Is home schooling better than formal schooling?

I don't favor home schooling. I think home schooling is fine for kids who are physically challenged and have difficulty in transporting to school. Even, for those students, I think formal schooling is better. Formal schooling gives chance for students to interact with other studens of the same age and share their knowledge and feelings. It helps them to develop their personality. They learn a lot of things from the surroundings and friends.

I've never had home schooling so I don't know about the benefits. I would formal school in a way for no other reason than to get interaction and maybe being in a classroom helps out to better understand what you're learning. The closet to home school, though not counting, is reading tutorials online figuring out web site building but I feel comfortable in a formal school.

I guess not.The kind of pleasures and experiences on gets in the company of other boys and girls will be surely missed. Also, it becomes extremely difficult to improve one's language, vocabulary, and confidence when studying at home. This situation will continue when you work. Because of your isolation from others, it becomes difficult for you to adjust and work with your colleagues, therefore schooling is not just playing, studying and growing up, it is also a reason for one's social development.There is no alternative to formal schooling.

Nope! There is one important lesson one will definitely not able to learn in home schooling, "socialization". You can never learn it at home schooling. And that lesson alone can only be done and enhance if one was able to mingle with their classmates at classrooms, canteens, school bus and on the hallways.

Home schooling maybe appropriate and better for students who have physical disabilities or sickness but are willingly interested to learn. To go in a formal school will develop both a students mental, physical and emotional growth. A person can learn more based on his experiences outside the convenience of his own home.

I am a special education teacher for students with multiple handicaps. I believe that for some students, home schooling is an option in order for them to receive any kind of academic instruction. This is mostly true for students whose behaviors preclude them or others from learning in the structured environment that school is. I realize that there are a lot of new 'online' schools for all different types and ages of children. I am not sure that these schools do any good. I am a firm believer in the fact that children need to be around other chidren in order to learn. The social aspect of school, to me, is just as important as the academic side of it. Not to mention the fact that if a child is schooled at home, a lot of times the line between mother and teacher gets blurred and it can cause issues in the family dynamics. Now, all that being said, I have completed one Master's Degree in a 'formal' setting in which I actually went to classes and another Master's Degree in an online format. During both of these programs, I was a full time teacher. I can honestly say that I learned more from the program that was strictly online than the in person one. I think that this is because I was an adult and I could work at my own pace and at the times of day that I was able to. All in all, home schooling versus formal education is a personal decision. It is a decision that needs to be made by all people involved on a case by case basis.

Hi hotsummer, I prefer formal schooling, although I'm sure that some children may do better being home schooled. A lot of things have to be taken into consideration in making such a decision. Blessings.

I'm really not sure, to be honest. However, I don't really know, which is better, because I haven't been home schooled. So, I can't really say which one is better. However, I think that it just depends on the individual and their situation. Home schooling works for some and not for others.

I think it depends on the circumstances as to why the child is being home school. I think going to school helps you to be with other kids your own age and you learn how to get along with others. There are some children that just do not like going to school and do not get along with others well home schooling is a better choice for them as they will still be getting their education which is what is important for all children.

We did homeschooling with our children during the junior high middle school age level. Looking back i think we made the right choices. They went to public school for first 5 years then homeschool for 3 years and then 4 years public high school. If i had to do it all over again i would do the same thing. Elementary first 5 years is such a huge social growth period it is better for them to be with peers and learn how to develope peer relationships, something a homeschool setting has a hard time duplicating. Jurnior high grade levels 6, 7 , 8 here in united states seems to be the years theres the first potential for alot of bad peer influence. Learning during junior high is at an excellerated level and i think the one on one instruction during this time really gave our children a step above public schooling. We made the choice to return to public school for high school because the opportunities public school offers is by far better than what we could provide at home.... sports, band, music, drama, clubs, etc. For use i guess we never looked at which was cheaper or cost more it was always about what was best for our childrens educational needs and emotional needs.

No!!! Home schooling is not better than formal schooling because first off I believe kids have to interact with other kids instead of staring at their parents or equivalent grown up all day. Young children need to experience more than inside the household so they could gain good judgment and take care of themselves when they get older. I think sheltered children are slacking more things to survive with than the regular children that actually attended schools outside of the homes. Pretty what I am trying to say is that by going to formal school, children could get two educations, so they can be book smart and street smart.