is home schooling better then going to a school?

Answer 1

No. Socialization is a big part of education.

Answer 2

If the teaching parent works hard, loves to learn, and has good resources for planning curriculum, homeschooling can give a better education than grade school and even the early high school grades. Later on, as subjects get more difficult, it gets harder for the parent to teach subjects they didn't enjoy, like trigonometry for a history major. When that happens, it's time to switch to a high school, or (gentler, perhaps) a community college, if your state accommodates college supplementation for high-schoolers.
One nice thing is the flexible schedule, letting you take extended vacations and field trips in the middle of the school year, landing you at, say, Disneyland in mid-February, when there's practically no lines, or Civil War-era forts and foreign countries.
The problem is that it can be really hard to relate to kids of the same age. Homeschoolers typically get along great with adults, and maybe small children, too. But unless we're booked full with youth group and group sports, all we know about other school kids comes from Hollywood: they travel in packs, hunt those weaker than themselves, sleep around, and kill themselves a lot. Never underestimate the importance of early and heavy group activities, preferably with the same group as the kids grow up. Home schooling associations might help, if their big enough.
Outside sports are also critical. Unless the teaching parent is a real health nut, kids aren't going to get the physical conditioning they could get from high school or club sports at home.
Home schooling can also be very isolating. There are right and wrong reasons to do it. A good reason is if your family moves every year or something ridiculous, or if the schools in your neighborhood are crimeridden or failing. A bad reason is to protect your baby from the cold cruel world, or keep her at home to help with the younger children. Homeschooling is a full-time job for the parent and the student.

Answer 3

I'm a high school and I'm homeschooled. I've been homeschooled most of my life, and I would never want to go back to public school. You get a much better education because you can personalize your school work to fit you. The government doesn't always know what the best way is for someone to learn. Everyone learns differently. I also have a social life. I'm a part of a homeschool group in Lexington KY. There are over 150 other high school homeschooled students in the group. We have almost every sport that a public school would have, and our soccer team went to the national tournament and got third place. We have dances and prom, we also have a school trip every year. I also take classes every week for fun with other homeschool high school students. I take guitar, drama, and ballroom dancing, but many other classes are offered to us. I truly reccomend it!

Answer 4

YES! We as mothers are meant to take care of our children, and teaching them is one of those. Don't get me wrong, I do NOT FAULT OR LOOK DOWN on anyone who does not homeschool. In some families, it is impossible for a mother to stay home no matter how much she may want to! So we that can stay home, are truly blessed.
First your children are yours. No one elses. They should have your morals and value off yes, not someone else's instilled in them.
2nd they are only little once, and if God has so kindly given you the gift to afford to stay home, then, you should cherish every moment with your child. Every day that passes, you can never get back. You will only have them for 18 years, out of 60, God willing. Factor in your age. That would make you in your 80's.
3rd Who decided that 2nd graders should only socialize with 2nd graders? And 6th graders with only 6th graders? Now that really healthy. That's not how the real world is! We have such a generation gap. The younger generation has no respect for their elders. Why? PUBLIC SCHOOL, DOESN'T TEACH PROPER SOCIAL SKILLS! Homeschooled students socialize with people of all ages. They are not limited to an age. Age means nothing. Age does not determine your intelligence level, yet, in public schools you are grouped by your age, not by your ability.
I have homeschooled for 10 years, and this is the best education I have ever had. Plus, having my 5 children at home bonding with each other is awesome.
I do think it is important to have them in extra act., outside the home, to meet friends and to have a break.

Answer 5

I think home schooling depends on who's teaching. My mom was a great teacher. We had desks and a large white board. We did outdoor science projects. We had physical education.

I don't know why people think if you're home-schooled you have no friends. I hear this as the number one negative response to home-schooled children.

There are tons of co-ops relating to home schools. We joined a co-op. A couple times a week we'd meet with the other families who home-schooled. We had cooking class, we put on plays for the community, we did volunteer work, we studied latin, english, science, the Bible, mathematics.

I was doing algebra in 4th grade.

I had lots of friends and was in a very good learning environment. The kids around me were not cussing and talking about sex. I WAS exposed to the real world with our community activities such as the volunteer work at the local missions we would do.

I have only EVER heard those who were NOT home-schooled say the same negative things about home-schooling.

However, I have seen people "home-school" their children by sitting them in front of the television all day long. If you are not capable of teaching your children, and honestly making it your JOB to TEACH them, then DON'T DO IT!

My mom was an excellent, intelligent teacher.

We had the same text books and took the same tests as everyone else. In fact, we consistently scored in the top 3% of the state.

Don't knock home-schooling. If you see home-schoolers who can't spell or who didn't learn much, or who are anti-social, they were just in the WRONG home-schooling environment.

