Homeschooling

Your argument is ridiculous! I am stating facts that support my side of the argument, you are supporting your side. This is a debate - both of us are going to be biased because both of us have to pick a side and show voters that our side is more logical than the other by pure fact. The definition of biased, by Merriam-Webster:1. having or showing a bias : having or showing an unfair tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are better than others You believe that your ideas are better than mine. I believe that mine are better than yours. This is a debate - argue the points instead of trying to invalidate my facts, which you certainly are! Also - my job is to show one side of the sides of this debate. Your job is to show the other side. Together, we present both sides for the voters to choose on. Don't called me biased just because I want to prove my point straight-forwardly. And yes, my links may support my side, but I am trying to get the voter to see the side of my argument. One of my links, however, presented both sides: http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com...If I am biased, you're biased. We are just trying to get our points across to the voters. "Jvava (Pro) I see that you are 41 years old on your profile, please don't take this the wrong way and I do not mean this in a mean way but maybe you do not understand when I say that technology can be such a distraction to younger students ages 6-24. Some distractions can be the Google, the Facebook, the Twitter, etc. I do not need facts to prove how much technology has taken a toll on everyone on earth, it's kind of common sense."This is a statement you made. I have to laugh at the pettiness of it. If you are so updated on current social trends, you know (as many do) that people lie about their age online for security reasons. I am one of these people. I am probably younger than you are - 15 - and understand the effect that technology has had on the world. I know that Facebook and Instagram and Twitter and Vine and Google can be distracting. Don't use age as an excuse. I am younger than you (if you really are 18) anyways. Your statement doesn't make very much sense either. What I said is that in home schooling the parents have a heavy hand in their child's education. This is one of the main reasons parents and students choose home schooling. Are these social media outlets any more distracting that class clowns, bullies, popular people, jocks - and the other distractions that can be found in public school? At least in home school you can be yourself instead of who you want to be. At least when you enter into the real world you know who are instead of why you want to be and who you acted like in school. And then you argue that home schooled students do not get into contact with a diversity of people. That publicly schooled children get to know a wide variety of people. This may not be entirely true. Students are, most of the time, going to 'hang' around others that have common traits and have similar interests. Those that enjoy art befriends others who enjoy art. Those who enjoy band and music will befriend other music lovers. The goths will befriend other goths - and so forth. There are a few exceptions, but a majority of the time students spend time with those who are alike. And all friends will get into disagreements, no matter how similar. Home schooled children will get into disagreements with other home schooled children, no matter how similar. Also, socialization should not be a skill mandated and overviewed by the government. If parents and students are aware of the pros and cons that come with home schooling, they should make the decision themselves, not be persuaded by some outside force such as the government. You also argue that home schooled students do not learn the same things as publicly schooled students and that home schooled students are limited to what subjects they can learn. This is false. Home schooled students are going to learn what publicly schooled students learn - the difference is that the pace is quicker. Why? Because most distractions are limited. Home schooled students can enrich themselves because they can move faster and more efficiently, and don't have to concern themselves with students who fall behind and have to be retaught the material. Home school is independent to ensure that children can move at whatever pace they see fit to learn material. It's a much more efficient way of doing things. In my article that wasn't biased, it supported this claim that home schooled students earn higher percentiles on tests: "Most parents aren't certified teachers, so it stands to reason why some question the effectiveness of a home school education. But the Home School Legal Defense Association, an advocacy group in favor of home schooling, reported in 2009 that home schooled students averaged 37 percentile points higher on standardized tests than their public school counterparts. EducationNews.org backs that up, saying that while students in traditional schools mark the 50th percentile on standardized tests, students who are “independently educated” score between the 65th and 89th percentile."The truth is in the results. Home schooled students do better on testing because they know the material. They know the material because they are under a much more modern and efficient system of education. Let me just say that I know a good bit about the modern-day public education system. My parents are employed by our local school district. My mother is 3rd grade teacher and my father is an 11th grade ELA teacher. Don't think that I am not aware of the mistakes made by our public education system. "Adults who were home schooled often reference extreme social awkwardness as an obstacle they experienced upon entering college or the workforce. Others, whose teaching was steeped in religious ideology, note astonishment and even anger towards their parents because they were shielded from scientific learning and had no knowledge of subjects like evolution, the big bang theory or even the existence of dinosaurs. Some adults, however, upon looking back at their home schooling days, express gratitude to their parents for letting them focus on career-boosting skills and teaching them the benefit of learning in the world as well as in the classroom."I figure this is what you mean by unbiased. It isn't much of an argument; in fact, it proves the pros to my side. Some are satisfied with home schooling. Others are not. This is where a personal decision comes into play. Some enjoy it, some do not. Should we limit the education of the satisfied student because the not satisfied student wasn't content with the system? No. We should allow students to pick how they are educated. They should decide on whether the pros outweigh the cons when it comes to home schooling.I also want to sum up my argument to the voters. I support a personal decision when it comes to the education of our younger generation; they should decide on what they want, not what the government or some other outside force sees fit for them. If they want to eliminate distractions and enrich themselves with faster learning, I say let them go for it. If they want to have a more 'traditional' education - an education that, in the facts, is behind - I say let them go for it. My point is that we have to allow students to weigh the pros and cons for themselves. My opponents' stance is that public education is better for everybody. I disagree with this statement - home schooling allows opportunities that publicly educated students cannot get. But, then again, public education offers some opportunities that home schooled education can't receive. Choice is my point. I am not anti-public education. I am not pro-home schooling for everybody. I just think that different things work for different people. Good luck, and may the best debater win.