Public school is better for developing life skills than Home Schooling

"True, you are free to choose the curriculum taught to your child, BUT the same CORE curriculum is taught whether it be home school or public school. Still being free to choose your schedule doesn't really mean anything since the parent will still set a schedule for the child, just with different hours."Yes but in home school you get taught the same core. Also they get better test scores in those core curriculums: In 1997, a study of 5,402 homeschool students from 1,657 families was released. It was entitled, "Strengths of Their Own: Home Schoolers Across America." The study demonstrated that homeschoolers, on the average, out-performed their counterparts in the public schools by 30 to 37 percentile points in all subjects. A significant finding when analyzing the data for 8th graders was the evidence that homeschoolers who are homeschooled two or more years score substantially higher than students who have been homeschooled one year or less. The new homeschoolers were scoring on the average in the 59th percentile compared to students homeschooled the last two or more years who scored between 86th and 92nd percentile. [1]So bot teach the curriculum, and on average homeschooling does it better. "If you have the right teachers teaching you, then public school could be better for the child. What if the parent doesn't know English that well?"All of these are what if questions, Home schooling out preforms public schools in reading, (50% in public ve 65-75 in hpmeschool) So once again, on average the home schooling method trums a public school in all subjects, well maybe except art ad such, but your argument here doesnt work because the numbers are against you. Also the numbers here can be found in my second source. "I will agree home school can be more educational, BUT does harm by sheltering the child and not letting them experience what real life is"False! A study of adults who were home educated found that none were unemployed and none were on welfare, 94% said home education prepared them to be independent persons, 79% said it helped them interact with individuals from different levels of society, and they strongly supported the home education method. [2]So in the job world t benifits to be homeschooled, and 79% of them say it helps them interact with others. So most homeschooling helps kids larn to interect (I do not know how) and they can experience the 'real world', So facts here also trump your argument. Also home schooling is cheaperAnother obstacle that seems to be overcome in homeschooling is the need to spend a great deal of money in order to have a good education. In Strengths of Their Own, Dr. Ray found the average cost per homeschool student is $546 while the average cost per public school student is $5,325. Yet the homeschool children in this study averaged in 85th percentile while the public school students averaged in the 50th percentile on nationally standardized achievement tests. [1]So home schools are cheaper, and you get better scores on average, best of both worlds, cheap ad good. Saves the taxpayer money:Home education families are not dependent on public, tax-funded resources - they likely save American taxpayers over $10 billion per year. [2]So overall they save 10 billion dollars a year in tax money for americans, so thank them. Conlusion: 1. kids learn better in home schooling, in every subject, which includes the core curriculum. 2. Helps kids interact with others when they are an adult, I do not know how but facts are facts. 3. It is cheaper4. It saves tax dollars5. Kids in homeschools get a better life compared to those that did public schooling, i.e. the non unemployed and none on wellfare statistic. I await your response. :)http://www.hslda.org... [1]http://www.nheri.org... [2]