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the social impact home schooling has on young children
Hi,
my name is Courtney and i am doing a senior exit project on the Effects of Homeschooling on Children. i believe that homeschooling should not be in effect.
If you have been homeschooled and it has a stong impact on your life, could you give me feedback on what u think
thank you
The image of a parent who home schools their child - the one mentioned above about not following a schedule, not following a routine, not developing good work and study habits - I do not doubt it does happen. I do know ONE family like that. I know FIFTEEN families that do not. There are curriuclums available for home schooling, your respective state has standards of education, the children are tested - I cannot see the advantage of staying in a public school versus being home schooled. Homeschool parents and their families do not live in an oyster - many have the internet and use resources there, as well as various libraries. Parents who want to make it work for their child will do everything needed to make sure their child exceeds any standard the state can set.
You will always find the parent or the child who is not the best match for homeschooling. You will always find the teacher who should be out digging ditches instead of teaching. But overall, my faith would be in the homeschooled child.
I read what you wrote and wonder if your views on the public schooling issues are focused uniquely on the U.S.. In Canada I do not have such a dim view of the public education, I think they do an admirable job.
Regardless of which country you are in I do have these comments
- I have nothing against homeschooling ... if done well. I do imagine that 90% of the parents today wouldn't know where to start if they were told that next year their kids would be taught by them. And frankly I bet many would have the interest or the effort required.
- can one parent have access to the same body of knowledge that a dedicated government department has? i.e. methjods of teaching/learning, resources for various subjects, etc.
- how does that work with two incomes families or families with multiple children? Not all parents have the energy level required to be the sole provider of schooling and playtime to 3 children, 5 days a week.
Just thoughts. I am currently quite happy with our school system here. I supplement what she learns with some real world experiences.
Every fast food chain was started by a drop-out of high school; in fact most dropped out of elementary school: McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's....you name it. Perhaps they didn't waste their time figuring out trigonometry (I can't even spell it) and actually got on to follow their interests.
Incidently, virtually all of the computer software and hardware entrepreneurs are college dropouts: Bill Gates, Paul Allen, the guy from Dell, Kinkos, Steve Jobs, you name it..
School does turn out a pile of cogs that work in cubicals, though. We need these people to work for the homeschoolers, and dropouts.
Personally I'm opposed to home schooling. Not so much because of any potential social impact but rather an academic one. I feel that homeschooled children do not develop good work habits as they don't learn to adhere to a schedule, unless the parents doing the homeschooling are very conscientious about establishing a schedule and making sure their children adhere to it. Most parents simply have too many other responsibilities on their plate to establish and implement a proper homeschooling program though they may have good intentions. The other major concern is that homeschooled children don't acquire a sufficient background in the various academic subjects, unless the parents are highly educated and recall enough of their own schooling to impart the required knowledge to their children/pupils. For example, how many homeschooling parents could tell me how to use trigonometry to solve a right triangle problem? Now this may sound like an extreme example but it is an expected skill for secondary students in the public school system. Any student who leaves high school not knowing how to do this isn't going to be able to progress much further in higher education or the professional world. If one is going to pump gas or flip burgers for a living then fine, but if one wants a successful career (s)he's going to have to know how to do this particular skill, at least for academic reasons if not practical ones. So all things considered I'm generally against homeschooling as an option.
This is a pretty ignorant statement. I homeschooled from 9th-12th grade, I started going to a state college when I was 16 through concurrent enrollment. I am now a Registered Nurse having graduated from a University. When I was in college most of the kids were high school graduates from public school. I was surprised at how 'dumb' most of them were. I was a little nervous when I first started college because I thought my education levelwould be greatly inferior compared to these other students who had taken classes in public school but boy was I wrong! What do they teach in public school anyway? Many of my classmates could not write a decent college level paper using proper grammar or structure in the paper. Oh, and I really don't remember how to use trigonometry as it was not a requirement to get into nursing school.
I would also like to add that I know a few people who did not get a college education who are definitely not 'flipping hamburgers or pumping gas for a living', but making 80k per year. These are very self-motivated individuals who probably couldn't tell you the first thing about trigonometry.
In my experience, most home-learners take their education more seriously than those in public school, and are much more self-motivated learners.
Sorry Karma, I don't understand how you linked my post about my experience being homeschooled with racism, could you please clarify yourself
Ah I see. There was an offensive post right after yours that was removed. I will edit my post accordingly. Sorry for the confusion, I could not have foreseen that happening.
Home schooling is beyond a blessing. I was home schooled and my children are home schooled as well. Usually the people who don't agree with homschooling have never done it. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I graduated Highschool when I was 16, and college when I was 20. I was never influenced by the decsions other parents made with their children and my children have not been either. I find that Home schooling makes for stable, more confident, children who grow into stable more confident adults.
And for social development my children are in a number of different activities. They are happy. I am happy. Home school has been wonderful to my family :-)
I agree with Fr_Chuck and many states do allow home schooled kids to attend and participate in the public school functions. The system just doesn't want you to know that but if you push for it the law is on your side.
a. I feel sorry for your childhood, sounds like it was rough
b. the real world involves aspects of this, you need to learn not to be a victim
Why do you assume that Wyeast is or was ever a victim?
I know that I wasn't a victim. I was raised in rough neigborhoods in two different cities. I learned about peer pressure and bullying in Public Schools by witnessing other kids getting beat up. Why would any sane person want to put their children through that?
But I am interested in one thing, please explain how a well meaning, polite child who is not involved in gangs can learn NOT to be a victim?
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