...Homeschooling Homeschooling What was your fondest memory of being in high school? Seeing all your friends, participating in extracurricular activities, or reflecting on being mentored by professionals in education? Homeschooling has long been the center of much controversy, and is certainly not anything new. Homeschooling has been around for centuries, and with the wide range of regulations, or lack thereof in certain states, it can be difficult to define or measure success in homeschooled children. We often hear of how successful homeschooled children have gone on to in college, and how the majority of homeschooled children are governed by certain beliefs and values. These beliefs and values are sometimes said to make homeschooled children “better”. But how can we definitively say public education is worse than homeschooling, simply based on claims by those who were homeschooled? In my paper, I will argue how homeschooling is in an ineffective method of educating our children. Homeschooling undermines the public good because of the lack of socialization, undermining education professionals and the system we have in place, and the lack of consistency and regulation. Homeschooled students are often said to do better in national achievement tests, and many studies would agree. However many homeschooled students miss out on many opportunities that may not be afforded to them through experiences at home. The majority of high school athletic programs and other extracurricular...
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...Does Home Schooling Prepare A Child For College? The Advantages of Home Schooling Fredalene B. Vigil National American University Author Note English Composition II Professor Lorrinda Kahn November 23, 2014 Abstract Some people have misconceptions about the benefits of homeschooling. Some believe that home schooling does not prepare a child socially, emotionally or academically for college. They believe that home schooling has a negative effect on their social well-being for their future. Studies show that children who are home schooled have great social skills due to the fact that they interact with a wider group of people rather than the same children in a classroom on a daily basis. Homeschoolers are able to associate with groups of children who have similar interests and values. Some also believe that the quality of education does not prepare a child academically to be successful in college. Test scores on the college admission exams such as the SAT and ACT have shown that homeschoolers consistently perform above the national level. Home schooled children display qualities such as the ability to work independently and exhibit strong leadership skills. Does Home Schooling Prepare Children For College? The Advantages of Home Schooling There are several misconceptions and myths about home schooled children...
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...The public school system was often the first place parents considered to educate their children, more than 90 percent of Americans attended public school in some form or fashion. In recent years homeschooling is becoming a preferred method of education parents are choosing for their children. Bullying, teasing, peer-pressure and peer-influence are some contributing factors along with other issues such as, seemingly better educational opportunities, and a parent controlled environment, which have persuaded parents towards homeschooling instead of public education. Oftentimes in an attempt to disqualify homeschooling as a proper source of educating, issues such as inadequate socialization may be breached, claiming that homeschooling may not be a viable alternative to the traditional school system but is this claim valid? Although homeschooling provides some socialization setbacks which can minutely hinder social development, the academic prosperity achieved through homeschooling far outweigh any socialization issue. The Public school system offers an array of changing environments, from the type of school setting such as elementary, junior and high school. These changes extend inside the classroom as well with a mass or diversity in students and faculty. Most classroom are filled to capacity which can be a negative in terms of teacher to student interaction, most instructors use and promote a collaborative form or teaching to increase their ability to reach every...
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...Homeschooling is Not Effective Many families in the United States have decided to homeschool their children rather than send them to their local public school. They fear that public schools will have a negative effect on their children’s education due to alcohol, drugs and the lack of focus. However, how does homeschooling affect children? Homeschooling is not an effective option because homeschooled children are isolated and poorly socialized, not educated properly, and are at high risk for child abuse. There is strong evidence to support that homeschooled students are isolated and are poorly socialized. Margaret Boyce (2010) who offers her own opinions about homeschooling in the Holland Sentinel, a Michigan newspaper, says that parents of homeschooled children speak very highly of the imaginations developed by their “lonely child”. They are always around adults, and they have little opportunity to develop friendships with children their own age. Homeschooled children never have the chance to have spirit for their school. There is more to school than learning; there is summer break and weekends. Michael Haverluck (2010), who is a writer and reporter for the Christian Broadcasting Network, says that ninety-two percent of public school superintendents believe homeschooled children are emotionally unstable, and deprived of proper social skills. Homeschooled students are poorly socialized, and need to interact with people of their own age. In addition, homeschooled children...
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...Homeschooling is the education of children at home, typically by parents. There are a lot of reasons for homeschooling such as health problems (diseases or disabilities), distance to school, religious and family reasons, individual approach to advanced or slow children. Homeschooling is a very controversial issue and has a lot of advantages and disadvantages. Major advantage of homeschooling is a possibility of studying for children who can’t go to a regular school due to their health problems. And even if a child is healthy he still can catch a disease in a room full of other children. The individualized attention is another advantage of homeschooling. A parent can explain school subjects in a way that is the best for a child. Some children need more practice while others need more visual aids. Besides only a parent can know for sure what schedule is the best for his child, the speed of the explanation, the amount of studying material and other niceties. At home parents can protect their children from bad influence, unhealthy food in school canteens and unnecessary school activities. The possibility of learning different subjects and not being limited to a school curriculum can mark a child out of many others as he can learn a unique language or a specific science which can be a great help in future. While there are a lot of advantages of homeschooling, there certainly are some negative moments in it. The biggest disadvantage of homeschooling is a lack of social...
