Can u tell me the positive and negative effects on home schooling?

Question

can u make list if possible?

thankyou!

Answer 1

Pos:

1 on 1

dont need to get all ready for school

you teachers could help you anytime like with homework

Neg:

not many friends

no socail skills

you wont be able to get like all the awsome memories you would get if yuou were home schooled . ( like prom etc. )

Answer 2

Positive:

- You can learn in your own way, at your own speed.  No need to take subjects that don't interest you, and no need to wait for slower kids to catch up if you're good at something.

-  One-on-one interaction is bound to be better than one teacher with 30 students.  You can find out immediately if you understand something - no need to write it all down - and if you do understand easily, can move forward to something more interesting.

-  You can make your own schedule;  so teenagers whose metabolism works best in the afternoon and evening can sleep till noon, then work in afternoons and stay up till 1am if they wish

-  You can learn from all kinds of sources - libraries, the Internet, distance learning - whatever suits your style

-  No peer pressure or bullying

-  Much better social skills than kids stuck with others the same age as they are all day.  Home educated students mix with people of all ages in the community and generally get on well with everyone

-  Usually much more motivated to learn, and not embarrassed about admitting when they don't understand something.  The whole of life can be about learning

-  Better relationships with parents - teenage years relatively smooth

-  Lots more time to read, and take part in other activities such as youth groups, bands, choirs, sports teams etc, whereas schooled children have to spend 8 hours a day at school and another two doing homework (and travelling time as well, sometimes).  Home educated children can do all their academics in 3-4 hours at most, usually, and still learn more.

Negatives:

-  Parents have to pay for resources and materials, which are provided free in schools (also exams, if you want to do them)

-  For an outgoing child who likes to work in groups it can be a bit lonely at times

-  For the parent, it's a full-time thing - education happens at all hours of the day, and sometimes night, when the child asks a question or wants to know more about something. So a lot of interaction is needed - not much time to be on their own

Answer 3

Positive:You can go places without leaving school

Negative:No sceduale or order of classes

PS im home schooled

Answer 4

Pros:

-higher scores on standardized testing

-you can go at your own, usually faster, pace

-you can play sports for any school you want

-you can go to any school's dances

-you usually have a better grip on reality, because high school definitely isn't the real world.

-you are better at relating to all different types of people because you're not always interacting with all the same people at school

-you learn how to socialize, since you are not fed the social life through school. haha when people ask how homeschoolers have friends, I always wonder if their only friends are at school. sad.

-more free time

-and, yes, there are people to ask for help. I go to a homeschooling co-op twice a week. we get assigned enough homework to fill up the rest of the week. most of the teachers there are over qualified. e.g. my french teacher was born and raised in france, my english teacher wrote reports for the pentagon, etc.

Cons:

-at first, you feel alone

-you don't get the chance to be brainwashed by the government... haha.

Answer 5

I'm home schooled and it's no fun. I spend most of my time at home and I have very few freinds. People say you can make freinds with other homeschoolers but their aren't many activeities with people my age that are not dumb or really nerdy. It's boring and mean. People need to get out more and be around other people so they are not completly board. DON'T HOMESCHOOL!!!

Answer 6

YES I can! I was homeschooled so I can tell you first hand. Here are the TRUE pros and cons of homeschooling

pros:

1. you can go as fast as you want and graduate early.

2. You can watch tv anytime you want

3. You can stay up late

Cons:

1. You can't go as slow as you want

2. You can't share something good you saw on tv with a friend

3.  You lose all your friends

4. You don't have real friends, just the friends your mom picks out for you, which probably don't like you and you probably don't like

5. No socilization

6. No hanging out with friends at lunch time

7. No learning to work in groups

8. No sports teams that actually mean anything. (when you TRY OUT for a team and make it in a REAL school, then girls like you... but if u are on a team that EVERYONE can join, it's not impressive to a girl. Plus they still won't know you exist, you are at home)

9. You miss out on being a teenager!

10. No one to discipline your studies.... and some people.. like me.. needed that discipline for that extra boost, motivation, and to be the best! (sometimes I was better than I thought.. and discipline forced me to be the best I could be)

11. You're really lonely

12. No chance of having a boyfriend/girlfriend 'cuz you're not in real school! They are not likely to try to talk to you at a mall or random place.. ESPECIALLY when you're with your parent

13. You can't share good memories with friends

14. You will feel miserable... you'd be a teen and all teens have needs no matter what place u put them in.... teens need to have some kind of boyfriend or girlfriend to feel whole and to mature

15. No school dances, including prom.

16. Being a teenager is the LAST chance you get at having fun and building good memories. Being an adult does not have any advantages.

