home school for ,against? why?

Answer 1

I'm considering all options for my 2 year old, and I've thought a bit about home schooling. I like the fact that she learns best through experiences, getting out and doing stuff. She is also very sociable with other children. I think I would like to home school, but I can also see a lot of benefits of public schooling. What worries me about public schooling, is that when a child has a terrible experience at school, the effect often lasts their lifetime. Likewise, a positive schooling experience also stands with the child a lifetime. It is a hard decision to make, and individual to the family circumstances and the child, and what environment would be the most conducive for the child to learn in.

Answer 2

FOR - definitely.

But, to me, asking if your are for or against homeschooling is like asking if you are for or against the Yankees. You are definitely going to get a lot of answers, but they will all show that it is a personal decision, much like a favorite team, living room color or tree species. There really are no right or wrong answers, but I will admit there are misinformed ones ;-)

We successfully homeschooled 4 after both of us graduated from public school. It became a personal decision when we started seeing our kids go through the same things we did with public school. We didn't want that for them, and thankfully had access to some great homeschoolers so were able to get the usual concerns answered well so as not to have a negative illusion of the homeschool option.

Right now the biggest reason other than good education is best stated in this article: http://www.schoolofabraham.com/nothanks.htm

Answer 3

For...considering I homeschool my son :-)

I am for it because he has needs that are not feasibly met in the daily classroom environment. My parents are teachers, and I grew up helping in their classrooms; I know full well the strengths and limitations of classroom learning. Both his academic and health needs are far outside the limits of what a daily classroom can offer.

He does not sit at the kitchen table all day long, poring over worksheets and sequestered in his little shell :-) He participates in 5 classes weekly at a co op with several other kids (grades 1-6, divided roughly by age group and ability), and he is active in Scouts, sports, AWANA, and other church activities.

He gets to learn at his own pace and according to his own interests; he is not limited or restricted by a classroom lesson plan. He tests as highly gifted and learns concepts at a mastery level far faster than many kids his age...he also has abstract thinking skills that are very advanced for his age. He is able to satisfy his thirst for knowledge, as well as his social needs, in a safe environment where he's free to be himself. There are schools out there that can provide such an environment - he attended one before we moved across the country - but sadly, none of the schools near us come close to fitting that description.

Home schooling is not for everyone, just as private or public schooling is not for everyone. Children are people, not objects, and they do not work the "one size fits all" mentality that people seem to want to shove them into these days. I don't have anything against schools (except the ones that are dead-set against actually educating and inspiring children due to a myriad of reasons), they just plain aren't a good fit for my son.

Answer 4

Totally for it!! I love homeschooling my kids. My reasons are simple.
1 My Faith you can't get any type of religous training in public schools. All you get is indoctrination of evoulition from the time you enter kindergarten.
2 Education gives choices especally is some areas of Science. Case in point again evoulition in the school all you are taught is evoulition and told how stupid you are to believe in something else
3 Violence when you start to see bullet proof backpacks being sold don't you wonder why you are sending your kids to a place where they can get shot? OK that's a bit dramatic but not impossiable but my kids were the target of attacks on the school buses the only white kids on a bus full of africian americans
4 Studies show that home school kids are less rebellious than their public school counterparts.Why probably because they're not being pushed into rebellion to fit in with their peers. Most of their peers are home schooled kids through home school assosiations.
5 Better Education. In schools the teacher spends a good part of thier time disiplining instead of teaching and our kids come home to severial hours of homework which you have to explain to them. Sometimes its the first time the kid heard it because the teacher spent the time disiplining the trouble makers. How can they teach in that environment? So the kid comes home not knowing what to do and your teaching them.
6 Time home school takes 3-4 hours a day public school takes 7 hours where time is not always in education but again in disipline. In home school you have 3-4 hours of intense education and cover all or more of the subjects.
Hope that's enough reasons for you?

Answer 5

Depends on the individual, the environment, the school and its resources.

One has to realize SOME (not all) schools have Bands, Drama course, School Newspapers and printing presses, School Radio stations, Photography departments, Shops including plastics, metal, fibre glass, auto and electronics, fully equipped Chemistry and Physic labs.

