool. We moved a number of times in her school life and homeschool was definitely easier during those years. She completed highschool with a homeschool correspondence course at 16, entered college, graduated and is now working with the deaf at 22 years old. She's happy with who she is... (and isn't that what we want for our kids?)

Our second child (a boy) attended public school for grades pre-K, Kindergarten, and grade 1. We homeschooled beginning grade 2. He didn't read proficiently until he was 12 years old (yup, you read that right... twelve) We tried every reading method, and I continued reading to him (out loud) until then. Had he been in public school he would have been labelled... " " or " ".... I read many homeschool books and anecdotal stories about how some boys just aren't ready physically to read until later than girls. Regardless, I was worried. Four months before his 12th birthday, it was as though a switch was turned in his brain - he went from struggling with phonics and single sentence page books, to reading chapter books, and onto four-inch thick science fiction/fantasy books. Later, he chose to go to grade 9 public school and excelled - received numerous academic awards (including English!). After grade 9, I would have been content if he wanted to continue in public school. He had fun, made friends, etc. But he wanted to return to homeschooling. He finished highschool at home, has begun his first term at college. He has an average of 4.0... Who knows where he would be if he'd stayed in public grade school and been labelled and demoralized by a system that requires all children to progress academically at a regimented rate?

So. As a parent, I devoted my time and energy the last 10+ years to teaching my children. It's a sacrifice I woud do again. Gladly. Both children are becoming capable adults with great social skills, who can make friends and excell in their chosen fields.

Which is better? Homeschool or Regular School? It depends.

Answer 4

Look..Home-school, regular, private.............It TOTALLY depends on the child, the parent, and the community! Where I live homeschooling is very big so the community has programs that do field trips and classroom labs and so forth for these kids. They socialize, they go to school labs, and experience ALOT kids in reg. or priv, don't. Private is also good if your child has certain personality traits of needing a small classroom with individual attention but you don't want to home-school. Reg is great for socializing your child but it is also good and bad......these teachers have so many kids they get lost in the shuffle so to speak...........You can not make a decision with out ALL the facts. They are all great, it depends on the individual

Answer 5

Well this is my opinion. I'm sure it will offend some people but that is not my intentions. We have done the public, home school, and private. We were in public school for 4 years home school for 1 year and private for 2 years. We are at a christian private school at this time and they love it. It all boiled down to my children's safety.Homeschooling was fine for a year but soon missed being with their peers. " Children are products of their enviroments" and most of the public schools today are not the type of enviroment i felt was suitable for my child or anyone elses child. I'm not saying all public schools are this way. Do a little research on the public schools in your area. Check the average I.Q for your childs grade level. Trust me thats the level she will be taught on. Location is also a big factor concerning SAFETY. Hope this helps. Homeschooling takes a lot and I mean a lot if discipline.

Answer 6

There are up-sides to both.
If you are home-schooled you:
Get to spend more time with your parents and vice versa You are not exposed to some of the bad things in the world (this could be a bad thing... it depends on how you look at it.)

If you go to regular school:
You make more friends
Have more opportunities to be social
You will be prepared for the "real world"

Answer 7

I believe that a regular school is better for the child. In a regular school the child faces people that are mean. Children need to know how to handle the real world where people can say anything.

Answer 8

Yea, like emmy said, regular school prepares you for the world. Homeschooling is kind of like an easier way to graduating. Less stress, no being judged or making as much choices on your own, but it's better if you just want the faster way to education.

Education wise, I think both are equal to eachother, it just really depends on how you're being taught.

For example, you could be homeschooled, but distracted by TV and games, and end up not learning as much, but the same thing can happen in regular school, you can get bored, or you can feel stressful enough to be distracted.

I've done both, and in my opinion, I prefer regular school; it prepares you for the world more. You get to make more choices on your own and develop your personality more.

Answer 9

Regular school.

Everyone has something good to say, but I have something else to add.

I remember when I was in grade school. A kid who had finished 1st grade was held back. Why? His mom thought he didn't learn enough that year. He lost all of his friends and everyone was making fun of him. He was then home schooled for several years, then came back from middle school. He was still 1 year behind, and still lacking social contact.

Regular schooling is better, kids need social contact, and homeschooling will cause kids to spend WAY too much time with parents (Yes, it is possible!) or WAY too much time with a strange tutor.

Answer 10

Personally I think Regular public school is better. I know someone who was homeschooled for awhile and then went to regular school. I think like Emmy says it really does prepare you for the real world. Maybe kids are smarter or more well-behaved but really if you homeschool a kid its like ripping them of there childhood. I just don't believe in homeschooling. I can't see myself being schooled by my mother or father it would just be a nightmare.

I also would like to say it is just your personal preferance some people think homeschool works better and that is really great for them and I praise them. This is just my view on this and I know there are deffinitly many other views on this subject. I hope no one who is homeschooled takes offense in any way to my answer.

Answer 11

I think if a parent is willing to work hard teaching their children, develop a routine which works for them and the child, and exercise self-discipline in teaching their child, home schooling is a possibility. I personally feel, however, that many of the lessons learned in regular school (like sharing, taking turns, self-discipline) and many of the "extras" are not taught as well at home. My children are public school students, and we wouldn't have it any other way!