17. You can't ask for help

18. You won't know how well the average student your age is learning

19. No pretty girls to look at other than on tv

20. No hugs from the opposite s*x

21. If something good happened, you'd have no one to share it with

22. if somethig bad happened, you wouldn't have a friend to talk to about your problems

23. You'd miss out on laughing with people like if someone just falls out of their chair for no reason

24. You won't have a chance to make it to the year book

25. You won't be able to earn respect (if someone starts something with you and you're homeschooled and u do something about it, say hello to Juvenille Hall!) Whereas if someone starts something with you at school, you can do something about it and the only thing would be you'd get suspended for a day or two)

26. You miss out on being a teenager!!!!!!!

27. I can go on and on, but I truly believe this is all you need to know to not make the same mistake that I made, that ruined my entire life

(side note: the bad side of real school is a small price to pay for the good side)

Answer 7

My answer relates to students home schooled exclusively by parents. I'm not referring to student home school by private, professional tutors. I'm also not including students who had 8 to 10 years of schooling and then finished the last couple of years at home.

Positive - Occasionally a home schooled kid is a genius and has the opportunity to excell academically.

Negative - Occasionally parents are drug addicts or alcoholics who claim to be home schooling their kids because they're too hung over to send the kids to school. There's also the extreme cases of mentally ill or abusive parents who home school to hide the problems (ie Andrea Yates and other similar cases).

Neutral - Most home schooled kids graduate at the same typical academic level as public school kids. No higher, no lower.

Answer 8

Pro's:

-Your kid will be just as smart as you teach them

-1 on 1 learning

-Better family bonding

Con's:

-Your kid won't know how to hit on chicks

-Social disorder

-No PE so your kid may get fat

-Will have to learn s*x ed from you (as the parent)

-Will be socially depressed because he thinks hes a social outcast

-Won't be able to s*x it up

-Probably will commit suicide

Good luck!

Answer 9

Pros:

* A more natural way of learning.

* Family bonds strengthened.

* Parents and siblings are not your enemies nor are they from another planet.

* Independence.

* More individuality and much less peer dependence.

* Responsibility for yourself and your actions.

* Moral convictions stregthened instead of constantly degraded.

* Greater sense of self and self worth.

* Learning can happen anywhere at any time and is not limited to a classroom full of children the same age from 7:30a-3:00p .

* Learning is fun. And many times happens when you least expect it.

* Actually retaining knowledge.

* Finding out that knowledge is power and not a negative thing as it is in public school.(just ask anyone that's being bullied for being a nerd, geek, smart, etc.)

* Research backs up the claims of overall better education, better social life, better ACT/SAT scores, more happiness and involvement in community as adults than those public and even privately schooled.

http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00...

Cons:

* It can take time. Lots of time and planning for the parents. (Though that would depend on the type of homeschooling. Unschooling doesn't take a whole lot of "planning". It requires the parents to provide opportunities, resources, equipment, and an environment that encourages curiosity and learning,though not necessarily instructions and lessons . It's more a lifestyle. Unschooling happens in the most individual and natural way.)

  

  * With all the activities/educational supplies available, it's easy to spend too much money and stretch yourself thin. But I guess that could help reinforce the ideas and lessons of personal responsibility and proper planning.

I can't think of any more.

BTW, You could find most of this just using google.

Also, check out some of John Gatto's view of public school. http://johntaylorgatto.com/hp/frames.htm

Answer 10

Learning can be better, but the kids are usually more shy from lack of socialization.  Also, its hard on the mom. Being together 24/7 isn't a great idea.  It may ruin the quality by having too much quantity.  Ask the teacher in the regular school to supplment their work if you feel they need it.

