Home school for ,against? why?

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Home school for ,against? why?

Answer 1

I am not for home school, my reason is this: I have two children they are now 25 and 26, they went to public school, and did well, socially, mentally, and academically, they learned the valued lessons, that life gives you when school is over, and you are in the real world, you have to know how to handle things that come against you, and you need to know how sneaky these things come.....stay involved in your child, support everything they are doing, from football, cheer, to chess club, pay extra attention to their friends and include them in your home, make it fun, not illegal to be at your house and sacrifice your life for a few years for your children, and they will turn out fine, we as a society try to shelter our kids from reality, and it comes sometime, let it come when their minds are like sponges, and they can absorb, what your doing......its worth it to raise good healthy kids, be involved, but let them socialize..........hope this helps Love ya Becky D

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....

Answer 3

The most common misconception about home schooling is that its just for "stay at home moms" who want to read to their kids all day...wrong.

Most home schools are ran by a community of parents.  Often a parent with a particular expertise will teach a class,(piano teacher teaching music, doctor teaching science, community actor teaching english, etc.)  

The main drawback that I see, is the social setting.  Anyone who has ever gone, "pot luck" for a college roommate knows the life skills you gain by getting to know a total stranger.  Sometimes you can't make lemonade from lemons.  But as a human being, you've got to learn to adjust.  I have a hard time with a parent taking a child out of public school just for fear that they may not, "get along with everyone."  Thats life.  Do you get along with everyone you work with?  Unless your name is Pollyanna, I doubt it.  

Final Statement:

Educator's spend tens of thousands of dollars simply learning how to better teach children.  Whether or not your child thinks they are, "nice," matters not.  No Child Left Behind will be finished in a few short years, and then we'll see better students coming out of public schools.  Until then, we simply must trust an institution that has worked for generations.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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 6

Hello,,consider the uneducated instructors at home have the power to transform their children into useless individuals.  How do you regulate the testing?  My youngest Sons mother tried this too, giving the teachers manual with all the answers so he would not complain by asking questions that were over her education level.

Answer 7

I am 50% for, 50% against as homeschool has both good and bad sides. The good side is that parents and students can work together to organize their own educational program. The bad side is that teachers can't teach the program as the parent is the teacher and the program is based on the parent's knowledge.

Answer 8

I am for it in most cases. Naturally, I'm against it in cases where the parents are abusive or negligent.

Why am I for it?

First of all, because the social structure of our school system doesn't make any sense and, imho, a whole host of modern problems would not exist if it weren't for having kids grow up with what is essentially 20-30 other kids the same age for 12 years. That is NOT how adult-like social skills are learned.

Think about it: people have families of 10 kids, right? That in itself can be overwhelming, but you end up with older kids helping out younger kids and being role models for them, even at age 5 if there's a younger sibling. The 5yo has gotten all kinds of modelling and guidance from a number of older kids plus parents.  Now, imagine trying to raise 10 kids THE SAME AGE to all be mature? How about 20 kids the same age? It's an insane idea, isn't it? Certainly not in the best interests of the kids, yet it's what public schools do all the time except for the rarest of alternative programs. The current setup wasn't designed for the kids but for the TEACHERS, because they figured it would make their lives easier by only having one grade to teach, and for administrators, because it's a lot easier having kids sorted by age/grade than trying to create mulit-level classrooms.

Homeschooling provides children with a more natural social setting. When parents go about it in a good way, the child gets social interaction with a variety of ages and doesn't get caught up in the many pitfalls of being with 20+ kids the same age most of the time.

Secondly, I'm for homeschooling for academic reasons. In the past, when the well-off were home-tutored or the less well-off went to community schools, the children received an education tailored to them. They worked at their own pace to master the material, not according to what the teacher or tutor said they had to know because of their age. We all know that an individualized education is better for every child, yet 20-30 kids in a class are forced through a curriculum that the government has decided they should know because of their age.

This is really unfair to the children and is not ensuring a good education for all of them. Some kids need more time to learn math--or they need more time for just a little while then steam on ahead. But they can't get that in school and can end up lost because something wasn't mastered before the class had to move on. Some kids sit in class bored with nothing to do because they're done their work consistently before everyone else. Some kids do great in some subjects but need more time in others. Regardless of the individual child, to truly educate *the child*, you need to have something that meets that child's needs. Homeschooling can offer that (although, of course, there is no guarantee as it depends on the parents and student).

