DRAFT! Jaqualin S Wattimena/2013-36-044 Do Homeschool Provide Students With Enough Opportunities To Be More Socializing? Homeschooling is a one of a system of education or learning which is conducted at students’s home that becomes an interesting topic in the society. Parents have options when making decisions regarding their children’s education. Nowadays, manny parents choose homeschooling for their children beside public school, because they feel that most of learning atmosphere at public school does not prioritize the student need.
Homeschooling has some good benefits but I’m not sold on the fact that your mother and father are your primary teacher, you need people who has enough knowledge about the subject to be able to break it down and give you good examples. Homeschooling has been around for a long period of time. People wanted their kids to be homeschooled for a number of reasons. They felt like their kids was just part of a system and that their kids was missing out on a real education. In the 1970s John Holt, “began arguing that formal schools’ focus on rote learning created an oppressive classroom environment designed to make children compliant employees (J. Gary Knowles, Stacey E. Marlow, & James A. Muchmore, 2015).” It’s ok to be a compliant employee but people want the best for the kids and the only way for that is for your kid to be the boss.
The reasons that parents choose to homeschool their children vary. The most common are social, academic and family. Homeschooling parents believe that they can provide a better education for their child from the home. This eliminates many of the disadvantages that come with public schooling such as negative peer pressure, wasted time, and less individual attention. By homeschooling, parents are able to teach their children the academic and life skills that they wish to develop in their child.
Homeschooling is an educational option that permits parents to teach their children at home rather than sending them to public schools. It is believed that "homeschooled children now number 1.2 million in the United States and the number is steadily growing" (Farris, 1997, p. 4). Ray (cited in Mirochinck & McIntyre, 1991). Some Parents believe that sending their children to public schools in which qualified teachers are responsible for educating them is beneficial .However, other parents believe that it is better for their children to be educated at home by people who know their needs. In this paper, I intend to argue with homeschooling.
Home schooling vs. Public Schooling Constant debate exists over whether or not homeschooling works and, if it does work, how it compares to public school. More parents should consider homeschooling their children rather than sending them to public school because of family values, religious views, refined social skills, and higher educational opportunities. With social and academic activities consuming time and the intense pressures to excel in social cliques being reason for the downgrading of family relationships, public school presents an obstacle for family relationships. In reality, the best way to get along with family is being with them for a substantial amount of time. With more spare and flexible time and family focus, homeschooling supplies bright rewards in this area, are the beliefs of authors Amy and Frank Vahid.
These questions are concerns of parents, educators, and politicians alike. The future of America rests on the academic and social education of our youth, and home school education should be considered as an effective alternative to public school education. In the past, parents mainly chose to educate their children at home because of religious preference. These parents viewed the public school system as a source of negative influence on children. Violence, sex, drugs, and peer pressure were influences these parents sought to avoid.
If parents want to protect their children from diverse things in the world, in that case they should be capable to. In addition, I concur with that how home schooling parents are so dedicated to their children having an excellent education. I agree with the author stated that home schooling seems to be “Wonderful if people think about education as a consumption tool”. My position of the commentary is that I concur with what the author declared in the entire article. I believe parents that home school their children are significantly worried about how their children obtain their education, and that they would do anything for there child to have an excellent education.
Home-schooling a child could be a very good decision if a child had special needs. Teaching them at home would enable the parents to monitor the development of the child and make sure they don't fall behind and are completely ready to move on to the next level of learning, where they might fall behind in a public learning institution. The parent(s) could offer the child extremely individualized attention that is much harder to find in a public school with large numbers of students, many who also have special needs. Home schooling is also a good choice for family?s who want to truly have control over what their children are taught. Possibly more religious families would want to make sure that in addition to the subjects they have to teach by law, that they teach their children about religion and other things they find important.
Many parents opt to educate at home, whether it be for religious purposes or because they are pursuing the philosophy of child-led learning. Whatever the reason for home schooling, it has become a predominant form of education in society today (Lines, 1995). Society inflicts many stereotypes upon those who “go against the norm.” Children who are home-schooled are seen as shy, passive, introverted people who do not get along well in society. It is believed that parents of home-schooled children are protecting their chil... ... middle of paper ... ...ooled peers. Bibliography Aiex, N. (1994).
Homeschooling is a progressive movement around the world, in which parents choose to educate their children at home instead of sending them to a traditional public or private school. It is great for children who love spending time at home and interested in learning and listening to their parents. Homeschooling was taken for the reasons that parents want to control over their children, and are concerned for their children’s safety. They believe home provides a safer learning environment. Many parents believe that their children will achieve better academic success by being homeschooled.