What is your opinion on homeschooling?
My opinion is that homeschooling is the right choice for some people and mainstream choices are right for others. That said: Maria, it's not smart to base you opinion of an entire approach to education off of one or two cases. Everyone else: - Homeschoolers are not all conservative or religious. - Not all homeschoolers are doing it because they want to shield their children from something in the wider world. - Related to the second point, public schooling is not a way to guarantee that children won't inherit their parents' views or that children will in fact be exposed to different viewpoints. - Homeschooling does not mean locking your child in the house and never letting him or her outside, never participating in social activities, etc. Homeschooled children socialize well. - Just because a public school offers clubs or other activities doesn't mean that all of the students participate in any school-based activities. This is, of course, assuming that the school even offers activities or offers activities that appeal to a wide range of students.
Honest opinions on Homeschooling?
Thanks to all of you for your opinion, except smarty pants Elmer :) LOL I feel they are in the real world every day and the class room is the synthetic personally ... the whole world changes after high school, doesn't anyone remember that? I feel they will be more prepared as the deal with the real world and real people and real life everyday more so not less so... and I am certain they will be MORE educated not less... my main concern is their well being, and we are VERY open minded people who run a thriving business and online biz also, the see us interact with people daily ... all sorts of problems, delimas ... We chose to homeschool because we didn't approve of the policy's of the school and her 1st grade teacher was a rude natzi who had no business teaching kids, so we pulled her after 3 days and set up homeschool... Kids her age are already worrying about the clothes they wear and fitting in and approval, and they are unable to be themselves... my daughter is 7!
Expert opinions on homeschooling?
Hello Visual, Home Schooling: Not the Better Option Many have argued that homeschooling is the better option when raising children, yet evidence has proven it's not. Homeschooling takes a toll on a family's finances, a child's social skills, and overall children are not getting a well rounded education like they would receive in public schools. In an average home where the matriarch would make forty thousand to sixty thousand dollars a year, they loose about one million dollars in twenty years. To homeschool one child it costs on average two thousand, five hundred dollars. Because a family chooses to homeschool their children it can cost around forty-two thousand, five hundred dollars per year minimum. Public schools spend on average eight thousand dollars per student, when homeschooled student's parents on average spend two thousand, five hundred dollars on them. There is an obvious financial difference between the public school systems and the homeschooling families. Another problem that has arisen with homeschooled children is the level of their social skills. Recent studies have shone that students in public schools have a higher level of social skills when interacting with different people. Homeschooled children are exposed to a definite lower number of people than children in the public school systems. The children who are in the homeschooled environment are not exposed to many authoritative figures such as numerous teachers, principals, etc. Because they are not exposed to these figures, they have a less respect for authority in the future. One of the popular reasons why parents homeschool their children is that they don't want them exposed to the secular world. If their children are not exposed to the secular world while in elementary through high school, what are they going to do when they go to college? It is going to be one rude awakening for these children. Read more info here: http://www.oppapers.com/essays/Homeschooling-Not-Better-Choice/97365
What are your opinions on homeschooling vs public school for a gifted child? We cannot afford private school and I am worried public school won't be challenging enough.
Several years ago, I advised a family on this very issue. When I looked into alternatives, I found that their county had a public charter school at the county seat that only required one day of attendance per week for special subjects and enrichment/socialization activities. The rest of the week, the child was home schooled at his level. It worked out very well for them. The boy loves school and is skipping grades as needed.Advantages of charter schools is that they help guide parents in offering their child appropriate, state-approved curriculum, give the child an official attendance record, and provide the child with opportunities to interact with peers.Regular public schools are educational factories - assembly lines. But very bright kids don’t fit the standardized widget model. They get bored, antsy, and fidget. Too many teachers don’t know what to do with them, so they over-discipline the child’s fidgets, and can crush the child’s spirits. This problem could be alleviated if you absolutely insist on your child only having teachers with 20 years of experience or more. Such teachers have usually figured out how to adroitly handle individual differences.Another possibility is to apply for the GATE program right off. Depending on state and local implementation policies, the federally funded GATE program can help gifted children through day-time pull-outs, after school enrichment programs, and/or special schools just for gifted kids.So you need to look into what your public school system offers. Good luck!
In your opinion, is homeschooling a viable option if you don’t like public school?
Definitely! It’s going to require dedicated work and careful though on the part of the parents, but there’s no reason to think that home education can’t be not just as good, but significantly better than public education.You’ll probably be able to find studies trying to examine test scores among homeschooled students, and while there are certainly concerns with selection bias among those studies (which could occur because standardized tests are not mandatory among homeschooled students, thus only the most academically inclined take them), even attempts to erase that bias leave homeschoolers significantly in the lead.The best part is that homeschooling achieves that without “teaching to the test,” as is often done in public schools. What I’ve observed is that by ignoring testing and focusing on tailoring education to the student, homeschooling gets the best of both worlds.It takes work, but I’m delighted that my parents chose to embrace that work for me and my siblings, and wholeheartedly endorse it as a viable option for others.
What are some good opinion articles against homeschooling?
Okay. Time for some anthropology among the haters. Let me think.The NEA hates homeschoolers. That's because we are on their "turf."NEA stands firm on homeschool regs - Illinois ReviewJohn Dewey. Listen to this: "Dewey continually argues that education and learning are social and interactive processes, and thus the school itself is a social institution through which social reform can and should take place." John Dewey