As for my third reason, I'm for homeschooling because I don't believe we are supposed to give birth to children, have them with us for 5 years (if we're lucky enough to be home) and then ship them off to a government or private institution for the next 12 years to do the bulk of the raising. Someone's answer the other day said that if parents raised their kids with the right values, then the kids will be fine in school. It takes YEARS for those values to sink in and children aren't developmentally capable of the fine abstract thinking it requires to apply those values until they are at least in their teens. It's not like you can raise your kids for 5 years and they're set to go. So, I'm for homeschooling for this reason because I am for families. Not only does it mean that parents can raise their children longer, it also means that the family is usually closer--the kids are closer to each other and to the parents. Which makes sense--it's hard to be close to someone you barely see!

These are my views and preferences for my children. This does not mean that I look down on those who send their kids to public school. Each parent has to decide what they feel is in the best interests of their children. Some parents really should NOT homeschool, either for personality or other reasons. This is fine. It would be a mistake to take on homeschooling because it seemed like a really great idea but you aren't the type of parent who can make it work.

Answer 9

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 10

For.

Far too many schools and individual teachers have their own political and social agendas to follow

Without home education, many kids (including me and  my siblings) would not have access to education

I want an education that is going to be useful to me and will benefit me in *MY* future; school can not provide me with that

My parents (and me and my siblings) see the failings of mass education in 99% of the school leavers who come here looking for work

Personally, I don't believe in having children and then leaving it to the Nanny (ie the State) to raise them

Answer 11

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 h**l.

Answer 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

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 16

I am for  it 100%, it would get all those stinking buses off the roads..and save us taxpayers billions

Answer 17

I support homeschool . I home school my children.

Answer 18

For.

Because I want my children to get a solid education.

Because my children don't need to worry about guns, drugs, rape, teasing, wearing the latest clothes, or liking the "right music", they can relax and be themselves.

Because I want my children to experience the real world, not the artificial, age caged, politically correct boxes called classrooms.

Because I believe in the Freedom of a parent to raise their children as they believe is best.

Because I don't think its healthy for this country for everyone to be taught what to think by a government mandated curriculum.

Because I want my children to learn how to think, and decide on their own what to think.

Because I love my children and enjoy spending time with them.

EDIT

I'd like to add that being "for" homeschooling does not mean that I am "against" public schooling.  I firmly beleive that each family needs to make the choice that is right them.   To me being "For" homeschooling only means that I believe that it should not be restricted by the government, I am for freedom, and for the right to choose which education system to place your child into.

Answer 19

I am for homeschooling, yes, Im a stay at home mom, but for those that think they dont have the socialization, thats so much bs its not funny, my son has 4H, library classes, for crafts, for reading, lunch days, play dates, movie days, so you see theres alot of socailization going on, but its also becuase I have as child on a feeding pump every 3 hours, & my son is serverly dyslexic, the schools here have all told me that dyslexia "DOSNT EXSIST" anymore! I have fought for 3 years only to get nowhere with the STUPID public schools around here, & said I KNOW I can do much better then ANY teacher out there, & guess what? My son has gone from D&F's to A&B's, so tell me again public school is so much better, I would disagree with you. My son will never be tease due to a feeding pump, that he must have, would you subject him to that kind of teasing, & bulling? If you love your child, no you wouldnt!!! Plus what type of 1 on 1 does a child get in oublic school, they DONT, unless there in special ed, but even then the special ed teachers, still have no clue what there doing.

No teacher knows my son like I do, I live with him 365 days a year, 24/7. I know him the teachers DONT have a clue how to teach ANY child. Ive seen it with my own eyes.

I was brought up in public school, I hated it, the teachers never knew what to do, my parents was always there to correct the teahcer at all times, only for the teacher to realize she was in the WRONG!

So yo usee I would homeschool my son as I SEE FIT! Back off those that homeschool becuase our children still turn out to be brought up alot better then some of those that went ot public school, & STILL fell through the cracks.

As for the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT, THATS BULL, my son & alot of children with dyslexia is left behind. Atleast with homeschooling, they arnt left behind!

Answer 20

For it if they have a parent at home willing to take the time; against it for a kid who really needs to get away from their home for emotional or safety reasons.

Answer 21

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 22

We are a homeschooling family.It is a personal choice.To be "for" or "against" is a little harsh.Really there are no right or wrong answers.