Homeschooling is gaining more support

Homeschooling was a bad thing for my nieces. My oldest one ended up a teen mom, the other one ran away from home, the other is lazy when it comes to school work, and the other one is finding it hard to adjust to structure. I am okay with private school and voucher schools, if that is of anything. I would not recommend public school because of cut-backs.

When we lived in Tulsa...I was not happy with the public school systems....I joined the PTA for one year trying to make a difference from within....when that failed to work....I home schooled them until we moved to a smaller town where they wished to return to public school...I also think that they benefitted from the time we had one-on-one study time....I had 3 at home at the time... Our 5 yr. old son will start kindergarten this fall..we have been working together for a couple of years...he is beginnning to read and does math and has creative methods of thinking things out for himself....we now live in rural Arkansa...the classrooms are small....he is looking forward to attending school...so that is what we will do...I will be active as always in my child's education...

Can you please explain what is the homeschooling scheme and how it works? I have not heard abouit this so far. We have boarding schools here. Is homeschooling like the boarding schools?

I am a parent and a teacher. I know two children that are home schooled. They have plenty of reading and writing sessions as well as maths. However they also do activities like cooking and playng musical instruments. They live in the UK close to the channel ports. They often go to France for the day. As a result they speak French very well indeed. I feel if they were learning French from books they would not know as much as they do or be as keen as they are. They know many other chidren of different ages so they do not suffer socially. They are young enough for their mum to have the required knowledge to educate them. However once they get to my sons age, 12, it might be difficult for her if she lacks the knowledge of some subjects. For example I would not have enough knowledge in maths to do home schooling for my son.

My husband and i have decided to have a homeschool for our son. Most of the homeschool kids here in our place are smart and intelligent in different ways. They have lots of time to study and not influence by peer pressure. A lot of homeschool children are doing good and much better than in public school.

I have definate mixed feelings on this. I do not judge one being better than the other. They both have pros and cons. Where I grew up it was unheard of unless you were expelled from school or into too much trouble. Where ilive now it is the norm. ALmost every family I know does it. The postives I see is that you kind of get to monitor your children and what they are really learning. You get to keep them from picking up bad things from school. They have a tendency to appreciate learning more. It holds more value and passion than public school kids. They do get more one on one time to assess their learning skills. They do get to set their own pace, which makes them in a sense more responsible for their own learning. They can do however good or bad they choose to do.And I am torn about the socializing part. They may tend to be more social since they are not exposed to so many other students like they would at a public school, but that can also be a downfall. Many of lifes lessons are learned from others. Wether they be good or bad ones. They are exposed to so many cultural differences this way too. Different minorities and ways of life. The downsides I see, are the social ones. The missing out certain thngs like new friends, and dances or other school activities. The curriculum could be different than the one being taugh at home. Having the chance to be exposed to so many new experiences. All these points can be argued I am sure. I am not trying to debate or argue. I likehome schooling. I really think some home school kids learn more than public school kids. They get lost in the socail realm of things at school instead of academic. BUt it could be a risk to send them into a college without experiencing some of those regular school things. I know this is not the case all the time. I know of a young man that was homeschooled his whole life and one of the smartest people I knew. Smarter than most adults. He found it hard to focus in college at first because of the big change in life but his love and passion for learning beat out the rest. He is still in college and maintains a high grade point average. I think i could not handle teaching the kids myself but if someone else did, I would be all for it.

I too am a homeschooling mom and think it is THE way of our future of our children. The military is looking for homeschooling students and the colleges too have accommodations for welcoming homeschoolers. My kids are awesome and daughter has written and published a book yet to be released and she is only 14. Also more books in the works. So you see these children can be the new leaders of our country and hope that they are since they are bound to do better than the kids that are studying in school for those proficiency tests. They don't do the whole books and if they have books that is another issue. We homeschoolers I think are a factor in the coming future.

My neighbor was homeschooling her children and decided to go back to work. My long time friend just started to home school. I personally don't think I'm cut out for it. I do have issues with the school system and the pressure they force on the children, but for the most part I think my children will do fine in school. I also want to establish a career as a writer which would be difficult to do with the children at home and having to come up with class and activities. I'm going to enjoy being home for when they get out of class to discuss what they've learned and help them get the most out of their education. Great discussion topic.

I have to admit I applaud parents that can actually take the time and have the ability to do this. I myself dont think I am capable of doing it. Public school does put alot of pressure on them that doesnt really envolve learning but than again life can put alot of pressure on you to. Its a tuff call and I would have to say you would have to look at each case individually to decide which is better home or public.

I think homeschooling is wonderful and I sometimes think my daughter would have benefitted more from it when she was younger. By the way, one of the finalists was from our own school district for the second year in a row.