Some individual do well in the roted, fast paced school environment, some don't.

Horrible schools with bad teachers, bad students, crime and poor buildings are not great places to be.

So you have to evalaute the merits of the situation.

Home schooling is going to cost $$$.

You may have the ability to cherry pick from what sources you get your course materials and this can make the education better.

You have better food at home. You can work in your PJs.

You can go on field trips to Museums and such.

You have access to educational resources like Science and Disovery and History on cable.

You can work at your own pace and cover the material fast or slow. You can work longer hours. Work weekends.

With an accelarted pace and full comprehension you can become college ready by age 16 or sooner.

You have to be a self-starter and well motivated to get benefit from homeschooling.

I did my best learning from limited homeschooling and lots of unschooling.

Unschooling did the most for me. My work in Amateur Astronomy got me published in Sky and Telescope at the age of 16. I'm waking up early tomorrow to see the Lunar Eclipse I'm going to photograph it.

My unschooling work in photography got my pictures published in magazines and used as promotional materials for musicians and actors.

It also got me a profession in retail and wholesale photographic industry work.

Answer 6

I think it is a great choice for some people.

Not everyone is happy or suited to the school environment. Forcing these kids to stay in school sometimes when it obviously is not working for them can be more detrimental than helpful. It's wonderful to have options.

Some people just enjoy homeschooling, they have different educational philosophies and prefer the lifestyle, the kids have more options of activities and can work at their own pace in all subjects... again, nice to have options.

I think it's great that homeschooling can offer much more varied learning experiences and social opportunities than the schools do for those who want or need or prefer them.

Answer 7

Defintally for!

Mainly because I was homeschooled until 4th grade and now I go to public school. So I have seen both sides and even now that I'm a junior in highschool I still believe highly that homeschooling is so much better.

In public schools there are so many things that children have to deal with that they shouldn't have to. In school teachers have to constantly stop or repeat themselves because either one somebody doesn't understand the material or two somebody wasn't listening. So because of this I think kids learn at a slower pace. Also, some teachers don't take their jobs nearly as seriously as they should. Alot of teachers go off on random subjects and begin having conversations with their students about something that has nothing to do with the school work. Yes, I am aware that teachers should develope atleast some sort of relationship with their students so the students feel comfortable, but after awhile it begins to get annoying and really cuts into learning. Favoring is also a big problem that I see in school. Teachers pay so much attention to some students and then some students are completely ignored. From my experience it's usually the soft spoken kids that get ignored, which is so not good for self-esteem.

There are alot of reasons why I think that public schools aren't a good choice because of students. I didn't begin swearing until I started public school. Not that I do swear alot now, but my point is until I stopped homeschooling the worst word I knew was stupid-head. When your child goes to a public school you can't control what your child starts to do. They are going to be exposed to so much more things then a child should see. To list a few: swearing, bullying, adults who really don't have much interest in children.

Kids in public schools also have to deal with living up to the image that society thinks is best. What I mean by this is kids go to school and to be 'cool' they do what everybody else is doing. For example, a girls see a celebirty wearing a very short skirt. Then she decides to wear it to school and tells her friends she thinks it's cool, a celebirty wore it etc. So then other girls begin to wear it because they want to be 'cool.' I personally see alot of girls who are just barely in middle school who wear clothing that I wouldn't even consider wearing because it looks so distastful and revealing.

People believe that kids who are homeschooled are unsocial but that is far from the truth. There are alot of sports out there that homeschooled children can join. Also there are homeschooling groups that homeschooling families can join and they can set of playdates, study groups etc. Co-op classes are another option. That way once a week (or how ever often it is) your children can get together with other children and have a study group/class. An added bonus to Co-op classes is that in most cases you will either be helping with the class, teaching it or know the person teaching it personally so you will know your children are in good hands.

