The Disadvantages Of Homeschooling

Home schooling is another way that children can achieve an education in a smaller and more relaxed learning environment. It also allows children to go at their own pace and have more time to get their work done. Home schooling can be a better way for kids to get their education especially if the child has a problem with being around other kids or being away from home. Home schooling allows children to learn at home in familiar surroundings, which can have a positive effect on kids if they have trouble adjusting to a classroom and being around other kids. Being at home, doing school work also allows kids to work in a stress free environment by means of getting one-on-one attention if they are having difficulty understanding or solving a problem.

Homeschooling a child can drastically affect their lives in the future, and put them in a clouded state of mind for seeing what the world is. Schooling your child from home will hold them back from learning a wide variety of basic skills that can be easily provided in public or private school systems. Although some see homeschooling as a good way to shelter their children from the world they view as harsh, it is not giving them any chance to gain common social skills. Social skills cannot be taught to a child, they are something the child must learn from interaction with his or her peers. Furthermore, homeschool teachers are not required the level of training and experience that a teacher at a public school are required (Hudak). Diversity is something widely portrayed in school systems; however, homeschooling doesn't allow students to bear witness to the diverse nature found in school systems.

Though there are a lot of benefits and advantages to being home schooled, there are also many disadvantages. Home schooling takes a lot of time to plan, and it can be hard on the parents to balance schooling with other home duties. Though home schooling allows parents to pick the time that the schooling will take place, it is a full-time job for one parent. One major disadvantage of home schooling is that it requires the parents to pay for everything with their own finances, this can cause financial pressure on the family. Only one parent would be able to have a full time job and they will have to pay for books and other reading material with their own money. Even if they choose to have a teacher come into their home to do the schooling, it would still require them to pay him/her for their services.

Who's to say kids are really that different being homeschooled? “Homeschooled students tend to have higher college GPAs than other students” (Source D). Learning on your own free time will make you more interested in the subject at hand and be able to comprehend it easily. “Several studies found no significant difference or social skills of home schooled and non-homeschooled students” (Source E). Being homeschooled you have a more adventurous imagination. You run on your own time being able to make room for things you can't when being on a tight public school schedule like vacations or professional sports/ careers.

Before presenting both the positive and the negative aspects of homeschooling it is worth mentioning that the deciding factor for parents choosing to homeschool as opposed to public schooling generally falls into a biased opinion of public schooling. As mentioned in an NPR radio interview, “the number one reason parents give is the desire to provide religious or moral instruction and that the second most popular reason, closely followed behind, was a concern about the school environment” Martin, M. (2013). These type of reasoning for home schooling presents some valid question, such as, who determines what the best approach or the best form of education? Is the quality of education

Many public schools risk the safety of students. The Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics show that in “2012, there were about 749,200 violent assaults on students.” In the 2011-2012 academic year, there was a record of “209,800 public school teachers who reported being physically attacked by a student.” World wide, an average of 1,175 teachers and staff were physically attacked each day of that school year. Every year, about “10 percent of primary- and secondary-school teachers are threatened with bodily harm.” With these positive statistics, I would not know why a parent would second guess their choice of enrolling their children in public school.

Homeschooling, down to its essence, is just school done in the comfort of your home. Compared to regular schooling, there is far more interaction and one on one time with the teacher, and more dedication on the homeschooled and the homeschooled alone. This is great for those who cannot learn with others, be it that they cannot keep up with the rest of the group or they simply cannot focus on what is going on with a number of others doing the same.

Rachel Gathercole, the author of The Well-Adjusted Child: The Social Benefits of Homeschooling says “Whatever the teaching methods used in school or homeschool, it is ultimately the social environment itself that distinguishes homeschooling from conventional school.” When it comes to being socialized there is a difference between being homeschooled and being a homeschooler. A homeschooler is the image that society has planted in many people’s minds to be an anti-social, long skirt wearing, and religious children. But, being homeschooled is simply a child that is doing school at home. While doing school at home students are being challenged in social norms, they have more time for extra curricular activities, most are learning skills that are not being taught in a regular classroom setting, it has been found by Rockney Randall, author of The Home Schooling Debate: Why Some Parents Choose It, Others Oppose It gathered, “When speaking to a student that has grown up in a household that participates in the homeschool traditions I found that 9 times out of 10 the homeschooled student makes better eye contact, uses better grammar when speaking, and can carry a better conversation.”

Homeschooling is not as recent as some people think it to be. In fact, it has a long history and has advocates behind it such as the famous

Nowadays homeschooling is an activity that have become more popular in United States. In homeschooling parents teach many subjects at home, instead of taking their children to the traditional classrooms with more children. In my point of view I have two reasons to be against homeschool children; these two reasons are the next:

Although some people believe that homeschooled is not a good ideal I feel that homeschooling is a good way for kids to start school. Some people believe that homeschooling is not a good way for their kids to learn or to start school because some children can be isolated, also Reduced income generally one parent has to give up work, full responsibility for child 's education it is totally up to the parents to make it work and also because children need to juggle different age groups.

Homeschoolers are missing out on the social part of education. I, as a student, enjoyed the switch to public school solely because the number of friendships I formed with classmates increased rapidly. Homeschooling a kid can take away from memories that are so valuable to him or her growing up. More importantly, Homeschooling can be expensive for parents. Not just money but time too. The cost of books and curriculum all come from the parents wallet. For parents, having a full time job can make the challenging task of homeschooling essentially impossible. To make the process that much harder, parents have to deal with constant interrogation as to why they are homeschooling. “Studies suggest that families have to justify it to family members, repeatedly.” (English, Rebecca).

Over 1.77 million students in 2012 were enrolled in homeschooling, which 3.4 of all students in the United States of America (Time 4 Learning, 2017)! Homeschooling is another alternative for students to learn. Here students are educated at home. It benefits students by making them more independent and work better alone (Spooner, 2016). It also has downsides by making the student less social and isolating the student (Spooner, 2016). This paper will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of homeschooling. The purpose of this paper is to teach parents and students about homeschooling and to see if it is a good choice for them or their child. This research is important because it will show the truth and the pros and cons of homeschooling. This choice is important and will decide the future of the student’s learning dramatically.

Home-schooling is an alternative to public schooling where the student is taught at home instead of in a classroom. Parents have the freedom in most cases to decide what curriculum their children studies. Many parents choose to home-school for religious independence or to protect them from the public school’s lack of programs and funding. It is an option that is legal to anyone in the US with very few law restriction, in most states, and no educational background necessary from the parents. If the child is not enrolled in a special home-schooling program regulated by the state there is no funding from the state for home-schooled students and in most cases funded by the parents. There are many resources, programs and groups available to home-schooling parents. Home-schooling parents have the option to build a schedule that fits their lifestyle and adds more

Homeschooling is one pathway of education that effectively teachers each student based on their individual needs. At home there is one student, and one