Home School Vs. Public Education
Home school vs. Public Education
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Did you know that home schooling is the fastest growing educational trend in the United Sates, Canada and worldwide? Did you know that the pupil/teacher ratio in 2011 is lower than the pupil/teacher ratio in 2000? Parents today do not take into consideration what their children want to do for their educational learning. I have never been home schooled, but when I have children, I want to home school them because of the bonding and it helps the children become more independent. Dr. Brian D. Ray is author, research speaker, and president of non-profit National Home Education Research Institute, surveyed more than 7,000 adults that have been home schooled and compared them to adults that have been …show more content…
The next area to discuss is the social situations between the two education systems. The public school children make friends with the children of the same age during school hours and they form cliques. The environment is filled with diversity. Some people are misled and think that home school children have only their siblings to converse with. Linda Wooldridge a home school mom says in a video on the ehow website, home school children have many organized field trips where they can interact with other home school children. She also states that she likes to get her children involved in clubs like Boy and Girl Scouts, and 4H Club. They have a chance to build friendships and develop communication skills. Another issue in the social situation category is peer pressure. When public school children are in school, they seem to have a large amount of peer pressure from their friends and enemies. That does not necessarily mean that all children will be influenced by their friends, but friends do have an impact on your child’s life. Home school children do not really deal with peer pressure from friends because they are in the home, with their siblings, if any and their parents mostly watch over their educational and social …show more content…
Schedule differences for the two educational systems are like night and day. Public schools have scheduled holiday breaks, scheduled hours, summer vacation, and snow days. They also have days off like Martin Luther King Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, and Presidents Day. It is all made up by the people in the school system. When you look at home school, they hold the classes at home. I have also asked my cousin Michele how her yearly school schedule is made. They hardly have snow days, the holiday breaks are short, the school days are short, and the summer vacation is short. She says, “I am pretty strict when it comes to education.” Every home school parent will have a different schedule based on what they think is best for their
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Did you know that home schooling is the fastest growing educational trend in the United Sates, Canada and worldwide? Did you know that the pupil/teacher ratio in 2011 is lower than the pupil/teacher ratio in 2000? Parents today do not take into consideration what their children want to do for their educational learning. I have never been home schooled, but when I have children, I want to home school them because of the bonding and it helps the children become more independent. Dr. Brian D. Ray is author, research speaker, and president of non-profit National Home Education Research Institute, surveyed more than 7,000 adults that have been home schooled and compared them to adults that have been …show more content…
The next area to discuss is the social situations between the two education systems. The public school children make friends with the children of the same age during school hours and they form cliques. The environment is filled with diversity. Some people are misled and think that home school children have only their siblings to converse with. Linda Wooldridge a home school mom says in a video on the ehow website, home school children have many organized field trips where they can interact with other home school children. She also states that she likes to get her children involved in clubs like Boy and Girl Scouts, and 4H Club. They have a chance to build friendships and develop communication skills. Another issue in the social situation category is peer pressure. When public school children are in school, they seem to have a large amount of peer pressure from their friends and enemies. That does not necessarily mean that all children will be influenced by their friends, but friends do have an impact on your child’s life. Home school children do not really deal with peer pressure from friends because they are in the home, with their siblings, if any and their parents mostly watch over their educational and social …show more content…
Schedule differences for the two educational systems are like night and day. Public schools have scheduled holiday breaks, scheduled hours, summer vacation, and snow days. They also have days off like Martin Luther King Day, Labor Day, Memorial Day, and Presidents Day. It is all made up by the people in the school system. When you look at home school, they hold the classes at home. I have also asked my cousin Michele how her yearly school schedule is made. They hardly have snow days, the holiday breaks are short, the school days are short, and the summer vacation is short. She says, “I am pretty strict when it comes to education.” Every home school parent will have a different schedule based on what they think is best for their