Homeschool is the Better than Public School

Thank you for accepting. For this debate I will be using two main arguments. I will start with explaining why the Public School is bad and then showing how homeschool is better. I will first make the case that public schools are an unsafe environment for children. Guns: I don't have a problem with people owning and using guns it's a constitution right (2nd Amendment). But when children pillage their parents (or friends) gun collections (because somebody left them out!) and bring them to school whether by accident or on purpose it absolutely creates a dangerous environment. A little over one week ago in my own county, a girl was accidentally shot by a 9 year old boy who had stolen a .45 handgun from his mother, who is a felon, in preparation to run away. The girl was seriously injured and is still in intensive care. I have posted several of the the news reports on the story if you care for more detail. http://www.king5.com... http://www.cbsnews.com... http://www.king5.com... This is only one of hundreds of stories of school shootings across the nation, many of which were far worse. Drugs: You have only to ask at your local police station to find out the kinds of drugs which are being passed around daily at the school. The stories which have been documented by the media are too numerous too count. Below are a couple to make the case: http://www.palmbeachpost.com... http://www.purdueexponent.org... I know that not every one is against the legality of drugs, but seriously! Should minors be running around trading and consuming drugs? At least wait till they get to be 18. Sex In my opinion this is the worst aspect of public school. It is common knowledge than each year raps and premarital sex grows in schools across the country. Many would like to believe that "their" school is different but this is not the case. Sexual Activity In 2009, 46% of high school students had sexual intercourse and 13.8% had four or more sex partners during their life.ï¿½ Prior to the sexual activity, 21.6% drank alcohol or used drugs.ï¿½ Only 38.9% used a condom. CDC In 2009, 34% of currently sexually active high school students did not use a condom during their last sexual intercourse. CDC In 2006, an estimated 5,259 young people (ages 13-24) were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS. CDC Each year, approximately 19 million new STD infections occur, and almost half of them are among youth ages 15-24. CDC (retrieved from http://sadd.org...) Not only this but young children (4 years old!) lose their mental innocence to teachers who tell them about sex, homosexuality, and other things. How could I send my children to such a place? Again this fact is well documented: http://www.dailymail.co.uk... http://www.christiantelegraph.com... http://www.foxnews.com... My second argument is that Government run "public" schools are Poor Educational Quality I will take only a few areas to prove my point: Spelling: In the National Spelling Bee where homeschoolers have matched against public schoolers, the Homeschoolers win again and again. http://abcnews.go.com... http://www.hslda.org... http://www.soundanalarm.net... Math: http://spectator.org... http://www.thedailyriff.com... SAT scores: What about all the tests put together? How do homeschoolers compare to public schooled kids on average? Statistics show that homeschoolers get significantly more points than the national average, even if the child's parent(s) were not certified teachers or having any higher education. http://www.hslda.org... http://learnthingsweb.hubpages.com... http://www.oakmeadow.com... And ACT: http://www.wnd.com... Homeschoolers out perform public schoolers in every area. http://www.theblaze.com... http://www.cbc.ca... http://www.dailypaul.com... Finally I will argue from people that I have talked to that homeschooling is better for the development of the child. Parents know the child the best and care for them the most. They are the ones who should teach the child not just "education" (math, science writing etc.) but also politeness, ethics, how to be a respected adult. They are the ones who teach the child what it means to be a father or a mother, husband or wife. Children need these values to become useful people who care about what is going on around them. Parents teach children values (dare I say religion?) which dictates who they will vote for, what they will be involved in, and what they will read. http://www.streetdirectory.com... http://www.parentalrights.org... http://www.childup.com... Within the second two arguments I already showed how homeschool is better. Before I conclude I just want to explain why homeschool is better concerning my first argument about safety. In homeschooling all of the students are siblings who (for the most part) love and care about each other. Violence is easily quelled by the parent who always there to make sure that the environment is safe. Speaking from my own experience, we certainly had occasional fights (tussles) which were in good fun. Never was there any desire to actually hurt another sibling. Anything bigger than sticks was a non-issue. Sure we went to the range and shot with dad. But all guns were carefully locked up, and we never had access to them (and still don't). As far as drugs or sex we never even knew about them until we were older. From all this evidence, I postulate than homeschooling is better than public schooling.