What do you think of home-schooling?
Which do you think is better, home-schooling or public schools? Why do you think so?
Why do you think more parents today are choosing to home-school their children?
Do you think there's any stigma attached to kids who are home-schooled?
Would you home-school your own kids? Why or why not?
Melinda Griffith (9:00)
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home-schooling is okay in my mind as long as the person doing the home-schooling does it correctly. they need to make sure their kids (whoever they are home schooling) are getting out in the community and developing good social skills. i grew up in an area with a church that alot of its members would home-school their children, and i know they didn't develop the social skills you get from interacting with different people everyday like you would at school. i noticed that they weren't as outgoing towards new people and always seemed to either stay with their families or the other kids in the church, which is fine to a certain extent but they need to go out and meet new people. i think that public schools are better for the social aspect but sometimes that can get you in trouble that you might not get into if you were home-schooled, but that's a chance people take. because of that reason i think more parents are home-schooling their kids, they are being over protective and not wanting anything to happen to their kids, but they need those life experiences. i personally would not home-school my kids because i loved going to school and meeting new people and i want my kids to have the same opportunities with that and also with sports and other extra cirricular activities that go along with being in school. home-schooling is a choice that the parent and child should make, if they are home-schooled as younger children they should get the choice if they want to continue being home-schooled or to go into a public school.
kaleen bittner
1. I think home school fine and that it should be a choice if you want to go to public school or not.
2.Public school, because you interact with other kids and get to learning can be fun when done in groups instead of by yourself.
3. I believe today parents or choicing home school due to all the things going on in the world, And especially with all the school shootings and violence you hear about in the school.
4. No, every kid is different and learn in differnt ways. It doesnt make anyone different, others may just need one on one.
5. It would depend on the situation if my child was having a problem in school, maybe the inviroment, were in danger, he/she learns better, etc. there could be thousands of reasons.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 9:19:00 AM
nicole osby
I don't really think that home schooling is the way to go. I understand that many parents home school their children because the child has problems with teachers or fellow students. Although some children have trouble in school, home schooling is just the easy way out. I had a friend in high school that was home schooled up until high school and she had a lot of trouble adjusting to the social part of school. I know we go to school for the education but the social part of school has a big affect on us as well. It helps get us ready for the outside world and shows us how to work well with others. You may learn about that stuff in home schooling but you cannot fully understand it until you have experienced it.
My view on home school is that it is okay. In my opinion public school is way better than home school. I like public school better, because in public school many students get the opportunity to meet different people and explore different opportunities. With home school, many students are secluded and don’t get the chance to meet different kinds of people. In public school there are extra curricular activities and a wide range of academic help since there are more students. With home school there are no extra curricular activities and only your parents for teachers. Text books in home school are often different from public school textbooks. Textbooks in home school often aren’t teaching the same curriculum as public school so home school students might be missing out on having an equal education as public school students. More parents I think are choosing home school, because of school violence in public school. Many parents want their child to have a one on one experience, so they get a better understanding of the concepts taught. I know a child who is being home schooled as we speak and he is very social and interactive. I don’t think that my home schooled children have stigma. No I would not want my own children to be homeschooled, because I want them to have the opportunity to experience different things and meet all kind s of people.
Hillary Fears
I think home schooling is for independent people, the ones who dont socialize with others well. I truely believe it is a horrible idea. If you are home schooled you miss out on many opportunities such as devoloping relationships, understanding other cultures, and self discipline. Its a few reasons that parents are having their children home schooled. The most obvious reason is that school violence has risen tremendously. And therefore parents are scared for their kids well being. All so teachers seem to be having more sexual contact with students now a days, it seems everyday its a new case on TV about this. One more reason, that probably has declinced over the years, is that prejudice parents dont want their kids in the presents of other races. Most home schooled kids to me seem to be the quiet type of person, or not mentally stable. Or they are highly gifted and their parents could better educate them than the public school teachers.
In some cases, I believe that home-school is best. Sometimes I wished my mom would have home-schooled me in my early years. I was never the brightest color in the box. My mom would do what she called "summer school". We would get up at 8 in the morning and worked til noon. This helped keep our math, reading, and science in our heads to stay ahead of the school year. My sister and I hated it, but we survived. For the most part it did work.
I think that both are equally the same. You are still learning about the same stuff, and usually more when you are home-schooled. It's just that you don't get the same atmosphere as public school kids. There is a family in my town (a very small town) that are home-schooled, and they do not talk to anyone their age. They all keep to themselves, and don't talk to any of us when we are taking a walk around town.
For kids that are home-schooled, I don't think there is any stigma. At least they wouldn't get bullied by the mean kids in public schools, but I don't think that their social skills would excel to the fullest.
I could home-school my children, but I would like them to go to public schools, so they can become social and be around kids their own age. I think that is better. I would do what my mom did and do the "summer school" and keep teaching them things to keep them stimulated.
Katelyn Watterson 9:00
I think that home-schooling is an old tradition that should be phased out. I think that public schools generally offer a better education, and offer other perks such as building social skills and giving parents some time off(read: daycare). I think parents are home-schooling their kids more because they are intimidated by public schools. I think they are trying to protect little Johnny from the bullies in school, and would rather have him stay at home. I think this is only going to hurt their child in the long run by not letting him learn to deal with his own problems. I would not homeschool my own kids.
I'm not sure how home-schooling works exactly, but I would hope there is some sort of aptitude test home-schooled children must take to show they are actually learning something.
