What are the pros and cons of "home schooling"?

Question

I am thinking about "Home Schooling" my son. I have had many problems with his teacher and am still trying to resolve them. I keep getting the "run-around". For instance, on his school work he makes 100%-90%'s and on his report card she lowers his grade. I have tried talking and talking and talking to the teacher and principal and I have not reached a solution. I already have my "Home School" verification #(Indiana). I'm trying to be patient and waiting for an outcome to this problem.

Answer 1

The pros are that your kid will be much smarter than his former peers. People like one guy above me said that homeschooled kids are creepy. Maybe that's because they can hold an intelligent conversation with adults and are very smart. I am homeschooled and I think it's ok. I also live in IN and its been fun. If you are in NW IN then you should contact LEHG or go to HSLDA's website and try to find a group near you. I recommend it. There are only cons when you are not involved with a group. Then you can get near-suicidal because of lonliness. If you are part of a group, then you can usually advance far ahead of the public schooled kids, simply because they have not reached that level of education yet. As long as you are in a group, you will be fine.

Answer 2

Being a home schooled person, I can definitely tell you the pros and cons, the positive side is that the child is a great deal smarter,since your concentrating only on him and actually colleges now are looking more for home schoolers. the only bad thing is that when your home schooled it can be quite lonely, so the way to fix that is to get your son in a club of some sort, for instance my cousin (who was also home schooled) went out for sports. It helps them to interact with others and that is something every kid needs. Hope that helps!

Answer 3

I think the other answers have covered pretty much what I'd say, but I will add that you should make sure of your motives for hsing. Make sure that this is a solid decision on your part, and not something you rush into because you are upset with the teacher. Next year he will have a new teacher - would you still want to homeschool? If you do definitely want to hs, then pull him out and DO IT. I have met MANY hs'ers who say they wish they had pulled their child out of school sooner rather than waiting and waiting for a situation to improve.

Answer 4

Pro

* You can work at your own pace
* More bonding with family
* More time in hand

Con

*It can get lonely (I'm home-schooled, too)
*Getting exercise might be hard (unless your son is in a team or something)

Don't worry about going back to school and not having friends. Take your son here and there to interact with a lot of people. Take him to your work, everywhere. He will learn to do the rest.

Good luck!

Answer 5

I've been homeschooled from pre-school to now (10th grade) and i've always loved it, and never had any desire to go to the local public school. To me, it's all pros and no cons! you have to have alot of patience and time, as well as willingness to work with your child's learning type and personality to let him get the most out of the work. homeschooling is definatly something you don't do on a whim! Good luck! :)

Answer 6

Well. I was homeschooled by my Mother for three years. I liked it a lot, but I guess it could also matter where you live and what your resourses are.

The pros for me was that I learned a lot of little extra things that
kids normaly wouldn't learn in public school. I also got to learn about my Mom and how shes thinks, which I didn't really get to know while I was in public school.

The cons for me were too much of my Mother. I felt like I spent too much time with her and it was driving me crazy. I would suggest, so your kid/kids don't get tired of you and schoolwork, take them to a movie or to a kids museum(depending on age).

Home schooling can be alot of fun.

Answer 7

There are so many different education packs nowadays the standard is very high.The modern teaching methods are beneficial.There are many teaching sites on the internet ,these would allow you to formulate teaching plans.Good work ,I am all for home schooling.I teach foreign students in my home,they are relaxed and happy.So it stands to reason that kids and mums are going to excel in their own home,however you do need a firm plan to make it work.Good luck.!

Answer 8

the pros. It feels sturdy, that's sturdy for you, It keeps you from having blue balls, that's sturdy workout. The cons: this is going to reason you to circulate blind, this is going to reason you to circulate to hell, only kidding, There are not any Cons.

Answer 9

There are lots of pros, including (but not all-inclusive):

-you get to raise your kids yourself

-your children grow up in a much more natural social environment--it does not make any social sense to have children growing up primarily around same-aged peers since social behaviour is learned FROM those around you and we want kids to learn how to act like grown-ups

-your children get to go their own pace in each subject--a far better educational approach than forcing each child to go a particular pace that may be too slow or too fast, expecting a child to know things simply because of age

-your children grow up around less negative advertising--this is usually referred to as "negative influences" but it's really like full-time advertising of certain clothes, electronics, language, attitudes, behaviours... Advertisers know that frequent exposure is the best way to encourage people to want certain things; it's no different than being around all the school stuff all the time, especially for impressionable young kids.

-the school kids I worked with and see today tend to stick with only same gender in the early grades and especially same ages; they don't really connect and just talk with kids of other ages and genders nor do they really connect or just talk with adults. The homeschooled kids we hang around with regularly just don't have this as a big deal. Some of the teens are just super with the little kids, and the little kids don't think it a big deal at all to be hanging out with the 'big kids'. Kids will have conversations with adults, play with kids they've never met before... BUT, the schooled kids tend to shy away when they first come to these activities. I see it fairly often. One particular time was a mom who had come to a park day. Her gr. 5 boy wasn't having any fun because "there weren't any other boys his age there to play with". The other kids there were all mixed together in ages.

-much better chance of having the kids be focused on family instead of peers; this is connected to siblings often being very close--I even know some parents who pulled their kids from school and commented how within the first year of homeschooling, the relationship between the kids improved dramatically.

-more time for the kids to be kids and make some decisions instead of having the bulk of the day all decided for them

The real con is that there are a lot of ignorant people out there who don't know what they're talking about and will be quick to negatively question you or put you down.

Do what your gut is telling you to do. I've seen parents try to stick it out for years, only to their children's detriment, before pulling them out of school.

Answer 10

PROS-you will not have to deal with that teacher
- Your child and you could be much closer
- you don't have to worry as much when your child is at school

CONS- Your child would not have as much social interaction
- your child might be left out
-your child will learn different things then everyone else
- If you ever decided to put him in public school he might stand out

*if i were you i wouldn't pull him in the middle of the year*