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...Homeschooling and its effects Garrett Q Braaf COM 323 Persuasion & Argumentation (BCF1602A) Instructor: Rebecca DiVerniero February 2016 The education of our children is an extremely important responsibility to take and I will easily argue that with the option of homeschooling, you are able to maximize your child’s learning experience for a number of reasons in which I will go over in this paper. Firstly, it is the best opportunity for students to learn, think, and act independently. Kids that don’t have to operate under a schedule and social pressure that is part of an institutional education naturally become independent thinkers that don’t make decisions based on what is expected by a social group or organization. In addition, learning also naturally becomes an integral part of a child’s life as opposed to being mentally programed into believing that learning ONLY takes place at one particular place, but in everything that you do no matter the location. It is basically centered on the kids as individuals and this allows it to be easier to customize his or her capabilities and personality. If a child happens to excel in a particular category, their education in that area can easily be accelerated. If they are struggling, as much time as necessary can be taken to assure that the student has a better understanding BEFORE moving forward and being left behind by a teacher that is on a time schedule to be on a...
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...Have you ever sat back and thought of all the advantages homeschooling has to offer? Although homeschooling seems like it would not be a smart decision to make, it actually pays off. Children are able to wake up in the morning and go to class without having to rush or even ride a bus. How would children like to learn in diverse environments, not just in small classrooms? Being homeschooled, children are around better access to different types of knowledge and decisions rather than being in public school. Children who are homeschooled achieve many things, whereas students in the public school systems often do not. Most home-schooled children learn how to be independent by having to receive their education by themselves, unlike those in public school. Statistics prove that children being homeschooled are known to test better and are actually socially interactive. Homeschooling is a better alternative because children who are homeschooled have been shown to have better test scores and have awesome social skills. People all over the United States have heard of homeschooling. Homeschooling is becoming increasingly popular with more students being enrolled every day. Most parents would rather teach their children instead of allowing them to attend public schools. Children who are homeschooled have the same success as would a public schooling. In 1997, thirteen year-old Rebecca Sealfon was the first home schooled student to win the National Spelling Bee. Moreover, in 2000, George Thampy...
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...Homeschooling: The Pencil May Not be as Sharp as You Think Some people have many opinions when the topic of education is brought up. Education is a great asset for the children of this country. It allows the intellects to grow even more and the average students to have the chance to further their personal education. Believe it or not, education is the key to a wonderful and successful society. It’s what drives this country to strive to be the best it can be. Upon the numerous topics of education, homeschooling is an important subject of the matter. It is also a very delicate subject to discuss because many people have a lot of experiences that touch close to home. Whether or not to homeschool is one of the major discussions that can bring people to a heated conversation if handled by the correct people. The way to go about a discussion like that is to be well-educated. It would not be a very smart idea to have a discussion on homeschooling with ignorant people who only have opinions. Those opinions must be backed by some type of factual information. Research is the key to a successful informative research topic such as education. Homeschooling can be a great way to escape from the local school systems. But when it comes down to it, homeschooling a child is not the best way to go about things. Homeschooling seems to be an all good around idea for anyone, but it can in fact do more harm than good such as depriving a child from a well-around social life, causing uproars...
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...Homeschooling: Understanding choices of education. Amanda Shaffran Communication 220 Terri Shurtleff October 31, 2010 During his first major speech on education, President Obama said, “The future belongs to the nation that best educates its citizens” (Aasen, 2010, p.4). Education makes most people think of public schools and the structure of schools. The complaints of public schools or “traditional” schools are under- funded, overcrowded, unchallenging curriculum, and student peer pressure. Traditional schools also work in a fixed time slots and do not leave enough time for parents and children to have enough time together. Along with traditional schools being in a fix time, the curriculum is in set times, therefore, parents have turn to alternative education. Fixing the problems of educating children, the place of education is somewhere to start. For example, private schools that can be expensive with cost being around $400 per child, charter schools that basic curriculum is in the form of public schools but under no guidelines and accountability to the state, or homeschooling that has been taught for centuries in an environment based on student success. Homeschooling provides a better education than traditional school...
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...common? Serena/Venus Williams, Alex Haley, Agatha Christie and four judges on the United States Supreme Court---they have been homeschooled. The National Home Education Research Institute is an organization who does research in homeschooling. A according to the research between 2007 and 2008 there were 2 million children in homeschool. It is said that the growth in homeschooling is at the rate of 5-12 percent annually, of those numbers 15 percent are nonwhite. It is also reported that homeschoolers have a higher standardized test scores by at least 25-30 percent compare to their peers. The fact that homeschooler do so well has nothing to do with parents of level of education, teacher certification, amount of money, level of government oversight, gender, or race. Public education has raised a few eyebrows on where and what kind of environment a parent is sending their children. It is a case of concern when the first thing that our children are greeted with going to school is a metal detector. Although most parents send their children to public education, homeschooling maybe an alternative for children who need more attention. Needing more attention could be medical issues, or a student who is having a hard time keeping up with the class, this is where homeschooling may be a better fit for the child. Children health could be a factor in deciding whether a child should go to public or be home schooled. Public school nurse have many issues to deal with and it can be something as...