Answer 11

Being homeschools most definitely has it's downfalls and then has great things for it as well.

Negatives: For starters you are on your own with school, and most of the time you really won't have kids your age to socialize with. School within the world is a place where a lot of kids make their friends these days, so of coarse you'll lack that but it doesn't mean it's a bad thing. It may also lead to a bad social life if you don't make any friends out of being home schooled.

Positive[s]: You are getting 1-on-1 like someone had mentioned earlier, and when you get the one on one time you will learn much fasted and quicker than the average person from what I've learned. I went to a alternative school to get my grades better, and I got a lot of one on one time and that's what most students need. You can also work at your own pace, and finish as much as you'd like at a time. So that's most definitely a plus!

Answer 12

I know a kid down the street that is home schooled, so although I never have been home schooled I babysit her all the time

Pros:

-Kids don't have to spend time learning and practicing things that they already know

-A kid can be learning 8th grade math while they are still only old enough for 7th grade or 6th grade if they are bright and smart

-They have more time to do things they enjoy since the "school day" is shorter

-They meet other home schoolers from around the area through groups and activities

-They often do better on mandatory testing and are ahead when they go to high school/ college

Cons:

-Once the children reaches high school and the teacher (usually a parent) can't teach the child advanced concepts they may have to go to regular high school and often have a hard time making friends and dealing with peer pressure.

-They aren't surrounded by people as much (friends and people that they may not like) so they may not be as personable as someone who has gone to regular school.

-Constantly being with a parent can put stress on your relationship especially as the kid grows into a p*****n and teenager.

Answer 13

Well all the pros have been answered very well.  This is my answer to all the cons that say you donÊ»t get to grow up and be socialized and meet people and be social outcasts etc.

The TRUTH on home school socialization :

A home school childÊ»s socialization is the RESPONSIBILITY of BOTH the parent and the student.  My children are home schooled and where we live they do have proms and dances and sports and teen nights.  The resources are out there if you seek them out.  And BY LAW, at least in my state, ANY activity that the public school children can do, home schooled children are entitled to as long as they live in that district.  Meaning dances, proms, athletic teams and field trips.  If you or your parent are not out there using and seeking out these resources, IT IS YOUR FAULT !  Do not blame the system for something that YOU can control.  

My children have performed in a nationally recognized parade and festival.  How many unsocialized, emotionally challenged children do that ?  It just bugs me that all the cons have to do with poor socialization when there are numerous programs out there if you just take the initiative to DO SOMETHING.

Answer 14

Ok I have been both home schooled and I have been in public school. Homes school is prety g*y just cause there is no one to talk to no help for your questions and its just kinda boring. But you get to do it when you want take breaks whenever you feel like it.

Answer 15

Why do you ask? Is it the need to teach, anger at the school, fear for bullies at school, think you can do better, have nothing to do, control over child, believe home schooled children don't need P.E, art nor socialization, live in a remote area, a really special needs student,  whatever? Once you have answered these questions, you will have the pros and cons that suit you best.

Answer 16

Positive - spending time with your children, personally tailored education, the comfort of home environment

Negatives - your child will grow up unsocialized and be considered "weird" or "out of it" by his peers when he goes to college. I would never home school my children exclusively because of this. There is something to be said for the painful adolescent rites of passage that every child who goes to a public school goes through. In public school, conformity is enforced by peer pressure, while certain forms of individualism find ways to be expressed. Your child will grow up to live in a social environment, and must learn these things from his peers, not from his parents, whose knowledge of these things is about 20 yrs or more out of date.

Answer 17

positives are that you might be smarter because the teaching is 1 on 1

the negatives are that you'll probably turn out weird because school is also about social interaction.

Answer 18

pos:

wont get distracted from work

all the attention will be on you so you will always be able to get questions answered.

wont be hard for transportation and wont need school uniform

neg:

not sociable

wont have friends

wont have time for fun with friends at break

have to buy books, etc yourself

lose out on the expperiance of school

Answer 19

Home Schooling Cons

-very limited interaction with peers

-the person doing the homeschooling does not have the necessary qualities to do so.

