Why are some people homeschooled?

Question

Why are some people homeschooled?

Answer 1

People these days are retarted and some parents don't want their child to get hurt. Or they just want to keep a look out on their children.

Answer 2

some children find it easier to concentrate plus one on one tuition really help i was home schooled most of my life and did a diploma at 15yo alot of people thinks it better

Answer 3

Because we want to.  Very simple answer but true.

We enjoy the lifestyle, I enjoy being with my kids and they enjoy being with me.    My kids are more socially active then most of their public school friends.    My kids are very outgoing and love being around others.    Spending every day in the classroom with the same kids would drive them batty.

Answer 4

I can list the reasons we started homeschooling and continue to homeschool.

- I wasn't being challenged in public school. When mom asked what I learned in school today and I replied with "nothing", I meant it.

- I'd been labled as "gifted", but after a certain age the schools no longer served the needs of gifted students and instead I was expected to suppress myself, not work ahead, not "over-do it" on projects (lest I look like a show off) and still show up for school every day, be docile and well behaved, do the pointless busy work and maintain A's despite being BORED OUT OF MY MIND.

- I am also blind, and certain teachers in the school who APPARENTLY specialize in teaching the "visually impaired" (god forbid I ever used the B word in their presence) did nothing but hold me back. I was given detention for walking to class, lunch, and the bus alone, forbidden to attend pep rallies unless I sat far away from other students with a teacher to "look after" me, forced to spend 90 minutes out of every day in a BS class called "Vision Skills" (NOT blindness skills) where they wanted to teach me how to tie my shoes, use a tape recorder, sign my name, and other nonsense that I'd been doing all my life. I basically sat there daydreaming.

- These same vision teachers wouldn't allow me to take the art classes I was fully capable of taking (as a homeschooler I am studying graphic design and was just offered a $1,500 contract to design a logo for a blind rehabilitation center), nor was I allowed in marching band, chemistry (currently excelling there as a homeschooler) or any advanced science class with labs, sign language (also excelled there with HS),or PE (played on a sighted soccer team outside of school, and I fence, play soccer, and ride horses as a homeschooler. I'll soon be taking up Judo)

- The vision department was constently wanting to be told what clubs I planned on joining or what school functions (dances, games, etc) I planned to attend...so they could go...and babysit me. I never told them, so.....they went behind my back and asked my friends and teachers.

- The vision department along with a councilor persuaded my mother not to allow me to enter the IB program because it would be "too stressful for a student with special needs" when in reality it just meant having to buy new books in an accessible format instead of using the books and equipment they already had on hand for previous students.

- Because the vision department was so busy giving me detention, nosing around in my personal business, creating social barriers for me and limiting my access to certain subjects, I guess they just never got around to doing their job because three months into the school year I was still behind in math because I didn't have an accessible book or calculator, hadn't completed a single history assignment because I had no book and they refused to enlarge pages due to "copyright infringement", hadn't learned a single useful blindness skill like how to read braille or use JAWS on a computer, had missed the first and last 10 minutes of every class because I had to wait for someone to come get me or leave early with someone or else I'd get in trouble for walking the halls alone, and had an F in every class that required me to take graded notes off the board...because I had no monocular yet and no large print copy of the notes was ever given to me.

- Due to eyesight and lack of assistive technology, assignments took me twice as long to do, and I often had to take classwork home with me to complete on top of my homework. No time for a life outside of school.

- As a homeschooler, I can work at my own pace (which is rather fast given the appropriate resources) and usually have school done for the day in 2 to 4 hours.

- With all the extra free time, I can take advantage of countless opportunities for social and extracurricular activity. I'm currently involved in guitar lessons, a rock band, fencing, chess club, computer club, poetry club, a community art class, volunteering, science fair, library advisory comitty, a transition program for blind teenagers, the National Federation of the Blind (lots of traveling to conventions, youth science and leadership camps, sports camps, etc), People to People Internation, and many other activities.

- As a homeschooler, I get to travel a lot more often. I just came home from a 3 day leadership camp in Baltimore, I travel frequently throughout my state to play with the band, visit with distand friends, tour colleges, visit unique locations, and enjoy certain learning experiences that are location-specific. I also travel a lot with my boyfriend to science and music camps, conventions, seminars, and just to see new places and meet new people. I've been to 5 other countries as well.

