what is the difference between public school kids and home school kids.?

Answer 1

You know, I know some really awesome Public school kids and some really awesome Home school kids. It really comes down to parental involvement.

As a whole, I chose to Home school my kids because not all parents "parent" their kids and instead expect the kids to figure out things on there own. They believe that they should learn the social stuff at school around a bunch of same age kids who are trying to impress each other instead of coming to parents with honest, open questions. Parents need to take a lead on such controversial things such as sex, drugs and all that classic junk. Things as simple as being polite, keeping eye contact in conversation seem to be lost in a lot of (not all) public school kids we encounter.

I guess it really comes down to the individual student and how much input the FAMILY rather than the peers have in their life.

Answer 2

Physiologically? Nothing. Actually, boys are boys and girls are girls.

The results of public school and home school vary.

So far in the 18+ years of our home-school we have noticed that public school children tend to have a very limited vocabulary -- often vulgar. Not all are like this. Many are polite and kind.

Home-school children tend to be more respectful toward adults and more helpful to small children. They do not see age differences as obstacles.

Home-schooled children have the same behavior problems as children in any educational setting. The benefit is in the fact that issues can be dealt with in a swift manner. Home-school children are less prone to become involved with anti-social behavior.

Many public school teachers have told us that home-schooling is the best route to go! The teachers work hard in the schools and they do the best job they can with the resources and time that they are given. But they have many obstacles and hindrances along the way.

Answer 3

THE FOLLOWING IS A GENERALIZATION, NOT TO BE TAKEN AS REPRESENTING EVERY SINGLE KID:

Public schooled kids here tend to be less respectful, more focused on fashion, electronics, being cool and socializing.

Homeschooled kids here tend to be better able to mix with a wide range of kids and are more willing to interact with kids they've never met before: after all, they do it all the time. At homeschooling get-togethers, I can almost always pick out the kids who have recently been pulled from public school: they tend to mope around and complain that they can't find any other same-age, same-gender peers there to do things with. Meanwhile, the homeschooled kids are in multi-age, multi-gender groups having a ball. Also, you'd NEVER see at a local homeschooling get-together a group of kids of a single age putting down younger grades and not letting them play.

At the high school level, the homeschooled kids just seem more mature to me: better sense of who they are, what they want out of life, don't seem bent on impressing people. Much more like kids who are about to be adults.

I remember a Time article a while back where the writer noticed the same sort of thing: but he actually seemed to think it was a BAD thing for kids to be mature!

Answer 4

Well it's stupid to say you are lieing to yourself if you have not met a weird home schooled kid because not everyone has met one I didn't meet one 'till I was 13 (i'm 14 now) and I don't know if a lot of them are weird I am weird some what people in general rather annoy me so I can be rude and I'm obbsesed with anime my friend Ryan who is home schooled or was he is weird but he's a boy soo maybe that's why I think he's weird lol.. (sorry for miss spellings)

Answer 5

Public school kids go to school in a building generally built specifically for that purpose. Home school kids stay at home and have school there.

Answer 6

Home schooled kids are not afraid to be their age. They don't feel a need to start being little adults or always try to measure up to the higher grade levels. They are not always comparing themselves to others because they are usally doing different things anyway and they have a good healthy respect for the wonderful variety in people. The boys are not afraid to play with girls or even girls toys, and vice versa.
What impressed me and convinced me years ago was how many kids (boys even) would run over to help me get my baby out of the car, how they would accept my little one's efforts and applaud them, etc.

Answer 7

well, homeschooled kids learn better most of the time because they can work at their own pace and learn the way thats best for them. public schools have tried to acomidate for everyone, but it doesnt work half the time. i was homeschooled for k and 1st then went to public school for a year. by the end of 2nd grade, i didnt learn much because for me it was review. i had learned all that stuff in 1st grade. so then my mom homeschooled me for 3rd-6th grade but decided to send me to public school again. yet again, i was bored because i had done half the stuff before. now, i'm still in public school, i'm a sophmore in highschool and quite frankly i dont like it. in homeschool i did a lot better. so, i think that homeschooled kids definitely end up learning better.

Answer 8

Homeschooled kids like to read for fun. They think learning is fun.... unless the parent has somehow allowed a harsh attitude to creep into her teaching.

Public school kids hate school. They especially hate history.

Answer 9

Public school kids spend their childhood (7 hours per day plus homework time in the evenings), listening, waiting, and following directions. Homeschool kids can complete their work at their own pace (3-4 hours per day) and are free to play and learn through doing.

Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Blaies Pascal, Winston Churchill, Wolfgang Mozart, Mark Twain, C.S. Lewis, Agatha Christie, John Wesley, Charlie Chaplin, Ansel Adams, Claude Monet, Leonardo di Vinci, etc. were all homeschooled. It gave them the time they needed to become great in their own way.

"I have see the village, and I don't want it raising my child."

Answer 10

HS kids learn how to think for themselves. They have more time in the day to work on topics that interest them. They are out in the community exposed to people of all ages - not just 30 of their age peers, which is a horribly artificial environment. They have more time for volunteer work, in-depth field trips (not 1-2 a year that last 1-2 hrs), independent study, additional coursework, and time to be mentored and mentor others.

HS'ed kids don't have to follow crazy rules like "you must walk on the second floor tile from the wall, do not touch the wall, do not talk as we walk down the hall". PS kids may or may not get enough breaks in their day to keep their mind alert. PS kids have to use the learning style the their teacher is using, which may not be the best way they learn. PS kids have to compete for their teacher's individualized attention on a 30:1 ratio. HS'ed kids get to have a 1:1 or 1:6 or however many kids are being HS'ed.

HS'ed kids get to "take time to smell the roses" in their education. They can go faster or slower than their PS counterparts - zooming through stuff that is easy and slowing down on things that are more difficult. If HS'ed kids finish their math lesson in 15 minutes, they have more time for other activities. If PS kids finish their math in 15 minutes, they have to sit around and wait for the other students to finish, meanwhile they can get bored. PS kids have homework at night - HS kids do their homework "as they go" through the day. HS kids don't have to spend 7-8 hours "in school" unless they want to - it only takes ~2-5 hrs.

HS kids can start college courses early. HS kids can work at all different grade levels. HS kids don't have to be around bullies on the playground, have other kids steal their lunch money, hear foul language or feel the peer pressue to wear the latest styles of clothes.

HS kids can go to school in their PJ's. HS kids have more time for practicing sports or music.

That's a good start anyway......