Homeschooling

You give some great points you really do. Let me say also just so I won't confuse people later, home schooling yeah it's a great idea I just don't think it's an effective one, ok? I don't see how young people of this generation really hold on to all the information that is given to them through academic lesson plans because the average age of students who are being home schooled are 6-24. There are only two ways of being home schooled and that is through computer or parent/tutor teaching you. In both ways it DOES NOT give the parents a benefit because the parent has to spend money that can exceed thousands of dollars. Public schooling is free, we just pay via taxes. In one of Pros paragraphs he/she said "I believe you will learn better and more efficiently in a home setting. There are hardly any distractions that students in public education face - like other students. Home schoolers can avoid the self-consciousness that they face in a public setting. Instead of worrying about their physical appearance - acne, clothes, etc. - they can be more themselves when learning." ...... Pro I do not agree with you. You said "There are hardly any distractions". Pro do you not know we are in the year 2013? The young ones of America have become so independent & we have fallen in love with technology. Technology is most likely ONE reason why the student wants to be home schooled via computer. We have the Facebook, the Google, the Twitter, YouTube, etc. Social networks (Technology on computer) Is such a major distraction to a young child. How are we sure the student is REALLY paying attention to the curriculum being taught? Yes, yes it depends on the student because every student is different I agree but we are losing our humanity to technology, we need books, more man made things. You Pro also said "Home schoolers can avoid the self-consciousness that they face in a public setting. Instead of worrying about their physical appearance - acne, clothes, etc. - they can be more themselves when learning." We should not look at this as a problem we have but lets make this better. Lets enforce anti-bullying, lets enforce school uniforms provided by the school, lets have more security & deans on campus to prevent bullying. Us people need to experience society so we can adapt outside of family. We have to experience social situations so we don't become ignorant to one sided debates & become stronger emotionally. I found this article, it's by the University of Michigan. Here is the link you and everyone else can check out and I HIGHLY encourage EVERYONE who reads this debate to also read the article because the links we post are also apart of the debate. http://sitemaker.umich.edu... One statement made in the "Educational Systems of Japan and the US" article is: "The first, and most significant way, is that Japanese schools incorporate a national curriculum created by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Thus, unlike the educational system in the United States, in which each state determines its own curriculum, the federal government decides on what each school must teach, how to teach it, and even what books to teach it with. Therefore, there are many implications for such a disparity in educational structure. For American schools, the fact that each state can come up with their own curriculum means that states have autonomy as well as responsibility for what each student learns." How does this apply to homeschooling? Keep an open mind people, what do we know is being taught via computer, or even if we have our parents or tutor teaching us right? If you were home schooled and your parents were teaching you I would not trust what they are teaching because what if they do not have a degree to teach academic curriculum? That "comfort zone" of being home schooled comes in when we are being taught by parents, "Oh it's my mother she'll cut me some slack" or "Oh my father will understand" etc. We have to come out that comfort zone some to adapt to new things because once that student needs to start working how is he or she going to respond in communication? I found more information on another website, look at it if you'd like. http://www.publicschools.org... One statement it states is: "Even though public school classrooms do not have the same calm and peaceful atmosphere that a homeschool has, supporters of public schools believe that the disarray of the classrooms is actually helpful to children in succeeding in the future. Because reality is, the real world is not as calm and peaceful as we would like it to be. They believe that children who are living a very sheltered and protected life are likely the ones who will have difficulty adjusting to the real world after school. They also believe that it is essential that children learn how to interact and to work with one another for them to be able to build real, dynamic skills that are necessary in the real world." ........ "Each environment holds specific and helpful opportunities for children to learn. But as a parent, only you can determine which environment is helpful and suitable for your child. " This last paragraph really sums up my whole essay, article, whatever you want to call it. Public school students will react and have the skills they need for the future, homeschoolers will maybe be just as equal as public school learners but public school students will be more ready. I want to say again, people who are potential voters & read this debate, DO NOT BE SO BIAS!!!! Consider what me and Pro state & think about what we are saying.