I think I was more social while being homeschooled then I am now. I have been involved in dance classes since I was 3 so I made alot of friends through that, some which I'm still friends with. I was on a Tee-ball team and had plenty of friends there. I took swimming lessons for a year and made friends there and I joined a gym class for homeschooled children at a local YMCA. Plus I also had my siblings (I now have 6 siblings) and cousins to play with.

Now, it just seems like I'm so busy with school and homework that I have no time for socializing. My schedule is mainly the following: wake up, school, homework, dinner, dance class, repeat the next day. In my opinion it just feels like things would be easier if I were still homeschooled because my work would get done quicker so I would have more time on my own in the day. Then I might even beable to get a job so I can get my drivers liscense haha :).

Some last few pros to homeschooling out of the millions are: you spend more time with family, your schedule is more flexible, no icky school lunches ;). Also, if you get frustrated/bored you can always take a quick break before going back to homework and some people say homeschooled children are more well-mannered then public school kids. I'm not saying that is true or not, but that's just what I've heard from people.

If I were given the choice to be homeschooled I would take my parents up on the offer in a heart beat. Homeschooling is defintally something I will be considering for my children in the future...when I have kids that is. Sorry if this is long!!

Answer 8

Simple answer--
For
It works. I was homeschooled at one time. We did and do homeschool. It works.

Very few people should send their kids to public schools. In the rarest of circumstances it is necessary. Homeschoolers fare much better overall than public schooled kids do.

Answer 9

For.
1. Zero tolerance in any school is impossible to achieve.
2. When our children were in public schools they were bullied, their lunches were stolen and they were harassed for not being part of a stupid social group. Our oldest one was torn down daily for being quiet.
3. Their school lacked adequate air conditioning and heating. Only the principal and the secretary had air conditioning, the students had to bring water and stay an entire day.
4. Favoritism plays a big role in schools. The teacher likes a student because he/she is attractive or are friends with the family.
5. The teachers acted more like glorified babysitters than teachers and did very little to improve education. Children were rushed through the grades.
6. My teaching in so in depth that no public school can compete with it. Especially my drug and alcohol program. How do you explain it to your children? I use every detail from the uses, the effects, the arrests, to what happens to you in prison if you cannot hold your own or open your mouth too often. Let's see a school beat that. No, they can't. Schools, like most parents today, want their children to hear and have fairy tale endings. They baby their children and make them believe that everything is okay as long as they do the right thing. Why do you think most teens drink and do drugs? You didn't explain all of the details. Our children are so aware of all of the cons and are deathly afraid of drugs and alcohol. Most parents today teach their kids that it's better to be part of the group and they frown on independence. Those infamous groups in school, are the ones that hit the booze and drugs first.
7. Our history lesson covers not just the major countries but the entire world from it's rise to it's governments to it's gross domestic products.
8. Our science covers the human body in detail, the universe, social studies and human behavior programs. Our children are required to monitor people in public and find out what drives them. This is how they tell treachery and cowardice from wisdom and bravery.
9. We teach them that religions, world wide, are wrong. Every religion thinks they are better than the other and they condemn those that don't believe the way they do.
10. We have mathematics, automotive, diesel, home-economics, physical training (no P.E. coach teaches like this either), U.S. History, world history, geology, geography, social studies, pre-history, biology, the universe and the Andromeda galaxy, Chinese philosophy, reading, spelling, English, Chinese and Russian languages, ergonomics, and Native American warfare.
Our children are not left to fend for themselves. We do not abandon them to the likes of strangers whom care for them no less than that of a homeless individual. Our home schooling, our details are graphic, but we don't hide anything from or baby them either. They are 11 and 13 now. They both want to spend the rest of their lives helping poor children in America. Not yakking into an IPhone or text messaging about who's cheating on who or who has the coolest car.
My wife and I both graduated high school, we both have served our country faithfully and honorably, and we've both been and done college. We are extremely qualified for this. More so than any teacher we've met.
How many parents out there can cover that?
As far as socialization, read below and check it out. Socialization in public schools has gone straight to Hell.

Answer 10

I am for it because it works for us. My son is learning and he did not learn what he should have learned while in public school.
He has more time for fun and friends by being home schooled.