- I'm going to add that scientific studies have proven that you either have a gene for good spelling or you don't. There are many disabilities that will affect how someone learns and, of course, you cannot dictate that. I guess I thought it was clear that my above paragraph was directed at those lucky children who have no learning disabilities or challenges. Thanks!

Answer 6

I have heard of parents who let their kids decide their own boundaries (if you will) and although it may seem kewl to the parent at the time, I don't necessarily think they are doing the child a favor. The world has boundaries and a child raised without them is likely going to assume their parent(s) care nothing for them, AND will be in for a very rude awakening when they one day leave home and enter the big old world.

I am in 11th grade and I have been home schooled for 8 years. I love it. I went to Elementary school till 5th grade. My mom decided to start home schooling in 6th grade. My mom and Dad looked around for a middle school that would be good for me. We went and looked at a lot of different schools. One school that we checked out had 40 kids in one class and one teacher. I ask my self now, how would I have learned anything. My moms decided to home school me in the beginning of 6th grade. Since then I have good grades and have done a lot of other activities. For example right now I am doing Art classes at a studio, Karate (I am an instructor and I have a black belt), Choir, Piano, Park day. A lot of people ask me what I do for social. There are about 150 kids who are home schooled who go to Park on Friday. There are all different ages from 4 to 18. We play outside games and talk. I am also in a high school group. They are also home schooled. We get together every weekend and do something. About 30 kids are in that. Another nice thing that I love about home schooling is we can go on field trips or play an educational game. We can eat lunch when we want and we don't have to get up at 6:30 in the morning to get to school. It only takes me 4 hours to do school. And then the rest of the day is free to play outside or read a book. I know a family that is home schooled and are extremely nice people. Two of their kids got scholarships to Harvard. More people who are home schooled get a better education. They get taught one on one time with the teacher. I now do online schooling. This is like home schooling but on the computer. I started that last year and I like it, but its not as good as Home schooling!
I know friends who have gone to public school and are nice and fun until they got into middle school and high school. Then they worried about if things were cool or what they looked like or having a boyfriend or showing off how nice there cell phone was. I am not saying all the people who go to public school turn out to be like this. I am just saying that I don't really care if I am cool or not and neither do my friends they like me for who I am not the way I dress or the things I do. Well I think home schooling is better then school.

Answer 7

It was for my children. They are autism spectrum and dyslexic. My ds was in preschool and school until 2nd grade. He was crying and having stomach aches each day during 1st grade. I was having to tutor him for more and more subjects at the request of his teachers until it was for most of the curriculum anyway (reading, math, handwriting, language arts). My son was begging me to homeschool him by the end of 1st grade. I think school is probably best for kids that are around the norm, ie. not LD and/or gifted (my kids are both).

Public school didn't offer any help for my son's autism or dyslexia or OT except to say after his IEP meeting that we should take him to an expensive Lindamood Bell course which was $6000 (this was 6 years ago) that we couldn't afford! I've learned that you can do it on your own without the help of the school system (because sometimes you have to!)

Another poster also had mentioned that some homeschoolers that have poor spelling have been in bad homeschooling situations. I have to correct this because at least in my son's case, where he is dyslexic, he had poor spelling in school and his spelling may never be perfect, although it is getting better. It is not because of his homeschooling though but because of a genetic condition, dyslexia that his grandmother and father also have and they both attended private and public schools and still have poor spelling. One should not necessarily blame homeschooling for poor spelling.

Also autism spectrum children, like my two children, often have poor social skills and many are homeschooled. It would be wrong to blame their social skills, or attribute them to homeschooling, when they would I believe have the same social skills in public school or homeschooling. I actually found my shy, introverted low-talking son to improve his social skills a bit when we began homeschooling, I think because he was more relaxed and less stressed when we began homeschooling.

Answer 8

It can be, it depends on how the homeschooling is done, people's personalities, age, etc. I know one boy who's homeschooling right now, and it's definitely the better choice for him at the moment. He's planning on going to high school, and I believe that truly will be the better choice for him at that age. However, I know other kids who are homeschooling through high school and just by their personalities and how it's all being done, it is the better choice.

So, it depends.

Answer 9

It's all up to you and what you want nobody can tell you whats better for you.By the Way this question has been asked 10 or more times already in the last 30 days.You should of been able to find your answers in the archives

Answer 10

I think so!! I was homeschooled and I still have a lot of friends!! There is other way to make friends.. And I think its a better education BECUZ in regualr school these kids nowadays r not very SMART NO OFFENCE to ne1.. And Its much safer ALSO!!

Answer 11

Socially? No way. All the home school kids I know are socially awkward and have no idea how to interact with the world and people around them.