-In homeschooling, I get the opportunity for many more hands on experiences. I do more labs in Chemistry, Biology, and Physics than most public schools can afford to do with such large classes. I spend history and government lessons doing creative projects and role-playing activities, play active, hands on games for Algebra and Geometry (as it's easier to learn math with your hands when you don't have much use of your eyes), play games and act out situations for French, learn sign language through total submersion durring those lessons, study English and Literature through REAL books instead of butchered tidbits of great works consensed into a textbook, and so much more.

- I get to take classes that a lot of public schools don't even offer. A few examples from the past few years are 3D Animation, Graphic Design, Robotics, Programming, Bottany, Sewing, Cooking, Guitar, Logic, Music Theory, Child Development...

- I get to go on more field trips than public schools typically take in a year.

- My graduation ceremony/party will be totally individualized

- I had the opportunity to start college early

- Through homeschooling, I regained the confidence and individuality that public school tries to beat out of you, and to show it I'm starting a yearbook club this year for any of the 400-ish homeschoolers in my area to join, and the focus will be creating totally individualized yearbooks for each student who joins.

- I have a unique get-up-and-do-something style of learning. I'm a creative thinker who learns best by doing, and homeschooling allows for that.

- I was able to complete two full school years in my first year of homeschooling

- I'm closer to my family because of it.

- I'm not supernerd, so there are subjects I struggle with, and homeschooling allows for more 1 on 1 help in those areas.

- My schedule is flexible. On some days school starts early in themorning, and on others when I need to I do school in the afternoon, or even after dinner, depending on what's going on that day.

- Because I need to work independently a lot, know how I learn best and how to get the most out of something that isn't readily adapted to my learning style, and have to take a lot of responsability for myself, my needs, and my education, I will be more ready for college after homeschooling than I would have been in a public school that held me back.

- I've learned a TON about time management through homeschooling.

- I have more opportunities to work on "vision skills" I'll actually NEED as a homeschooler. My mobility lessons (learning how to travel my community and in unfamiliar places entirely independently) are much longer than they would have been in public school, and because I do in fact travel alone a lot, I actually get a chance to apply these skills. I also get to work on things like cooking, navigating stores, braille, and self advocasy as well as learning the things that every young adult needs to know about.. Voting, managing a credit card, checking account, bills, time and money saving strategies, how to be just lazy enough to find the most efficient way of doing something, but not so much that you never get it done, etc.

- I actually get enough sleep as a homeschooler!

- People tend ot be more judgemental inside school walls than outside. Outside of school I had no reason to feel self concious about using a cane. Now even when I'm around public school friends, inside a public school, or just around teenagers in the community, I'm so confident using my cane that even if someone gave me a look or said something rude, I probably took no notice. And I think it shows because outside of school I have a lot more friends (many who went to school with me) than a lot of public schoolers I know.

- I hate age segregation. Being able to relate better to college students as apposed to other 11th graders does not make one antisocial. As a homeschooler, I am free to mingle with people of ALL AGES.

- As a homeschooler, I don't have to spend 2/3 out of the year preparing for a standardized test... Oh, I still take one every year. I just don't need to waste time preparing for it when the standards are too low anyway. If i'm studying Algebra 2 and college level english, why should I waste any time being taught to the test? Shouldn't I already be able to pass it without condensing and simplifying the subject matter?

- Above all, I am happier homeschooling. Happier, healthier, and better prepared for the real world.

Answer 5

some parents peferr so the kids get the proper education

Answer 6

either:

1. Their parents are over protective

2. They're celebrities, multi millionaires, etc...

3. They're badly handicapped

4. They have social problems

5. Their parents or them just wanted it

Answer 7

1.  Some parents feel this is better for their children, as they know exactly what the kids are being taught

2.  Some people feel it is cheaper than public or private schools, as there is no additional expense for school lunches, school activities, etc.

3.  Some parents have no other choice if they have children that don't behave well in school, and have been expelled by available public schools and/or can't afford public schools, therefore forcing the homeschooling situation.

