Why do you think homeschooling is a big mistake to your children?
Hi,my name is Anne,I did the following:
Q&A: Why do you think homeschooling is a big mistake to your children?
Home school in my opinion is a big problem to your kids.
Public School is like the real world, in public school you learn how to manage your time wisely, learning how to learn and do your work, you learn how to wake early, how to deal with people you don’t like or people who has nothing in common with you.
In Public School, you learn how to observed other people, you learn how to deal with people who has a different view, and your learn how to be normal so you could function in the real world.
Your teacher are like your boss.
In Public School, you learn how to keep up the pace on your own work.
In home school, you’re being too comfortable, you don’t work fast or you’re not alert enough. Students who are home school work at a slower pace, it’s bad when you’re going to college, you have to learn to keep up the pace. Since college isn’t going to be easier, you need to think about other people’s view on life.
Plus, in home school, kids don’t have the social skills to function in the real world, in public school you have so many opportunities to socialize with people. Did I mention that public school teaches your kids how to be normal, since most home schooled kids turn out weird and scary. In public school, you learn how to be normal by peers and teachers. You don’t need to form an opinion in public school, you learn how to follow the crowd, which is normal. Home schooled kids tend to be very abnormal and they have a weird lifestyle.
Home schooled kids need to have friend for their own age, your parents aren’t your friends people.
That’s why homeschooling is the biggest fail of this time.
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Answer by Pearl
Honey you are so right on! My daughter is grown now, but I would never have home schooled her. I have been a teaching assistant for 25 years and I have seen one or possibly two parents that I thought did a good job home schooling their child. Public school is the Real World and you can not shield your children forever, unfortunately. When they become teenagers they will rebel big time. They, as you say need to socialize with their friends. I know of a family now that home school and the little boy is going to be thirteen and wants to go to a real school.
Answer by sha_lyn68
I really hope this is suppose to expose just how ridiculous all the stereo-types are, but just in case you are serious:
“You don’t need to form an opinion in public school, you learn how to follow the crowd, which is normal. Home schooled kids tend to be very abnormal and they have a weird lifestyle.”… If not following the crowd and being able to form opinion is abnormal, then I wish abnormality on everyone. How sad that you think that being independent and being able to think for ones self is abnormal.
It is really sad that those who have bought into such ridiculous myths and stereotypes are unable to think beyond the literal and figurative box of public school. They do not realize that the reason all their childhood memories and friends come from school is because they spent the majority of their waking hours from the ages of 5-18 in public school or involved in its activities. They assume that friends and childhood memories can only come from public school because sadly that is the only experience they have.
why do you believe that:
Homeschoolers are not exposed to a diverse group of peers and adults
Homeschoolers are only taught by their parents
Homeschoolers have a hard time adjusting to college and “real” life
Homeschoolers do not participate in extracurricular activities such as sports, scouting, clubs etc
Do you realize that many homeschoolers take AP and/or college courses during high school? It is very common for a homeschooler to graduate high school with 1-2 years of college credits. This is usually due to dual enrollment or taking the CLEP after taking the subject at the AP level.
Did you know that homeschoolers score higher than the national average on the ACT? (citation link at the end of post)
Did you know that statistics show that the average homeschool participates in 3x the number of extracurricular activities over their public school counterparts?
Homeschooling gives the chance to be around a wider variety of people. Homeschoolers are not limited to being around only those who live in the same school district and who were born in the same 12 month period. Instead, homeschoolers are free to be around people of all ages and who live within a larger area. There are so many ways to socialize beyond the box that is public school such as:
Take up a new hobby or expand on a current one
Volunteering
Join a homeschool co-op
Join a homeschool social group
Join the YMCA, YWCA, Boys Club/Girls Club
Take classes through the local rec center: sports, dancing, martial arts, art etc
Join a book club
STUDIES AND STATISTICS
ACT scores: http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/olderkids/CollegeTests.htm (scroll down to the excel spreadsheet)
Study on Canadian adults who were homeschooled: http://www.hslda.ca/cche_research/2009Study.pdf
http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/weblinks/research.htm
Evidence for Homeschooling: Constitutional Analysis in Light of Social Science Research:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1317439
Socialization: http://learninfreedom.org/socialization.html
List of several studies: http://homeschooling.gomilpitas.com/weblinks/research.htm
Cases against public school: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/200909/seven-sins-our-system-forced-education
Advantages of Homeschooling:
Individualized education that can be custom fit the learning style and interests of each student
Ability to seek out more hands on/field-trip opportunities
Ability to move at the speed that the student needs in each subject
“School work” can be finished in much less time than a typical school day because of teacher/student ration, no wasted time on home-room, period changes etc.
