Can you name 3 positives and 3 negatives of home schooling?

Question

what might be the larger impact on our country if this trend continues?

Answer 1

Positive:

No bus ride.
No teachers sexually molesting my kid.
No teachers instilling their morality in my child.

Negative:

Parents are lazy and fail to follow a curriculum.
Parents are lenient and allow kids to pass when they should fail.
Homeschooling, doesn't allow for the development of social skills.

Larger impact is: Our children will become less social, be less diverse, and will suffer from a lack of a supervised curriculum, that will undoubtedly cause their education to be more limited.

Answer 2

Pro - Control over child's learning environment

Ability to further explore material and venture into advance learning where an interest lies,

More freedom with scheduling, ability to continue learning year round in a somewhat structured environment.

Cons.

Parents control child's learning environment

Lack of socialization and interaction prohibits a child from developing effective problems solving, negotiation, and cooperative skills.

Limited access to materials and unqualified personnel. A mother or father may have the best intentions while homeschooling however they are not academic teachers. They have limited supplies and possibly limited knowledge of the more advanced subject matter. As Quaint as the idea of learning along with your child it, it isn't necessarily conducive to an academic learning environment.

The larger trend will appear more on a social level. regardless of how bright a person may be, without knowing how to productively interact with another person this ability will be lost. Children need to be exposed to all of the playground drama, hierarchies, teasing, as well as the pick up games, lunch swaps, and sense of community that school offers. Although some of these aspects are negative, they teach a child how to deal with variable personalities, how to problems solve and how to deal with a multitude of situations that are going to be recurrent in their adult life.

Answer 3

3 POSITIVES
1. Children are less likely to be subjected to peer pressure and bullying.
2. Children receive more one-on-one attention.
3. In some cases, children could possibly learn more at home than they would at their nearest school.

3 NEGATIVES

1. Children can more easily be indoctrinated by their parents and not exposed to varying viewpoints on different matters.
2. Parents may be poor teachers.
3. Children may not be given information they need on various subjects, whether it be because of the parents' indifference, ignorance, or preference.

Regarding the larger impact, I think that homeschooled children can either turn out to be well-informed, balanced adults or indoctrinated robots.

Answer 4

Assuming the home school administrator (usually a parent) is a good teacher.. then you have quality interaction between student/children which aids in the learning process.

Hours of operation can be tailored.

Curriculum can be tailored to the children's needs


As for the Negatives.

Most of the time Parents aren't good educators.

Children miss out on important social interaction.

Personal bias often becomes taught as part of the curriculum.

Answer 5

I was home-schooled through elementary school, and as far as i know, i wasn't indoctrinated by my conservative parents. here we go:

pros:

1. I had alott of time to read. i'm a freshman in high school and i had a college senior reading level in seventh grade.

2. alott more home skills. i can clean anything.

3. more time to practice on things i wasn't good at.

cons:

1. although I wasn't indoctrinated by my Conservative republican parents, and i am now a liberal, many of the other local home schooled kids wern't so lucky. the "Our Father" and "The Start Spangled Banner" are about all they know.

2. Some mothers just aren't capable. they do not have the skills and would be happier working. my mom figured that out after me and my brother.

3. The kids can be VERY sheltered. i fought being sheltered, but because of home schooling, i am more of a social outcast than i would have been normally.

Answer 6

Positives

It promotes more interaction between parents and children.

Children get a high level, sometime one to one attention ratio vs 25-30 to 1 with a school teacher

Children tend to perform better without the stress of "fitting in"

Negatives

Parents are not always highly trained and correct in their teaching

Children can't develope social skills without people their own age to socialize with

Schools have more resources for science equipment and special media that is sometimes not available to home schoolers

Answer 7

That's a very difficult ? to answer because before you can even start listing PRO/CONS, you have to take into account that one person's PRO is another's CON. For example I know for me I need structure and a location to go to for productivity, I would have been too distracted at home to absorb material and learn, same is true today, I could not work from home, I need an office or a place to go to that is "work".

But for me, knowing what I know about myself, here would be my PRO v. CONS as they apply to me.


PROs
1) more personal attention
2) possible better meals
3) better focused teaching playing on a child's strengths

CONs
1) less development of inter-personal skills
2) chance for teachings to become outdated or underfunded
3) chance for the child to become inactive as far as physical activity


Now these being said they really could be interchangeable because in the end you get out of an education what you put in. If a child wants to learn they can do it no matter what, but having the resources available certainly helps, but does not guarantee.

MY2cents

Answer 8

Positives: Focused tutoring, safety, cheaper
Negatives: Less social interaction, how to monitor proper advancement, college application requirements

May only work for those that can afford to have parent at home for schooling, should be interesting if Home Schooling becomes a business however hmmm.... Do know that our local school system in Florida has adapted already. They give a laptop to student and parent, provided weekly assignments and test and allow student to participate in field trips and other social activities.

Answer 9

Positives
Smaller ratio of students to teachers
Focus on the basics, no socio-political fluff
Safety...no bullies or thugs

Negatives
The teacher is not a teacher...possibly not proficient enough to teach the subjects
Socialization...the child is not relating and working with peers
A possible lack of structure...I know some kids who are on independent study, not because its the family's preference, but because the kid is a behavior problem at school...those kids stay up all night, sleep in the day, and do all their work the day before its due to be turned in.

Answer 10

Positives--Parents don't have their children subjected to subjects they don't believe should be taught in school.
Children learn at their own pace without a dumbingdown effect of teachers teaching to the Lowest Common Denominator.
Brings families together.

Negatives...Some parents aren't very good teachers, and don't care, it's a way to keep their troublesome kids out of the school system.
Parents may avoid teaching subjects they don't want to teach.
Administrators may be too laissez-faire or too strict on parents, depending on state guidelines.

Worked well for me...I have one lawyer and one business manager, both home schooled.

Answer 11

I really can't think of any positives. For the most part, I believe most parents who try to home school are not qualified. Of course, there is the social component to education where traditional schooling prevails. If there are problems with social aspects of traditional schooling, parents should not bury their heads in the sand and ty to "protect" their kids. What will the kids do when they grow up? I believe their social skills would be undeveloped.