Iris: Hello! This is the first essay I ever wrote. Note: This was not
written to bash public school, but merely to uphold home-schooling in the
face of critics.
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The Advantages of Home-Schooling
The majority of evidence and statistics who that most home-schoolers excel beyond public school and State standards academically, socially, and morally. They tend to be hard working, self motivated, and, although the amount differs for each individual, self-taught. Colleges are apt to accept a applicants with these qualities and reject those who don't, however smart they may be. Home-schooled children hold preponderance over most national contests, such as spelling-bees and essay contests. The greater part of home-schoolers are definitely not lacking academically.
It is a common belief that home-schooling is cruel because the children being educated have no chance to have a social life. This is not true. Since P.E is required even for home-schoolers, most participate in sports programs, such as swimming, baseball, karate, etc.. Other programs, like 4-H, debate clubs, and boy/girl scouts, are open to home-schoolers and offer "much needed" socialization. Although some protest, most home-schooled children who have experience public school say that their friends found in home-schooling are a better influence, truer, and more reliable than those acquired in public-schooling. Therefore, home-schoolers are socially inept, but most actually have a healthier social life than most public-schoolers.
In addition, many people outside of the home-schooling ring appreciate home-schooled children because if their well-inculcated morals. President Theodore Roosevelt once said, "To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." Home-schooling parents have the power to teach their children Godly principals and can choose a curriculum that not only does not contradict the Bible, but follows along with it perfectly. The children learn their faith and tend to stick to it. They are less affected by peer pressure and have more freedom to be themselves, not exactly like the "coolest" or "most popular" person. In a quote from John Stuart Mill, it was said, "A general State education is a mere contrivance for molding people to be exactly like one another. in proportion as it is efficient and successful, it establishes a despotism over the mind, leading by a natural tendency to one over the body." Home-schoolers have more freedom to be individuals, not just another person cast in the world's mold. They are also less likely to do drugs, drink, or smoke.
Home-schooling is not cruel, it is not keeping children from having a social life, it is a wise choice for educating children to their highest potential, and for keeping them pure and accountable by building a bond between the parent and the child. It has many advantages, very little disadvantages, and is in many ways superior to the public-schooling system.
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The Advantages of Home-Schooling
The majority of evidence and statistics who that most home-schoolers excel beyond public school and State standards academically, socially, and morally. They tend to be hard working, self motivated, and, although the amount differs for each individual, self-taught. Colleges are apt to accept a applicants with these qualities and reject those who don't, however smart they may be. Home-schooled children hold preponderance over most national contests, such as spelling-bees and essay contests. The greater part of home-schoolers are definitely not lacking academically.
It is a common belief that home-schooling is cruel because the children being educated have no chance to have a social life. This is not true. Since P.E is required even for home-schoolers, most participate in sports programs, such as swimming, baseball, karate, etc.. Other programs, like 4-H, debate clubs, and boy/girl scouts, are open to home-schoolers and offer "much needed" socialization. Although some protest, most home-schooled children who have experience public school say that their friends found in home-schooling are a better influence, truer, and more reliable than those acquired in public-schooling. Therefore, home-schoolers are socially inept, but most actually have a healthier social life than most public-schoolers.
In addition, many people outside of the home-schooling ring appreciate home-schooled children because if their well-inculcated morals. President Theodore Roosevelt once said, "To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." Home-schooling parents have the power to teach their children Godly principals and can choose a curriculum that not only does not contradict the Bible, but follows along with it perfectly. The children learn their faith and tend to stick to it. They are less affected by peer pressure and have more freedom to be themselves, not exactly like the "coolest" or "most popular" person. In a quote from John Stuart Mill, it was said, "A general State education is a mere contrivance for molding people to be exactly like one another. in proportion as it is efficient and successful, it establishes a despotism over the mind, leading by a natural tendency to one over the body." Home-schoolers have more freedom to be individuals, not just another person cast in the world's mold. They are also less likely to do drugs, drink, or smoke.
Home-schooling is not cruel, it is not keeping children from having a social life, it is a wise choice for educating children to their highest potential, and for keeping them pure and accountable by building a bond between the parent and the child. It has many advantages, very little disadvantages, and is in many ways superior to the public-schooling system.