Do you think home schooling is ok?

If I could have home schooled my grandkids I would have. Home schooling can be much better than public school. the students can go at their own speed and stick with a lesson until they really know it. Those kids can go on more learning trips too. they can go in to depth more on any subject. They also have to pass the same tests that public school kids do. They also have to follow lesson plans the same as public school kids do but have fewer distractions. they have greater chance of getting into better colleges too.

Well, in my country it's the opposite. Or at least that's what I've experienced in the schools I went to. Here there are so many people who went to public school and don't know the basics.

In most of the schools I went to all I (and everyone else) did all day was sit and do nothing. In highschool when we did do work then it was really easy stuff and a repeat that I remember doing in middle school or sometimes elementary. I was usually finished within the first five or ten minutes of recieving it and then sat and did nothing until class ended. The rest of the class usually didn't even do the work when they get it, and the few students who did, besides myself, usually took a lot longer. Like the whole class period. They were slow, even though they weren't in special ed. It was rare to notice another student who did the work and also knew what they were doing and was able to finish it.

The only school I've ever been to that had work that I've never experienced before was a charter school. It was very hard for me to keep up there because I was used to public school and I missed a lot. I also wasn't used to actually researching things, like history, because for years I knew everything without having to actually read my text books, because the same stuff would be repeated over and over all through 3rd grade to highschool and I memorized everything. In charter and private schools they study stuff that public school kids have never even heard of. And so do home schooled students, or at least the ones I have met.

They have a saying where I live, "No child left behind." It's good in theory, but it keeps the rest of the students back. A class or even a whole grade wont move on until all the students know the material. The problem is most will never learn that material simply because they don't have to and some aren't capable of it and belong in special ed, but for some reason were put in "normal" classes. I quote "normal" because my normal classes felt like special ed!

Like I've mentioned before, people I meet who were homeschooled know details about stuff that I've never even heard of. Even when they're much younger than me and would be in elementry if going to public school, and I'm an adult. In one of the forums I post in, there were a bunch of women talking about how they homeschool their children or want to homeschool. The second main reason behind this decision (the first being the violence at schools), was that the children will be able to learn more. Sure there are some parents who just teach the required material that the state makes them, most most parents go beyond that. Those children aren't sitting around doing nothing all day.

Hi..I think,home schooling is not to good for kids before I know about it deeply.Now,I agree with home schooling.Because it's mean that we as first teacher for them and home is basic shool is real.The problem that come in home schooling such as sosialization with their friens and etc,you could choose Home schooling group and invite good teacher to your group.Regular school is to stiff and bind our kids.They could not free to show who they are.Grateful,now day,we could get many information by internet.You know,at regular school,teacher can't share their attention to all kids.

Hi..I think,home schooling is not to good for kids before I know about it deeply.Now,I agree with home schooling.Because it's mean that we as first teacher for them and home is basic shool is real.The problem that come in home schooling such as sosialization with their friens and etc,you could choose Home schooling group and invite good teacher to your group.Regular school is to stiff and bind our kids.They could not free to show who they are.Grateful,now day,we could get many information by internet.You know,at regular school,teacher can't share their attention to all kids.

Any home school program is only as good as the person in charge of it. I know several parents who home schooled their kids. Some worked hard to give them a quality, well rounded education...and then there was MaryJo. MaryJo home schooled her youngest daughter because she was too lazy to get up in the morning to send the child off to school. She didn't actually teach the child anything and, unfortunately, Chrissy is now 19 years old and can barely read or write. She was my youngest daughter's friend from the time my daughter was around 8 or 9 and Chrissy was older. My daughter tried to help Chrissy with her schoolwork, she tried to help her with her reading, writing and math skills but MaryJo couldn't care less whether the work was done or not so Chrissy had no regular support. As long as MaryJo could send in the passing tests (that she usually did herself because Chrissy couldn't) she was happy. When Chrissy was 16 she stopped the program...what a surprise.

BTW, when I worked at a community college the youngest computer technician I ever hired was 16 years old and in his second year there. He went on to the Univeristy of Maryland and then returned as my Network Administrator...at 18. He was home schooled BECAUSE he was so smart. Regular classroom learning bored him because he was learning faster than everyone else.

i agree person do home schooling but person that is handicapped, that hardtime for them going back and forth at school especially if the school is far from there home..:)

I am homeschooling my 9-year-old. He is classified as being in the fourth grade, but his reading has recently been tested at the seventh-grade level, and his math at the sixth-grade level. If he were in school, they would be holding him back to the fourth-grade level in everything. That is why I started teaching him at home last year. He was bored in school. His brain wasn't being stimulated enough. His teachers would not let him work ahead, and they would not give him extra advanced things to do. I felt that I was wasting precious years by keeping him there. You see, I can't afford private school, and the local public elementary schools don't offer gifted programs. I'm not even positive that the local middle or high schools do. Anyway, he is getting a better education than he would if he had stayed. I get a weekly report of what the public school 4th-graders are doing, and he has already mastered everything on their agendas. In my opinion, they are the ones who are being kept to the basics. Last year, they quit teaching the kids the history that they once taught. They teach them "Virginia Studies", but the kids have no idea how people came to live in Virginia. They are being taught miniscule science. Really, the only thing they are being taught is humanities and math. My son is being taught Biology (actual Biology, not regular science) since I am still in college and am teaching him from my old Biology books. He is being taught Psychology. He is being taught Spanish. He is being taught Chemistry, although we are sticking to the basics in that subject. I agree with you on the fact that homeschooling isn't for everyone. It definitely isn't for the parent who has no time to be their child's teacher. It isn't for the parent who doesn't have a lengthly education. In the early years, kindergarten through second, third, and maybe fourth grades, I think that any parent with a high-school education can cover the curriculum. But I think that more is needed in order to broaden your child's educational experience. My son and I are always taking "field trips" to the local science museum, the art museum, the zoo, and the transportation museum. We take family vacations to historical places as well as fun places. I make every day a learning experience for him. So, as I agree with you to an extent that homeschool is not for everyone, I would have to disagree with you that kids in public school get a more rounded education. Private schools are the only learning institutions that can rival the education that my son is getting right now.

hello tuckersheri,
i think that is okey for those who have no time to go to school in a regular basis. like the celebrities who like to finish their studies but they have a hectic schedule. this way, they can adjust their time studying and able to graduate at the same time.

Home schooling is for people who are busy with their work. I think it is mostly to people who actors and actresses. For one, it is ok with people because they can attend to both school and work. But as far as quality is concerned, the regular schooling is a lot better.

for some people that i observed, home schooling applies when the student is totally busy with his/her other engagements like working or extracurricular activities or somewhat special in the sense that all it takes is to stay at home. students totally busy in the field are somehow interacting with others which can still improve their social life and not merely basing things on theories.