The decision for home schooling was based on a number of factors: desire to teach religion as part of the curriculum, undesireable school conditions, and overall dissatisfaction with the school’s curriculum.
Although it’s difficult for researchers to gather data on home schools, some research indicates that adults who were home schooled have a higher college attendance rate and seem more satisfied with life in general.
Home schooled children have consistently scored exceptionally higher than average on achievement tests. I recently read that home schooled 3rd graders scored higher than 81% of public school students in math alone!
The biggest benefit to home schooling is simply that parents love their kids and want them to have a bright future. Teachers care very much about their students but no one loves their kid like a mom or dad.
Often the home school parents are able to spend significantly more money on educational materials than a public school can. The average cost of supplies per student per year can range from $200-$2000 at a home school.
Home school students can progress through educational material at the student’s rate. This makes it much easier for home school students to be enrolled one or more grades above their public and private school-age peers.
Home schooled children are healthier than public school kids since they aren’t exposed to so many sick children.
Home schooled children don’t deal with so much peer pressure.
Home schooled children often develop exceptional relationships with their siblings.
Parents can offer their children instruction in areas that aren’t fostered in public schools. The curriculum is flexible and can be ever changing.
The schedule can be changed if a child needs more or less help in a particular subject.
One mom told me that she is able to take her children to the museum for art class, the symphony for music, and ice skating for physical ed. She wants her children to socialize with other children their age so she often incorporates other home schools into her field trips.
If you’re considering home schooling your child, where do you begin?
There are great resources available for parents who are already home schooling and for those who are just kicking the idea around. Starting a home school can be overwhelming. The parents I interviewed said that it is well worth the sacrifice.
I was referrred to this resource and I agree that it’s great:
www.SuccessfulHomeSchool.info
www.HomeSchoolArts.info
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I always thought that public schools were better than any other school, but then I joined private school-starting in sixth grade, and I have to say, it's MUCH better than public school, as for homeschooling, I don't have self-experience, but I've heard many detailed facts about homeschooling.
There are two versions of "homeschooling". Distant learning and just the normal homeschooling. Distant learning is when you actually do sign up for a real school, but you basically learn by mail. They send you your assinments, and you would do it at home. Usually, you would need a tutor to do this, whether it's a relative or an unknown hired tutor. The regular homeschooling, I heard, is very hard – harder than both public school and private school. Sure, you have more freedom, and less time learning, but it's very hard to keep concentrate, and about 30% of home-schooled children aren't very "smart" this day. But, that's not for all. It depends on your concentration, because you're balancing both your home errands, and your school errands at the same time. If you get a trusted teacher to home-school you, then you're good to go. My mother's sister's friend didn't trust public schools or private schools to educate her son, so she did it herself, and with her strict discipline and teachings, her son turned out very well – I've met him – SMARTICLE! ^.^
Public schools, err.. *shivers*. The beginning levels of public school; like Elementary, and midway middle school will be extremely easy. Most public schools do not have much expectations in their children, they're job is to just "teach what the book teaches", so there really is no point for teachers in public school. Kids who have been in public school are more "wild" and savage like than homeschooled and private school children. I've seen many middle school children on the bus, it was horrific. But, I have to admit, not all public school kids are like this. It depends on the quality of the specific school chosen. Public schools take things easily, and work in a "go-with-the-flow" plan. They let their children settle in their way, whether it takes them 1 year, or 5 years. I go to private school, in seventh grade now, but in sixth grade, I learned 8th grade stuff, so yeah. So if you want easy, flowing work, public school is for you.
Now, we get to private schools. Private schools are usually VERY hard and very strict, but again, it all "depends". They skip ahead, and usually are in front of the public schools, either by a lot, or by a little. I have to say, my private school is pretty selfish, so I'm guessing some other private schools are the same. They charge HANDFULS and handfuls of money from you and your family. They tell you to "work" for them, by like cleaning the school on the weekends, and your parents have to attend special %#3*@2^% stuff. It's so LAME. They make you PAY if you don't do it. But, the good thing is, you get good education >.< Which, lulz, is the most important, right?
SO YEA, compare and contrast. I have to do that in Social Studies EVERY FRICKEN' day.
I did mention the Internet, but thanks for mentioning it again… The Internet is such an amazing resourse for learning!!