Michael Endris(9:00)
When i was in 5th grade I wanted to be home schooled. I think that its a lot less stressful than public school although i had it pretty easy with only 50 kids in my class. After being through middle school, junior high and highschool I am very glad I went to school with classmates and teachers, its just not something you can get at home. Being homeschooled you might actually learn more book wise, but you cant learn the social skills or meet the people you can at school. Since i havent been home schooled I might be a little off, but I had a lot of good experiences at school that i believe you couldnt get at home.
Wesley Bierma 8:00
Homeschooling can be good and bad. I think if parents homeschool their children the children don't get enough social skills and interact with the outside world. Of course it can be good too; the child can learn in a stress free environment and at their own pace with one on one help. When I was homeschooled I felt I was deprived and I was missing what I was supposed to be enjoying the most, my teenage years. After I convinced my parents to let me go to public I got into some bad groups of people. But I think that was because I wasnt part of anything and wanted to experience everything. I think that parents homeschool nowadays because of all the violence and negative influence that is in the public school system today.
I would love to maybe think about homeschooling but it is a big job and a lot of work and I feel that I wouldnt be able to teach my kids all they need to know and that they need to experience for themselves to grow and have that interaction with others.
Elizabeth Moore (0900)
I think it takes someone thats both willing to take the extra time and are also very qualfied to be able to homeschool their children. Some parents that homeschool teach their children because they feel their children are being held back by other children that aren't as smart as their children. I know of someone that is homeschooling their children because they don't like some of the things that are taught at schools. This person in my opinion is not qualified to teach their children. I also believe children that are homeschooled miss out on alot by not being in school with other children their own age. The social aspect alone is enough to make homeschooling no worthwhile. Some children thrive being taught by parents that are very qualfied. I wouldn't homeschool my children because I'm not qualified to teach something that teachers are.
I would not home school my kids. The reason I think people do is because they are over protective of their kids. Maybe they partied to hard and they don’t want their kids to. Or they are racist and don’t want their kids to grow up in the America that we live in. If I make the choice to have kids they will go to a privet school, but that is not one of your choices. So, they would go to a pubic school. Not wonting to have to teach my kids everything that is learned at school, and knowing I don’t have the time. I did not know more parents are choosing home schooling. What state is this happening in? Kids that are home schooled that little to no social skill, because they are never exposed to kids their age. This could turn the kids in to the “40 year old virgin,” and that’s not a good thing.
From Steve Gratkins (9:00 a.m.)
I don't see anything with wrong with home schooling, as long as the parents are educated or intelegent enough to teach. i've met a few parents that wanted to home school but didn't know basic math,history, and didn't like to read! In these kind of cases, home schooling would only lead to desater. If the parents are well off that they can have all of the nessaties and a true passoin to enhance their children's future, then home schooling would be better. One thing that a public school could offer that home school might not have, would be dervesty. Communication with many differnt peers of the same age but all sorts of backgrounds. Now with many fights or violent actives going around would be a main reason to keep away from pubic schools. Others reasons may include teachers that don't care or sick perverts lurking around, endangering safty. I' not really sure about any stigma towards home school children. I wouldn't home school my kids because of lack of resorces, other than that maybe i would.
Danny Wimmer 8:00 a.m.
I don't think that you should home school because it makes it harder for your child to develop social skills that are needed to lead successful lives. I would not home school my kids for this reason. I think that more parents are choosing to home school their kids because of school violence and corruption.
I think home-schooling is an okay thing to do. But I feel that having children attend public schools are better. When a child is home-schooled, then he or she doesn't get to experience much. It's almost as if they're being "sheltered". I know a girl that was home-schooled all through elementary and middle school. I remember her first day of high school as a freshman, and she started to freak out because she didn't know what to do, she even said she didn't have anyone she knew. I mean, I did the best I could telling her what the days will be like and show her around, but for the most part, I think it was the large amount of students. I wouldn't home-school my children. I'd want them to get the school life experience. However, if I felt that the public schools weren't safe, then I'd home-school my children.
I believe that homeschooling is alright if done correctly for kindergarden through 8th grade. But i believe that kids need to experience high school ... especially if they plan on going to college. I also believe that homeschooling is a bad thing because when around other people you don't know how to act or what to say because you have been around a limited amount of people. I could never imagin homeschooling because i would not have most of the friends I have today and most of life lessons I've learned through my years of school.
Justin Stout (1:00)
I think home school is okay is do. I wouldn't personally home school my kids because I want them to meet friends and interact with others like a normal child should and that's a part of growing up and having a child hood. It's okay I believe in some cases because the child has something wrong and the parents don't want to take the risk of sending the child to school and other kids pick and make fun of the child. I wouldn't want my child to go through that atop of the trouble they already have. If there's nothing wrong with the child and if the parent just wants to protect the child then that's a dumb reason just because the parent is over protective, they lose better educationally benefits and social skills with friends. In my opinion public schooling is the way to go back once the child is done with home school and they get put against the real world, they aren't going to know what to day and feel like a small fish in a big sea. It's not fair to the child to be behind like that off the bat.
Cesar (9:00)
I believe home-schooling could be a good thing. I would never want to home-school my children though because I feel every child needs to have interaction with others. Home-schooling and public schools are both a good thing. Home-schooling is good because you could get done with your work quicker than a public school and you wouldn't have any distractions. Public schools are good because kids are able to have interaction with others, and learn to have a schedule. Parents today are choosing to home-school because they aren't having to worry about their kids in school. With the school shootings they feel better about their child being home and knowing what they are doing.
Jennifer Woodward (12:00)
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