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...can hardly see that any other earthly material can exceed the value that an education has to a person. However, the intensity of arguments revolve around the choice on specifically how a person should get an education and how effective that method can provide the student with the necessary experience to succeed in life. The strongly selected methods are between home school, and public school. Homeschooling was part of American culture during colonial times. It was the only method of education at the time and it was deemed credible, but as the efficiency of teaching students in a mass setting improved, public school began to become more favored, and homeschooling was neglected. It was not until “the 1970s and 1980s, [that] homeschooling gradually became a popular method of instruction,” and “the National Home Education Research Institute estimated that between 1.9 million and 2.4 million children were educated at home during the 2005-2006 school year” (Lips, Feinberg). This sudden change in the settled status quo brought up turmoil between the stated groups. Advocates of homeschooling, of which include various religious people, and some parents that have degrees believe that that education system is failing. Thus students are no longer being provided with a proper education, and that the risks of public schooling would not only...
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...their own distinctive pros and cons. Firstly, we will see from the point of similarity. Either homeschooling or public school has no right to produce their own curriculum. As we may know, the curriculum on public school has been provided by the government from kindergarten to senior high...
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...Cassie Jian Davis Honors English – 7th 30 April 2010 The Pros and…Well, More Pros of Homeschooling The pros and cons of homeschooling a child have long been debated by the leading experts and specialists. In the eyes of many, growing up and learning in a private, secluded environment is socially and academically unfavorable for children. Since the practice first started, questions have always been asked: does it really help at all? The answer to that question is yes. With the number of homeschooled children increasing every year, it’s obvious that being raised in and exposed to the homeschooled environment gives children many advantages over those that are public schooled. Making friends and meeting new people has always been a necessity in life; interacting with others is vital to being able to survive. Homeschooled children are stereotyped to be secluded from other children; critics argue that a homeschooled child will not be able to function properly in society if they are not exposed to other children early on (Jenkins). They are assumed to be socially awkward, and therefore deemed not able to function as well as children that have been public-schooled. Linda Dobson, author of many books centered on the topic of homeschooling, says that many confuse “socializing [-] talking and playing with other kids,” and “socialization [-] learning the proper rules of behavior for a culture” (Dobson 79). Neither of these matters are required to take place at a school environment...
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...Homeschooling: Harmful or helpful? Homeschooling is the education of children at home, typically by parents rather than in a public/private school setting. Unbeknownst to some, Homeschooling has been around for hundreds of years. It was the primary source of education before the 19th century and is becoming one of the fastest rising segments of K-12 education today. In many places, homeschooling is another option for parents who yearn to offer their children a different learning environment than public or private schools. Homeschooling can offer a more specialized education along with better opportunities for children that are better suited for an individual situation. The progress and achievement of the homeschooling movement validates that something is working. Many parents, teachers, schools, and political figures are highly against Homeschooling. This is a very controversial subject that has everyone talking. Does it work? Is it hurting our children or helping them? Answers to these questions can be identified by stating facts and statistics that will open your eyes to the world of homeschooling. Families are different now than they were hundreds of years ago. Education is becoming more important especially if you want a good job later in life that you can retire from. More and more people are graduating and attending college. Who ever thought there would be numerous types of teaching to pick from? Is it actually a parent’s right to choose what type of education...
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...Legal status of homeschooling: Homeschooling is legal in the Philippines. The Philippines Constitution, Article XIV, Section 1(2) states that the country will “Establish and maintain a system of free public education in the elementary and high school levels. Without limiting the natural right of parents to rear their children…” Under the last phrase, “Without limiting the natural right of parents to rear their children,” religious groups, mission boards, and families can branch off from public education to create their own private education. However, the Constitution also provides under Section 4 (1) that “the State recognizes the complementary roles of public and private institutions in the education system and shall exercise reasonable supervision and regulation of all education institutions.” Further, the Department of Education (DepEd) Memo no. 216 s. 1997 entitled “Home Education Program” states that if a homeschooled student wants to transfer into a conventional school, he or she must first be accredited by the DepEd.Estimated number of homeschool students: 4000 Contact Information | TMA Homeschool POC: Edric Mendoza Contact via email 3rd Floor. St. Francis Sq. Bank Dr. cor. Julia Vargas Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City 1550 PhilippinesHAPI - Homeschool Association of the Philippines IslandsLast Updated: July 6, 2012 | Homeschooling as an alternative to sending kids to school – Mainstream education in the Philippines has been around for more than a hundred years. The...
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