Short Essay On Homeschooling

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HomeschoolingLike every other topic being discussed in the society there are two opinions on the topic of homeschooling. Homeschooling to some people is better than the regular schooling system but one the other hand some people believe that this is way becomes costly also depriving theirchildren from the social life. I too believe that going to school is better than homeschooling forso many reasons. Certain people always come up with the question that what of education is homeschooling. Homeschooling is when children learn to read and write outside the traditional school premises with their parents being the supervisor. The parents choose to teach their children on their own instead of

Human beings are basically lethargic by nature. They need some kind of motivation or routine to stay active. This applies in the case of children as well. (Clark, Charles S) A lot of attention and are is required by the children, especially the young children, to make them stick to the active routine. This is especially challenging for the stay at homes. It is difficult beyond their imagination to manage this thing. However, on the other end schools can easily manage this. They have certain time period for each of the subjects. Their timings are defined beforehand so the students know they have to get up at this time and come back at the particular time. This entire pre-defined schedule makes the routine of the children in a flow making their minds active. Homeschooling offers no such extracurricular activities which can beneficial for the socialcharacters of the children. In homeschooling they have the same home routine with the same people and same playing environment. (Hill, Paul T.) However, in comparison schools have so much more to offer. Many public schools offer sports and elective options like art and music – these programs are hardly available to homeschool students. Also, the availability of these programs makes the children develop skills and they become confident enough to embrace anykind of change they are going to adopt in their life. Interacting with different people makes their ability to interact better with the passage of time. Children while studying in the schools get to know what it is actually to be like independent. Homeschooling makes them independent at certain extent. Somehow they are dependent on their parents on many things but in schools they have to manage their classes, their schedule, their lunch routine and their bus route every