Why Home School?

Question

Why do people homeschool their kids when those parents then they go back and argue and complain when their kid isnt allowed to be on the school districts sport team,go to a schools dance, and go on field trips. If you want your child to go to do those extra curicular actives that are for that school why not just send them to that school in the first place?

Instead of wasting time complaining about it.

Answer 1

I have been homeschooling for 16 years.   During that time I have lived in several states and have been involved with very large homeschool groups.  I have never personally known any homeschool family that did what you describe.  I seriously doubt this is a very frequent occurrence.

We have always had access to quality programs through the community or through the h.s. groups.  In fact we have had so much we actually have to be careful not to become over involved.  Additionally, our teams many times do better than the public school teams, so why would we want to join?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Parents homeschool cause maybe they don't want their kid getting picked on in school,or they're afraid the kid might get corrupted in there,or the teachers suck,and the kid isn't learning anything cause of stupid teachers,or the teachers may be trying to shove their political correctness bullcrap down the kid's throats,etc.I think education is more important than all that extracurricular c**p.That's why some kids don't do well in school,cause they're too pre-occupied with that stuff.

Answer 4

Because (for whatever reason) the schools aren't able to serve our kids' academic needs, plain and simple.

I've personally never asked a public school to do anything for my son; he's never been enrolled in one, and our area has way more options for homeschooled kids than any one person could ever take advantage of.  We have a homeschool sports league that plays in the city league against public and private schools; we have a homeschool choir, band, yearbook clubs, 2 proms, theatre group, cinematography and lab science classes, art and dance lessons for PreK-12, 5 colleges/uni's in town that accept homeschooled kids as young as 14 or 15 (if they test in and meet the admission standards), and more.  Why would I ask the public schools to do anything for him?

However, I have friends who live in areas that don't have these opportunities.  There aren't many homeschooled kids in their areas, so they don't have enough families to put together opportunities like these.  They pay taxes that support their schools, just like everyone else...if they're willing to pay whatever fees enrolled kids would have to, why couldn't they play football or be in band?  Why does it have to be all or nothing?

Schools aren't designed to serve every single child.  There's no way they could be - kids are just too different.  The only reason schools have things like football teams, dances, and extracurriculars is because there are enough kids in one place to make a group.  If homeschool kids are willing to pay the same fees and put in the same (or more) effort, why should they be excluded?  Just because they don't take math and English there doesn't mean they should be barred from the campus.

Many schools do allow hs kids to take part in extracurriculars, and it works out well for everyone.  Can't we all just get along?  :)

Edit - glurpy, in some states and districts in the US it works differently.  There are actually schools here (I attended one) where you can attend some classes at one school, and some at another or be enrolled in one and take part in opportunities in another.

Perhaps one school had a G/T program, and neighboring schools didn't; the G/T program school would accept students for some classes during the day from other nearby schools.  Or perhaps one had a specific team, drama program, or whatever...if kids from neighboring schools could get there and commit to taking part, they could participate.

The schools in our area do allow homeschooled kids on some of their sports teams; the public schools allow them on teams such as swimming and tennis, and private schools allow them on team sports.  In our state, we're not considered private schools, but "an alternate form of education", so the laws are a bit different.  

Nobody I know of in my area has ever complained about participation or lack thereof, but I do have friends that homeschool in states where homeschooling is not as popular that struggle with finding activities for their kids to do.  They don't complain, to my knowledge, but I know that they would like group activities - either attached to the school system or private - for their kids to take part in; there just plain aren't enough homeschool families near them to put anything together.

Answer 5

we pay taxes for those programs, that's why. and we feel we can do a better job academically than the school.

Answer 6

Why homeschool?  Because my parents felt they knew me and my learning style better then any teacher ever would and could do a better job than a teacher I would know for a few months.  

Now, I have never heard of a homeschool family complaining about not being allowed to participate in the public schools activities, but if I was barred from participating simply because I homeschooled then you bet your bippy my parents would have complained.  They pay the same taxes the public school parents pay and yet they receive nothing in return.  Which quite frankly, is fine because that would probably mean more regulations that are totally unnecessary.  I don't know if you heard of/know a homeschool family going through this but c'mon, if they are paying for the public schools, shouldn't they be allowed to use them?

Answer 7

Because when my child was in public school he was failing to learn to read, falling further behind in all academic areas, the public school let him be bullied, and told us we "just need to lower expectations".   I started homeschooling because I didn't want my child to be illiterate.

We started homeschooling and our child, he now reads QUITE well, and excels in all studies.  We, as taxpayers with a child who SHOULD have been taught properly in public school would like the opportunity for our child to participate in certain clubs or activities that would enrich his growth as a person.  We are 'barred' from those activities solely because we homeschool--NO other reason.

If educators REALLY care about children, why would they want to keep ANY child from participating in learning and growth experiences just because the child is homeschooled??  To me, it always comes across as the schools not really caring about the children--only about having TOTAL control of children--regardless of what is best for the children!!

My two cents.

Answer 8

I agree. And I'm a homeschooling parent. :) I don't believe my kids should have any entitlement to activities at the public schools. The way it works where I live, you have to be a student at that school to be able to access the activities. You can go to an evening dance at another school IF you have a student ID of some sort (to prove your age) and you are accompanied by a student from that school. That seems reasonable to me--people can have friends in a variety of schools and we're only talking a dance.

You can't be a student at one school and go join the sports team at another--why should a homeschooled student, who is technically attending another school (our homeschools are legal schools here) be allowed to do so? You can't be a student at one school and go join the debate club at another--why should a homeschooled student?

The extra activities are there to help the students enjoy their school more, while giving them some potentially valuable things at the same time. I see no reason why my kids should have the right to do so--nor even why they should want to. The school is for the kids registered there, not everybody else.

ADDED: I will say that I don't know a single homeschooling family where I live who has complained about the kids not being able to participate in school activities. Most of them have actually pulled their kids from school because of problems and are more than happy to not have their kids go back anytime soon.

Answer 9

I don't have that problem and have never complained once. As a matter of fact, my daughter, who is home schooled, was asked to be on the swim team where she does fine. She also is enrolled in a few classes like JR ROTC and Spanish. She is in several clubs as well where she is respected and looked at as a leader.

By the way, we do pay the same taxes that you do and don't take up seats (well, not as many) in the overcrowded classrooms, so why do you care?