4.  Other parents do not believe in immunizations for their children, also forcing them to homeschool their children, as this is a requirement to attend most private and all public schools and daycare facilities.

Answer 8

Some kids have special needs that the school can't meet; some kids are gifted and the school can't meet their needs either; Also for religious reasons or that people live in a bad neighborhood where the public school is particularly awful but they can't afford private school.

Answer 9

Schools are getting scary.

Recently, two 13 year olds tried raping their assistant principal. Recently, some females ages 14 - 16 beat up their art teacher. There are strange kids at school with strange ideas. It's very scary. I am 26 weeks pregnant, and just seeing what is going on in schools right now...it makes me very, very afraid for my daughter.

Answer 10

it's usually up 2 the parents 2 decide if they would like there child to b home schooled or not. most of the times, its 4 safety reasons, of they just want 2 teach them the way they want them to b taught. it just depends on ur surroundings and beliefs i guesse

Answer 11

Some parents don't want them exposed to the world for many reasons --- violence in schools - some religious- some think it is just easier than sending them to school - some children get expelled or in trouble at school - to keep them from boys and strict ideas...some just think they can do more one on one with the child than having them where they are one in a #

Answer 12

We homeschool for a number of reasons.

The public schools in our area spend the entire year "teaching to the test" instead of inspiring children to learn about things.

The public schools in our area are run like "baby boot camp" and "elementary prison" instead of schools.

There are middle schoolers having oral $&# in the stairwells.

Guns and drugs and bullying and diseases are somehow an 'accepted reality' in public schools today.

These are NOT the public schools that I went to. I don't want my kids exposed to THAT kind of reality until they are emotionally mature enough, and have the moral fortitude to deal with, all of that.

Honestly, though, the people who have it the worst are the teachers. They are overworked, underpaid and snowed under by red tape and bureaucracy, test scores and book-keeping. The district administration wastes money, and the teachers' unions prevent truly awful teachers from being fired, which means that school districts are hemorrhaging money that could otherwise be going to support teachers with better classroom budgets.

I know some truly BRILLIANT teachers who are hanging on by their toenails in a system that has failed an entire generation of children. In another ten years, we will have beaten down those teachers so much that they have all fled to private schools.

It is a sad state.

But since I can't really do anything to FIX the situation, I keep my kids at home and give them an education that will serve them for a lifetime.

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Answer 13

The ratio of teachers to students is 1:1 in a homeschool environment. My way of learning is very different, so I was originally supposed to be homeschooled (according to my doctor), but I went to public school.

in homeschool, I likely would have achieved a 4.0GPA, but instead I have to deal with public school, in which teachers think I'm smart, but just lazy. Public school is still fairly narrow-minded yet.

Answer 14

The following benefits may be found in home education:

    * Parents have more quality time to train and influence their children.

    * There is opportunity for each child to receive individualized attention and instruction.

    * Parents are able to give guidance in areas of philosophy and religion.

    * Children develop respect for parents as teachers.

    * Spending more time together increases family unity and closeness.

    * It provides a good environment for development of confidence and independent thinking.

    * There is enhanced communication between all age groups due to the diversified learning environment.

    * Home-schooled students demonstrate excellent academic progress.

    * School hours are flexible to accommodate family schedules and vacations.

Answer 15

Because WE CAN!!!!!

OK seriously I home school my oldest because at the half way point through second grade (the second time) she still couldn't subtract. She would cry over writing assignments and was just plain miserable in the public system. She would come home with 4 hours of homework that I had to sit and teach her. The final straw was the third time she was beat up on the bus and the school wouldn't do anything about it.

My son was 4 at the time we started he was in the public school preK. The only reason I sent him to school was to get the speech therapy he needed. They weren't going to have him evaluated until well into the second semester (like how is that helping the problem he has?).

They also wanted to have him on ADHD drugs by the time he was to go into Kindergarten because he is too active for the teacher. Oh yes lets give drugs to a kid who doesn't need them and have his growth stunted! He's 5 now and weighs all of 33 pounds I don't think those meds would be very good for him! We did have him tested after he turned 5 just to be sure and guess what no ADHD!! Just busy boy!

