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What is your opinion on home schooling? Do you think that everyone should be able to be home schooled for free if they wish? Do you think it is better for the students education being taught at home by either parents or a home visiting tutor? Should home schooling not be allowed because of how we socialise in schools?

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i think home school is pretty bad because teens will not socialize anymore and that's bad... they problably be depressed younger because they talk to nobody. i think that should only be allowed in case of serious sickness or something like that and even that i thik it would be better a private teacher. but of course there are ppl who can't affort that. so yeah only in that case.
if we had a doubt, how could we solve it??? there would be nobody to explain to us

i think it's bad idea because they will not able to communicate with each other
face by face and it's better way and you can understand very quickly
when you feel boring you can simply talk to your partner...

although it's good way and easy way to learn but i don't think that
it will be successful

It is not for me. I think kids need socialization to help build self esteem. I think it is also healthy to see and hear new things each day. Plus it has to get boring at home all day everyday!

i just don't think that home schooling is the way to go. Part of growing up is socializing and learning to get along with others.
I just think that school will be much more fun and more beneficial than home schooling.
well ...home schooling is cool too ..haha

Well, actually one of my best friend was a homeschooler and he never had any problem with socializing. He have even more friends that me probably. But anyway, I don't think it's bad at all. I wouldn't have my kids homeschooling, but I don't think it's that bad.
Plus, he got to go at university at 14 year old. Is that not cool?

First of all, home schooled kids can socialize because there are certain groups they can go to with other home schooled kids.
And really, some kids like being alone.

I found it works a lot better and you can learn at your own pace.
I don't have a tutor or a parent helping me either. I more or less teach myself, all the booklets have what I need to know in them.

As a bonus, I don't have to wake up at 5:30 AM to catch a 6:40 AM bus to get to school by 7:20 AM.

Homeschooling also gives me flexibility for I need to get a job - I can work during normal school hours.

All in all, I absolutely love home schooling! It's so much better than public school, plus all the booklets are correct in their teachings so I don't have to lie on my work anymore which makes passing 10 times easier.

That's a little silly. What if the child in question wants to be home schooled, I mean I know kids - including myself - who've always hated school. And have been begging for homeschooling since kindergarden.
Point is, if a kid wants to be home schooled, they have a right to be.

Only when you run out of a variety of things to eat... although the upside is that I actually have the option of eating more than just pizza crust.


Lawl, most of you act like home schooled kids don't know how to communicate with the outside world.
Look, some kids do better in a one-on-one environment. Even when I was going to school, I had to be put in a different room to take tests because I just could not focus with people crowding me all the time. They seemed to catch on that I did much better in a room alone rather than in a room of kids. And when I was younger, it was more frequent because kids make noise - I can't focus with annoying noises so I would often fail when not alone.

So, yeah, home schooling works out 100 times better than public schooling. I generally tend to feel better, smile more, not as irritable, have a little more energy, don't have to deal with the daily drama of my friends, I don't get bullied, my grades are all passing, no homework, more computer time, more food so I don't pass out, etc.

I love home schooling. But about the only downside is no Gym class... which wasn't a problem for me because I already got all my gym credits.

The only real tough time I had was learning ASL... you learn it by video tape so that was harder than learning by a teacher but I still managed.

Home schooled kids definantly socialize, I know a few families that are gome schooled and then socialize lots maybe not as much as people who go to school do but still quite a lot. However home schooling is not the kind of thing that I'd like to do because a private tutor costs lots of money and t be taught by both of your parents would mean that they wouldn't be able to have a job and therefore the family might struggle more for money.

Furthermore learning out of books and textbooks are boring and a bit of variety is better.

However one aspect of home schooling that I do like is that you can pick and choose what lessons you do and when you do them, so then you could skip the subjects that you hate.

Overall I prefer going to school rather than being home educated !

Both parents don't need to teach you if you are home schooled, only one does - but not even that. You can actually teach yourself. lol
Providing you can stay at home by yourself.

Or maybe one parent has a teaching certificate. Then they could teach you.
I knew a girl one who's mother taught her up until she had to go to high school, so then she went to a school meant for kids who used to be home schooled.
The school days are a bit longer, but they only had to go for three days a week.

Sidenote: Me thinks there is a lot of misconception about homeschooled kids.

I did a year of home schooling it sucks because you don't have no friends or anything.

-Cassie =]

^ Really? I love it~~

No annoying bastards to deal with, I can actually learn, I can work at my own pace.
It's awesome <3