-children need to interact with others of their age group to develop valuable and necessary social skills they will need to be successful in later life. So unless they have access to this they will suffer.

Pros

-the right combination teacher and student is brilliant as a student can move more quickly through their exercises with the one on one interaction.

-with extracurricular activities in place and an ideal situation I have no qualms.

My sister and one of my best friends have both very successfully  home schooled their children. At this stage in life I think they are very well adjusted young adults and teenagers, with an above average scholastic record.

However another sister of mine pulled her kids out of school and although she was educated as a teacher she failed her children drastically and their social development has been stunted as well.

So if you are asking if it is a good idea?

Each case is different and needs to be undertaken with the idea if it fails - there is a plan B to fall back on.

ok I think I shall add this fact...

______________________________________...

I was home schooled for 2 years and my grades were taken from me. With no competition I could care less about the classes and did not try. I was capable of A+ work.

so you tell me is home schooling good for each child? I say no and people can give me all the thumbs downs they want. I have seen both the positive and the negative and each case is extremely different.

Good luck finding the answers you want...

Answer 20

you remain closer to your children,you know whats going in their head, you know if your reaching them or not,you have total control.you get to choose and decide on what field trips that you take  and when and on what day.you are their total influence,so if you leave something out than its your fault that they come up short. i loved home schooling my children but it only lasted a year and a half.the reason being ,i was not talented in music,and could not afford private lessons,then the ninth grade math got to complicated for me,my children saw how i was struggling with it.then i had a daughter that loved people,she was out going ,never shy,she talked to every one,she did not have a chance to socialize , so she was never going to have enough friends .then there was my son a 7 th grader,he was a shy stay at home person , did not want any friends,just wanted to do the minimal he could do and get away with.i loved home schooling and i wish that i had home schooled from the beginning not start after they were in high school.

Answer 21

Negative: No Social Skills with different types of people, which are VERY important in life.

Positive: One-on-One. And less distractions which the child can study better.

Answer 22

pros:

still learn

con:

can't meet new people

might be boring

Answer 23

i know this...

16 year old male has been home schooled by his mom forever. still now. coming up on 17 and he is a virgin without ANY friends. he lives in a ritzy kinda hotel so the only people he has to claim as friends are workers at the hotel. they hate him because he is an annoying geek but they know they must make do. he is a SAD case. my heart goes out to him daily. he doesn't know what interacting with people is about.

Answer 24

positive

-you can move at your own pace

-ussually graduate earlier

-no stress of being compared to class mates

-always get the help you need

-very personalized

negative

-no class mates, limited social activities, no school dance/parties, you miss out on some very memorable events

-there isnt really anyone to ask for help if you need it.

-always home

-may graduate early and be one of the youngest at college

-may not have the proper grades/test scores needed to get into college

hope this helped!

Answer 25

positive at least in California and other western states- no illegal aliens in your class wasting your time.  Negatives- no interaction and regular growing up by learning to be with others.

Answer 26

im 14 and have been homeschooled in 5th,6th, and now in 8th grade.

pro's~

*complete one-on-one time

*no or very little peer pressure

*able to go at your own speed

*not waste so much time while teachers constantly have to discipline kids in public school instead of teaching

*able to do on campus classes or clubs in the community to socialize and make friends

*able to explore more on the subjects student is interested in

*having only 5 hours of schoolwork(including reading and pe) intead of 8am-3pm school days

*if all kids are homeschooled able to take family vactions when wanted

*able to learn a lot more!

*for parents(not constantly being around s*x talk and "s*x education" on the playground, so you can just teach your child what you want them to know about s*x

con's~

there is really no con's because most homeschool kids are really sociable people! believe me! just get to know some homeschool kids and they are really not unsociable they are just polite and have manners.

hope this helps! :)

Answer 27

positive -

u wont have to go to school!!! and u dont have to get detention for doing something wrong.....just as little as talking, you still get to do the sports at the public school

negitive -

you wont get to see your friends at school, you wont get to meet new ppl, which makes it harder to get to know ppl.....i dont know if you get to go to the lyceums and other events.....i think some tho....

good luck!! hope i helped on giving some answers!!

Answer 28

YES i can