Regular School, Boarding School, or Home School?...

I still go for regular school because it definitely gives one a chance to socialize with other people hehehe! :) It is the best because one get through life through interacting to other people. :)

I don't really agree with home schooling unless maybe you have a special needs child. I think kids need socialization and an objective party to analyze your childs learning abilities and difficulties. We see our children with a biased view as we should but teachers are trained to teach children and a good teacher can really effect your whole life in a positive way. I really feel that a good regular (public or private) school is the best thing for most kids though not all. Most children in the US don't go to boarding school so I don't know much about that.

i am definitely thinking of homeschooling my child. i think it is the best way that we can inculcate christian values to him. i am an expectant mother of our first child. i got bitten by the fact that what we teach our children about life is basically the process of discipleship and that we can always teach them knowledge learned in school at home. but what we can teach them at home, they can never learn at school. kids nowadays have very heavy loads. they spend long hours in school, aside from extra curricular activities. no wonder it is difficult for parents to monitor their molding. home school is different and i think we would like to try it. good day and God bless you!

I went to a private all boys schoool when I grew up, I kind of liked it actually. The unifroms wern't that bad except that I looked the same as everyone else. I might try a diffrent school only to see that it would be like to go to school with boys and girls. I can't say that I would have ended up where I am now if I did though.

I also don't know any boarding schools in the Philippines. As for home schooling, I know that there are several parents considering this option but the recession is making things a little harder for everyone: first, both parents would prefer to work than to stay home to take care of the kid; however, tuition fees are sky rocketing so it might be a better option to home school their kids; however^2, books and educational materials that would equip a parent to home school a child are not widely available and some parents don't feel like they are equipped to actually teach a child that kinds of things he/she could learn in school from a teacher with an Education degree. If given the chance, I would rather have been home schooled. I have very intelligent parents and I saw how they tutored my younger brother. They did a good job at it and I believe that their hard work would have paid off better than what I got from the private school they sent me. What I don't like about huge private schools is that you don't get the attention you need and if you couldn't catch up on a lesson, then you're left to fend for yourself. However, I do think regular school for late high school or for college is important, especially the latter because it will help the child specialize his knowledge on something specific. Thanks for the response on my discussion!

i think i'll go with regular schools, coz i want my kids to be learn how to socialize with others, especially my son, he's a very shy boy.

All three that you mentioned are an option in India. But homeschooling is not an option known to many. I did think of homeschooling my older one for a bit...but then things in his regular school worked out for the better...and with the age gap of my kids, I do not think I can do full justice to homeschooling at the moment. Boarding school is out of the question (I don't want my kids to be away...as of now...and most kids I know are sent to boarding school when no one's around to discipline them...and sometimes when parents are out of the country and want the kids to get a better education than the country where they are at) If I had to do it all over again, I would still prefer the regular school. I don't think my parents are/were in a position to homeschool.....and from what I've heard the discipling in a boarding school is too strict and I wouldn't want that either (though it definitely taught me more about life than I knew as a kid).

My children will and have always been regular schooled. I see so many kids that are home schooled that have no social ability!There is no way I could teach my kids, not because I am not smart enough... but because they do and have always listened better to others!I know the problems that go on in school districts, and I am right their involved in my kids education and what they are doing socially in school! I know who they are with and at least half of what they are doing, they come home and tell me the stuff that is going on in the schools. and we discuss it. If your kids are going to public school you still have to educate them!!! Just not on math, science, writing and english! LOL on what is right and wrong!

I was sent to Christian schools growing up, and I would not have changed it for the world. The education offered was much higher than any of the surrounding public schools, so I always had a better education. Added to that, we were tought the Bible, and I never feared for my safety. It was always a safe place to be, and I never doubted why I was there. My parents thought they were doing the best for me, and truly they were. Even though we got a discount on the cost, my parents still sacrificed to make sure it happened. Home schooling is something to definitely be considered, but if I were to have been home schooled, my mom would definitely have needed to sign me up for home school groups. They have home school baseball teams even. Social activities are still important, so I'm glad home schoolers have banded together to make sure that still happens. It is especially important for home schooled children that are shy.

Here all the children are supposed to go to the regular schools. But the education fee is becoming higher and higher. And it's a big burden for some poor families. Although it is said that the 9 years education fee is free of charge but that's not true.

Fortunately, I could not have been home schooled because my parents had no education. Where we live now it was popular for a while to home school, but as college teachers we saw many home schooled "children" coming in without the necessary skill to succeed and that was disappointing. There were requirements the home schooling parents were supposed to meet, but many did not and there was no enforcement. Now, many officials are starting to realize that was a mistake and they are going to enforce the law again. Naturally, I would have preferred to have gone to a boarding school, had that been a possibility, as I'm sure most of them teach better academic skills. As bad as the public schools are, however, I think they give students a better view of reality than either home schooling or fancy private schools ever could, and there is something to be said for growing up "street smart" too. If I were a parent, I would want to home school my children, but if I were a child home schooling is the very last thing I would want. Such a hard situation!

Hello aseretdd, I studied in a boarding school. I had a mixed emotions about studying in boarding school. I attended regular school too, when I was seven. We don't have home schooling here. If we do have that option, I wish my son can be home schooled. But, one reason that stops me is that, he might not know how to socialize later. I don't think I will allow him to go to boarding school. I prefer him to attend regular school and mix around with other kids and make friends.

I have been educated in regular school and I find this the best, I would have been very lonely in a hostel.

I would still prefer going to a regular school. My parents wanted me to be home-schooled but they were afraid that my social skills would be affected. And they wanted me to interact with other people so they enrolled me at a regular school. There's no boarding school here in our town. I'm glad I was not home-schooled because I would have missed the chance to meet some very cool and terrific people.