I will continue to home school because of the immediate improvement to my children. Within 2 weeks my daughter had basic subtraction and was ready to move on. We enjoy the time with our kids and want to continue it. We get to teach them what they are interested in and what we think it's time to study. We want our kids to learn the Bible and who their Creator is. We also want to teach them the other side of the coin. We believe true education gives choices on when facts can be fuzzy at best. Our kids have the right to choose Creation or Evolution, Pro life or Pro choice, Republican or Democrat. We don't want them indoctrinated by the school system.

Answer 16

America's public school system is horrible. On international tests of Math and Science we score near the bottom. Rather than concentrate on fixing that problem, the schools are more interested in being politically correct, not that all political correctness is wrong, but its not the job of the school system to teach kids what to think, its the job of the school system to teach them how to think.

So while schools are busy having multicultural days, days of silence, animal rights awareness days, and gender equality days, the kids are not learning how to read, write, and do math. While the schools are handing out condoms and setting up appointments for abortions, the kids are not learning about History. While the schools teach about every sort of diversity in earnest, they aren't noticing the kid who is beat up every day because his clothes are not the same as what everyone else is wearing.

So while all of that is going on in the Public School, (not to mention guns and drugs being smuggled in) my own kids are learning. Sometimes we stay home and work out of books, sometimes we go out and visit the library, a museum, a park or a beach.

My Kindergartner and my second grader are learning about the Middle Ages, and can probably tell you more about the Ottoman Empire than most of the kids in our public High School, they also learned about earth science this year, and can tell you the layers of the earth, the parts of volcano, the layers of the atmosphere, the various cloud types, and many other facts. We are now moving into astronomy and my kids will soon be learning about the 8 planets and the 3 known dwarf planets, (Pluto, Eris, and Ceres). They will also learn to find various constellations, and we will relate those studies to what we learned last year about the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Every year they have the same teacher, so they get continued review of what they have already learned.

My 9th grader also is doing very well, but is not looking forward to biology next year because she knows we will do at least 4 dissections and she doesn't really want to. She will also be reading many titles of classic literature next year, and will take an intensive writing course, along with World History, World Geography, Geometry, French, and Art. Her standardized test scores come back with post High School scores in all but 2 areas, and those 2 are on track, just not ahead.

So, why would I send my kids to public school when they are doing so well at home?

Why should public school be the default decision?

Shouldn't parents weigh all their options and choose the best education for their children? For some kids it might be public school that suits them best, for others private school is better, and for others homeschool is best. Why should everyone make the same choice?

Answer 17

My children were homeschooled for a while because my husband's job required us to move around a lot. It would have been impossible for the boys to attend a regular school during that time. But you can take homeschooling on the road - where ever you are.

Others, I found were homeschooled for religious reasons.

Answer 18

Why do some people send their kids to public school? It's a lifestyle choice. I choose to spend time with my children, others choose to send them away...it's all about preferences.

It has nothing to do with violence or protecting my children, nothing to do with religion or stifling my children, and not really even much to do with disabilities or giftedness.

BTW...you don't have to vaccinate to send your child to school, there are exemptions in every state of the union.

Answer 19

Or because they (we) live too far from any conventional school.

One of the many reasons my siblings and I (and many other kids we know) are home-educated is because the closest schools are at least a 2 day drive from our house.

Also my dad refuses to spend $40,000 a year so that a bunch of strangers can teach me bad habits when he can do it himself for free.

Our parents believe that, if you have kids, you should bring them up yourself and take responsibility for *ALL* their needs rather than expecting the State/government/schools to bring your kids up for you.

Oh and because 95% of those kids who do go to school up here are from the many non-english speaking, tribal communities and so, they struggle with reading and writing.

Personally I also wanted a rigorous, challenging education that is also based in and around my own culture and background; not to mention relevant to that culture and my future in it. That is impossible to get in some posh boarding school down in the city.

Finally, I don't see the point in me going away to school in the city and then,once I turn 18, coming back up here, knowing I will never (willingly, lol!) set foot in the city ever again.