Homeschooling is not bad to do

Oxford dictionaries defines homeschooling as, "educate (one's child) at home instead of sending them to regular school. " This covers all forms of at-home schooling: schooling by the parent, schooling by a computer, and as my opponent said, even schooling by a teacher in the home. My opponent is also right about private schooling being something that is covered by my side. I'll get into that later. (1) . http://www.oxforddictionaries.com...Opponent's Arguments"Maybe online schoolers are personally motivated. "This may very well be the true. What I am trying to prove is that online schooling results in lack of motivation. There many be some motivated online schoolers, but there also a lot of homeschoolers who are not motivated. The point I am trying to prove is that without teachers and rigerous deadlines to motivate a student, the quality of work goes down. Boy ScoutsI said this before, but I'll touch on it again. You cannot look to my opponent's arguments covering boy scouts because this organization is not unique to homeschoolers. An individual that goes to public/private school can enroll in boy/girl scouts. My Opponent's StoryI would explain my wonderful story of going in both public school and private school and participating in the clubs they offer, but I don't have the time or characters. One story does not prove homeschooling or regular schooling to be the best/worst form of education. In this debate, I aim to look mostly to statistics and evidence. However, in previous rounds I have cited multiple examples of negative experiences homeschoolers have had. My Arguments (Rebuttal)Qualification of the parent to teach:On this point, my opponent asked for evidence that proved that most homeschooling parents do not have degrees. With this argument I was referencing the chart I posted in the first round from NCES. 61.1% of parents in the US who homeschool their kids do not have degrees. "Most states have regulations. "The chart I posted in round two shows that 24 out of 50 states have little to no regulations. This is almost half. 10 states require no notification, and 14 states require notification and nothing more. This proves how dangerous homeschooling can be. There is virtually no data on homeschooled students in many of the states. Many students in these uncharted states could be failing and the the Homeschool Legal Defense Association would never be aware. My opponent's state may have adiquate regulations, but still many states do not. Reasons for homeschooling:Here my opponent gave an example of a parent pulling their kids out of school so they would not be exposed to an image of a car crash. Firstly, this really is not a valid reason for homeschooling. Secondly, it is very unlikely that kids would be more likely to see this image at school. I fail to see how a picture being leaked has anything to do with kids going to regular school vs. homeschool. For this point to flow through, my opponent needs to actually explain how young children would be more likely to see this image at school, and why exposing kids to such an image would hurt them in the long run. "Does it really help him? Or can the unthinkable happen and he is bullied? "Psycology Today featured an article on Izzie Kalman, who explained that pullinging kids out of homeschool due to bullying is actually not a good idea (1). She says: "Homeschooling is a poor way to try to remedy a bullying problem. The children will learn absolutely nothing about why they are having the problem and how to solve it. If they go back to the same school, the problem is likely to recur. Sometimes a school change will solve the problem, so I prefer that as a solution rather than homeschooling. The absolutely best solution is for the kids to be taught how to stop being bullied on their own. " Two very important points are made here. Firstly, pulling kids out of homeschool will teach kids to run away from their problems instead of solving them. Secondly, the child will eventually have to return to school/the real world. If the child has no idea how to cope with bullying, how will they survive? This may seem a little harsh, but the best solution in the instance of bullying is either contacting the school, or in worst case scenario, switching schools. Also, private school may be a good option to consider in a situation such as this because it will expose the child to a slightly different atmosphere. How the student feels: My opponent explains that there is no way that many homeschoolers are abused. Firstly, I would like to clarify that the type of abuse on this chart is not the steriotypical type of rough abuse that would result in a parent's arrest. Emotional abuse in the homeschool environment is simply the result of parents getting a little to frustrated with their children. What this chart shows is that this stuff is a lot more likely to happen in homeschool than in regular school. We know the data is accurate because it was an anonomous survey of homeschoolers who have all shared their story on the website. NOTE: I am not in favor of discrimination towards homeschoolers. While homeschooling may not a good idea, the US army shouldn't turn down the homeschoolers that perform at the same level as those who went to regular school. Also, my opponent cannot just claim that my evidence is faulty. They must prove it in some way. (1) . http://www.psychologytoday.com...;