Home Schooling

Contention 1. Academics vs. Aging SocietyWhat most people do not begin to realize is that we are living in an aging society and that technology is advancing way to fast. I are your parents good with a computer? The aging society is good with technology because it is advancing way to fast for them. Have you ever heard, "You can't teach an old dog new trick." This is what I mean, so sure they maybe smarter, but when it comes to the technological area where we have technology these kids are slacking. As you can see that as fast as technology is advancing that study is falling apart. (not only that but it's from 1997, 16 years ago) Children that are homeschooled are actually falling behind, why you may ask? It's because of the parenents/ teachers. As the kids education grows their parenent's are running out of things to teach. Not only that but it drives parenents crazy to be around their kids 24/7! It also takes away time and hurts the family budget. I mean here is that you are only going to have one parent working while the other is a stay at home teacher and thus not making any income and having to rely on their husband's/ wife's income to support everything, from groceries, car payment, house payment, gas, heating, etc... Thus it forces people into poverty hurting America! (http://www.patheos.com...)To be even more alarming kids in homeschools aren't taught enough about the outdoor world, as kids in school are taught just say no to drugs and say yes to roller skatting. get sucked into the bad life and offend get kidnapped or commit crimes ; If you view the graph above you can see that some states do not regulate home schools allowing a small space for some to slip up and fall behind. You have to remember that not everyone is qualified to be a teacher. Contention 2. Better SociallyHomeschoolers themselves say that they aren't socially integrated. Take me for instance being at a private school I was the most hated person, then after I made it to high school after being one year removed from being homeschooled I was and still am the most hated person here. You may say that's bull because you see that I'm really active on this website, but that's sadly because I honestly trust people on here more then some of my family members, not only that but I am accepted into the society that is debate.org even if I have a few oditities. You might say eh, you're just one kids so you don't count. Studies have shown that homeschooled kids hate their past and have yet to 'Grow Up.' (http://www.thedailybeast.com...) You are also faced with the problem of the children's attention span; some children really procrastinate during homeschool as they are all not the stereotypical homeschool children. Socialization is also a huge issue as it shows that the child will not receive the proper interaction with other children and this will hinder their future when they go out and apply for jobs. (http://www.examiner.com...) If you don't believe me on the Social awkwardness of a homeschoolers then take it from Sarah, Homeschoolers anonymous, "I was raised in a family where homeschooling wasn’t just the preferred method of education, but the only right one. Other than AYSO soccer, I had no social contact outside of church, family, and the homeschool umbrella group until I went to community college. This was when I discovered that I was socially retarded (yes that’s a technical term)." (http://homeschoolersanonymous.wordpress.com...) In Homeschools, children also tend to adopt extreme beliefs and when they transfer into schools or the real world they are faced with opposing view points for the first time and this hurts them. (http://www.pbs.org...) s