What is the reason You homeschool/ send your child to private school?

Question

I Am writing a paper on why people are sending or sent there child to private school or decided to homeschool. and i need to ask some people so here it is !

Answer 1

Where I'm from, fully one-third of the students are sent to private school.  Some of these go for religious reasons -- fair enough -- but the rest go so that their parents can "keep up with the Joneses."  They are afraid of not providing the best to their children, and because they are ignorant about education, they truly believe that you get what you pay for.

One family I know pays $16,000 each per year sending their two children to private school so that they can meet rich parents at school functions.  The father treats it as a professional networking opportunity.  No joke.

The local Catholic primary school has 33 children per class, no school cafeteria, no art program, a parent-run choir, school camp only for 6th graders, and a big bullying problem.  The local government school (literally over the fence) has 21 children per class, a junk-free school cafeteria, a world class art program, two music teachers, school camp for every year level (age appropriate time periods), and no bullying problem.  Which would you send your children to?  Lots of parents start off in the Catholic school and then switch to the government school after a frustrating few years.

Our local high school is the 7th best high school in the state according to test scores, has 50 places out of 275 for gifted and talented, and has very little problem with bullying.  It runs highly subscribed tours to Italy and China each year, and tours to NASA space camp, Turkey, and Paris every other year.  

Isn't this fear of ALL public schools ridiculous?

Answer 2

I would NEVER homeschool a kid as it really holds them back socially, they will not be well rounded adults.

I am a big fan of private schools.  I have gone private and public and it just seems the teachers have more say and are able to pay more attention to each student.

Answer 3

Private school because They can afford it, They have better school books supplies . ECT , better food, All girl (or boy) schools.

Homeschool : The parents are a teacher , The kid can't make friends , They perfer it , Live a long way from a school.

Answer 4

Public school went too slow for me. I hated it.

Answer 5

There isn't just *one* reason.  There are many.  Here are some, listed in no particular order.

Schools aren't safe these days.  Bullies run rampant.  Schools are afraid to discipline.  Parents sue schools when they do discipline; so the rotten kids get worse, pick on the other kids without restraint, and teach good kids to be rotten.  Not to mention fear of guns in the schools, child molesters, and more.

Education in the schools has gone downhill.  Standards sink lower and lower every year.

Morals.  Schools seem to get further and further from a sound moral basis.  Kids are taught in schools that anything goes, that there are no moral standards, and end up believing it (hence more worries about things like guns in schools).

Individual needs.  Schools are geared to teach to the masses.  They have to teach to a herd of children and can't realistically (no matter what they spout) deal with the individual needs of children.  My son is very bright and would be bored in a school and would end up in lots of trouble because of being bored.  He also isn't ready to sit for such long periods of time; he needs to be able to run off extra energy or he'll use the energy to invent trouble.  My daughter is very bright, too, and would be bored, but she'd probably just sit and be bored and not say anything about it.

We know the system.  We are public school teachers.  We know how much the system has devolved in recent years and wouldn't want to send any child there if there were any other option.

Creativity and fun.  Schools are geared to the masses and hence they generally teach in a fashion that drains all creativity and fun from education.  Most children learn to dislike learning after several years in school.  At home, learning can be more fun, it can take advantage of the moment and of a child's particular interests, and it can happen according to the child's particular learning style.  This can create people who will continue to enjoy learning and will be able to continue their education throughout life, wherever it will take them.

Health reasons.  Schools are not designed to be healthy places for children.  They aren't allowed to go to the bathroom whenever they need to go.  They can't eat a snack whenever their blood sugar drops.  They can't get a drink whenever they feel thirsty.  These days, they don't provide many opportunities for physical activity.  And that's not even considering those with special health concerns.

Religious reasons.  Schools seem to have an overall bias against religion these days.  And it is even worse if your family is of a different faith than most in the community.  Sure the school may excuse absences for religious holidays, but the child is then playing catch-up over them.  School is not a place to promote the belief-system of the home.

Peer pressure.  So many kids have less positive adult-role-models in their lives.  Their parents are too busy to spend much time with them and they seem to be left to raise themselves a great deal.  This doesn't lead to kids with great standards and high morals.  And yet, kids with lousy attitudes become very important in shaping other kids in school settings.  At home, parents can have more influence in their child's life, help oversee interactions with other kids to make sure that they aren't bringing the child down too much, and help raise young men and women who will be an asset to our future.

We love our children.  Why would we send them away from us for so much of the day if we didn't have to?

We want to be in charge of our own schedule.  We don't want a school and its calendar dictating when we can and can't do things.  We don't want a school dictating how our children are to spend their time with us either.  We want to determine when the family can spend time together without worrying that we're ruining a child's education because he can't be doing busy work that a teacher sent home with him instead.  If we want to sleep in or go to a late night function, we can without worrying about it interfering with school.  We can take school with us on trips or anywhere we want.

Because it is fun.  As homeschoolers, we get to do a lot of fun stuff that we wouldn't have the time or energy for otherwise.  We get to visit cool places (like a lighthouse, or a local historical site, or a hospital) on field trips that we chose.  We get to spend time doing things that we find interesting (such as several weeks spent learning about dinosaurs, or working on writing our own newspaper, or learning how electrical circuits work).  We don't have to waste lots of time waiting for other students to get their materials out, find their homework, get in line, or get quiet; we don't have to wait for a teacher to fill out lots of unnecessary paperwork, deal with other problem children, read announcements that mean nothing to us, stand around and wait for administrators to get organized, etc.  Instead, we can use all of that time that would have been wasted in school to do hobbies, go places, or just goof around.