Home schooling

I think homeschooling can be very beneficial, if done properly. Unfortunately, many public school systems are under-par. For that reason, many parents are faced w/either homeschooling or private school as options. Our son, for example, was drowning in the public school system. We took him out & enrolled him in internet schooling, and he's much more motivated. Doesn't work for everyone, though.

^ i agree with that.
it can have its ups and downs.public schools are overcrowded and you cant work at your own pace.
but with homeschooling, you can work at your own pace, and you dont have as much stress
but with public schools it provides social development for kids
so i tend to go either way on the subject

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A friend of mine's homeschooled. I think it makes him be a bit more sensitive and less wild than most guys. As if he lives on another planet. I think there is a difference in that you don't have to be as much of a conformist but you are also a bit more naive.

I love the idea of home schooling.
I wanna be homeschooled.

The only reason they dont socialise in homeschool is because they dont WANT to.
They could go to the local arcade or something to hang out with other kids.

Idk. Maybe it's because I've done nearly every form of schooling other than that.

Not sure.

I guess it all depends on what parents want for their kids, or what thier beliefs are. Some parents have their kids homeschooled because they don't approve of their society's educational system, so they teach them at home. They teach them what they believe in and what they think should be taught to their child.

One of the bad things about it is, is that if a kid is homeschooled then they don't get a chance to build any social skills. Because apparently some parents who home school their kids don't even approve of their kids being exposed to a lot of the things in the world so they practically keep them isolated from the rest of it .

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I love the idea of home schooling.
I wanna be homeschooled.

The only reason they dont socialise in homeschool is because they dont WANT to.
They could go to the local arcade or something to hang out with other kids.

Idk. Maybe it's because I've done nearly every form of schooling other than that.

Not sure.

No you don't. Homeschooling isn't all it's cracked up to be, trust me. And I would love to socialize with some people my age. . .that aren't on the internet. I lost all my friends through homeschooling. It's not worth it, and personally would celebrate if it were made illegal.

my sister is home schooled

KIDS THAT ARE HOMESCHOOLED ARE USUALLY NOT AS SMART AS KIDS WHO AREN'T, THEY SUFFER FROM ABSCENCE OF SOCIAL SKILLS AND LEARNING HOW TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS, I BELIEVE KIDS WHO ARE HOME SCHOOLED REALLY SUFFER. WHEN THEY GET OUT INTO THE REAL WORLD THEY WILL HAVE A MAJOR CULTURE SHOCK. WHILE KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL ARE EXPOSED TO THINGS,HOME SCHOOLED KIDS ARE NOT

I think that by going to school your not such getting qualifications, but you learn how to socialize with other people; by home schooling a child you shelter them from experiences that will help them in the future.

The only good thing I can see to Home schooling is convenience and the child doesn't get bullied.

stac-renee:

KIDS THAT ARE HOMESCHOOLED ARE USUALLY NOT AS SMART AS KIDS WHO AREN'T, THEY SUFFER FROM ABSCENCE OF SOCIAL SKILLS AND LEARNING HOW TO INTERACT WITH OTHERS, I BELIEVE KIDS WHO ARE HOME SCHOOLED REALLY SUFFER. WHEN THEY GET OUT INTO THE REAL WORLD THEY WILL HAVE A MAJOR CULTURE SHOCK. WHILE KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL ARE EXPOSED TO THINGS,HOME SCHOOLED KIDS ARE NOT

Miss, I'm afraid I must take issue with this. An absence of social skills (which, by the way, I have not noticed in the home schooled kids of my acquaintance) is not the same as a lack of "smarts" or intelligence. In fact, home schoolers regularly score very well on standardized tests, in many cases well above kids who have gone to public schools, or even private schools.

Also, many of the home schooled kids I know (myself included -- I was home schooled through ninth grade, and am now completing my senior year at a virtual charter school) do not experience the "culture shock" of which you speak. While it's true, some people do choose to home school their kids to remove them from what they (the parents) perceive as malign cultural influences and purposefully isolate their kids, many other home schoolers are also better able to pursue their own interests. I myself volunteered at my local library for many years, which I was able to do because I was home schooled and my schedule was more flexible. I have also been able to pursue my interests in writing, and have at this time published two short stories and a number of music and book reviews.