Lack of being bound by age/grade level/ school district etc.
Not bound by the public school calendar for vacations etc
“School” can take place anywhere at any time.
Socializing and socialization (which are 2 different things BTW) takes place in the real world, vs. the segregated setting of public school.
Answer by Tyler
Well you are very wrong. I’m going to assume that you are in public school. First off, I have been home schooled for the past four years. If you are talking about how slow paced home schooled students are you might want to proof read and check your grammar. I have many friends that are my age or slightly older. I am going to be a sophomore this year so I think I know what I am talking about. I am a very normal person, and actually smarter than most of my public schooled friends. In the program I was in every day that your work was late would be another 10 points taken from the grade. I woke up around 6:30 to 7:00 AM. The only comfortable part of being home schooled was sitting in my bed. I have dealt with many people that I have nothing in common with. Also being home schooled gave me time to volunteer regularly at my local elementary school. I live in Florida and every year we have to take a timed test called the FCAT. Home schooled students would go to his or her zoned school to take the test. I always score a 4 or a 5, 5 being the highest. Home schooling has changed a lot from what it used to be. You are using stereotypes not reality.
Answer by Rosie
I totally agree with you. If you are home schooled then it is likely that the quality of teaching you receive is going to be of a lower standard than if you go to regular school. Aside from that, however, if you are home schooled you miss out on mixing with people of your own age and making proper Friends. I can’t think of anything more unnatural than being cooped up at home all day and evening, being taught by one of your parents and not mixing properly with people your own age. I think the social side of school is SO important, and you just don’t have that if you are home schooled.
Also, I reckon parents who want to home school their kids are just too scared of them growing up and making their way into the real world. On the whole, i genuinely think those kind of parents just want to wrap their kids in cotton wool and keep them young for ever.
Don’t listen to people who tell you that you are wrong, they are probably freaky home schooled kids themselves or parents who are trying to convince themselves that it’s ok to home school their children.
Answer by Mom
First, that is some scary grammar, pal.
Second, if public school were like the real world, then you could simply quit a bad public school, and find a good one. Which we all know is not the case.
Third, You are legally compelled to be physically present. There are no other real world situations like that. Other than, jail. Which holds many parallels to public school.
Fourth, my kids have many friends, through scouting, sports, homeschool classes and co ops, youth group, and volunteer work. Have you LOOKED at some of the freaks that are churned out by public school? If that’s what you call normal…you can keep it!
Fifth, I don’t want my kids to mindlessly follow the crowd. I want them to form their own opinions. You say that as if it were a good thing. It isn’t.
This question is, actually, an epic fail.
Answer by hsfromthestart
Public school is not like the real world at all.
In the “real world”, people are not segregated by age. They are not forced to ask permission to go to the bathroom or get a drink. They are allowed breaks during the day, including enough time to actually eat lunch. In the real world, people run errands and do things besides being stuck at a desk all day. They are not forced to stay in a particular job even if they are being bullied, harrassed or mistreated. They can choose to change jobs or to find a different type of job that better fits their skills. So your analogy is a poor one.
Homeschooled children meet people of all ages and learn to deal with them. They learn at their pace and learn the basics well enough to have a chance of doing well in more advanced studies–as opposed to the public school children who are rushed along and then end up unable to compete in college, having to take lots of remedial classes before they can even start a degree-seeking program.
Answer by Rachel B
did you come up with that all by your self?
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