Many of the other home schoolers I know are well-socialized, though not through school. Many are very active in their communities, volunteering as I did or helping in some other ways. Many also pursue apprenticeships in a wide variety of fields, from car mechanics to piano building. There are also groups for home schooled kids, that can help the kids interact with other people their age. Home schooled kids also have the opportunity to interact with people outside their own age group, spending more time with adults and people of different ages from themselves. Some home schooling activists have argued that, when this is the case, home schooled kids are actually better prepared to deal with their future lives, because they are used to working with people of many different age groups, instead of many kids of the same age only spending time with each other.

Yes, home schooling can be lonely. I happen to be a very lonely person, but this is mostly through familial circumstance (my family travels all over the place, and I spend a great deal of time in countries where I don't speak the language), and not because I have been home schooled.

However, most of the kids who could be classified as home schooled who have complained of isolation are those attending the virtual charter school at which I am now a student. And this, in my opinion, is a pretty bad model for home schooling, mostly because it is by nature an isolating experience -- instead of interacting with a teacher and other students or, as in "traditional" home schooling, with parents and siblings, the student interacts with a computer screen all day.

So basically, I'm just saying that home schooled kids don't "suffer" as you say they do. That's all.

(And if you read that essay that came out of nowhere... Wow. I love you.)

/\ /\ I read the whole thing haha

I have a friend who was home schooled for a some time. She is very smart and got into an intense private school with outstanding academics. I think I was much more sheltered than she ever was going to a small private school before switching to my new school. I also know several home school kids who,like radio saturday said, make friends and socialize through voluteering at the local zoo. I don't think they would consider themselves sheltered or lonely.

I think it just depends on if its done properly. I also know homeschooled kids who had parents that wern't qualified to teach them. They also did not encourage their kids to join in any other activites or volunteering.

What's good about it is that you don't have to deal with the pressure that public/private school students have to deal with. You don't have to worry about mean teachers, whether you finished your homework, how crappy your English project is, or whether you have any lunch money. You get to learn in the comforts of your home. Pretty sweet.

But there are some bad things about it. By being home schooled, you're not exposed to the teen version of the coming "real world." When you're home schooled, you don't experience the demo of life, you don't learn people skills either. You're pretty much cased in a nut shell, and it can be a disability for some. You don't learn to be with other people other than family, and so that could carry over into your adult life when you finally get out of the house. Of course, I read the "essay" by Radio Saturday above (that was awesome!), and so I didn't really know that. A lot of home schooled kids I've met are actually smarter than me, so I don't argue that. And I'm just a generally shy and "to myself" person, so everyone is more sociable than I am.

my mom started home schooling me when i was in fourth grade because all the kids made fun of me,picked fights with me all the time,tried to steal my lunch, ect. i like it because i'm never stressed about schoolwork, i don't have to wake up super early, and i can do my own thing. i will admit that i'm super shy though, then again i've always been like that...

I can say personally as a person in home-schooling.. the good - would have to be u can get work done u don't need a pass to use the rstroom, u don't have homeowrk cause u do all ur work in a sittin. Bad is it's hard to find new friends since ur home and not at th public or private school. Though for me another good was when i left public school and "CHOSE" home-schoolin i got to find who my true friends were

I guess it sort of depends on the person?

My brother is always against me being homeschooled because he says "She's not gonna have social skills! Blah blah blah! She's not gonna survive in the real world! Blah blah blah!" which really makes me angry, because he thinks that he knows everything about me.
But, I mean, I feel like I'm doing more in homeschool than in public schools. Dude, I didn't know what a verb was when I was in 7th grade, and no one else in my class did (except for the super smart kids) and the teacher was disgusted with that. She did a horrible job at trying to teach it to us by showing us those "School House Rock" or whatever videos and then giving us a test which we all flunked. So, educationally, I think it's better to be homeschooled if you're really willing to try it.
As for all the social skills stuff...Yeah, I mean, I'm sure some kids are very alone sometimes and lack social skills, but there are homeschool groups where you can meet up with other kids and socialize and make friends and stuff. I'm sure they also prepare you before you go out into the "real world." So, I guess that's good for the kids who actually need that stuff. It all depends on your person.
I'm someone who likes to do everything on my own and be alone a lot, so I never have a problem with not having other kids around me, because it can be tiring for me sometimes.
I have my family with me all the time, so they're pretty much my best friends, and that's all I need for now. I'm not impressed with other people. But that's just me.

I homeschool, and I completely disagree with what somepeople are calling us "antisocial". We are not dumber than public school students, and in some cases, we're even smarter! I spent a few years in homeschool, then switched to public (I didn't get a severe culture shock by the way!) and I knew a whole lot more than the other kids. I'm not being stuck up or bragging, it just bugs me that some people think we're some kind of non-social stupidites.