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Home School vs. Public Education

One of the toughest decisions that parents face today is whether to home-school or send

their child to public school. Most Americans do not home-school their children. However, those

who do, certainly have good reasons. Although there are supporters on both sides of this

educational issue, it is important to understand why some parents choose to home-school their

children versus public schooling.

One of the many reasons that home school parents feel passionate about home schooling

is their religious beliefs. Since religion is no longer permitted in the public school system, many

home-school parents feel that their children have been short-changed in this area. It is their wish

to raise their children in an environment that not only allows religion but also embraces it (David

212).

Having deep religion beliefs, parents who home-school for religious reasons are said to

be very passionate people. It is this passion that feeds their children’s educational needs. With

the parent in charge, home-schooling can be based solely on religious activities if the parent so

chooses. It is also this passion that will allow the parents to teach their children to the best of

their abilities. Home-schooling allows the parent to be in charge (Vaughan 646).

Another reason is the public school system appears to have allowed a stereotype to be

attached to home-schooled children is socialization. This stereotype suggests that home-schooled

children are confined rather than social (Medlin 284). In fact, home-schooled children are

exposed to a mixed age range instead of a classroom based on age only if there are other

children. People who do not understand the home-school plan also do not understand that these

students have much more flexibility in being exposed to greater social situations that can be

allowed into a classroom (Ray 134).

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Peer pressure has always been a problem in schools. Instead of following the biblical

examples and moral values taught at home, children start to crave acceptance, which leads to

following the example of their public schooled peers (Crabtree 214). Peer pressure can be found

in many places, not just our public school system. However, school is a place where children

spend five days a week, eight hours a day with their peers, making the chances for caving to

pressures such smoking, drinking, sex, and drugs. Children are pressured to wear certain clothes

to be fit in with their peers, they feel forced to conform the most current and fashionable

standards. Peer pressure has always been part of our children life, but is lessened in a home-

schooled environment (Medlin 289).

Another issue surrounding the decision to home-school is behavior. As a home-schooler,

parents are able to expose their children to the behaviors they feel are appropriate. In public

school systems, model behavior has become a thing of the past. Inappropriate behavior in the

public school systems has become the norm (Medlin 290). Therefore, it is absolutely

understandable that any parent who is able to home-school would want to act as a positive role

model for their children instead of sending them off to a system which may ultimately teach

them the art of cursing, back-talking, and overall misbehavior (Vaughan 648). Not to say that

this is being taught in public schools.

Being able to work one-on-one on a daily basis with their children, parents of home-

schooled children can detect whether or not the lessons or values being taught are being

understood. They have a better ability to connect with their children to make certain the children

understand the lesson and the value without continuing until the task is not only learned but also

understood. Also, since home-schooled children are usually at home, they get a social lesson

based on reality. Every day they are surrounded by people they love and trust who balance

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Home School vs. Public Education One of the toughest decisions that parents face today is whether to home-school or send their child to public school. Most Americans do not home-school their children. However, those who do, certainly have good reasons. Although there are supporters on both sides of this educational issue, it is important to understand why some parents choose to home-school their children versus public schooling. One of the many reasons that home school parents feel passionate about home schooling is their religious beliefs. Since religion is no longer permitted in the public school system, many home-school parents feel that their children have been short-changed in this area. It is their wish to raise their children in an environment that not only allows religion but also embraces it (David 212). Having deep religion beliefs, parents who home-school for religious reasons are said to be very passionate people. It is this passion that feeds their children’s educational needs. With the parent in charge, home-schooling can be based solely on religious activities if the parent so chooses. It is also this passion that will allow the parents to teach their children to the best of their abilities. Home-schooling allows the parent to be in charge (Vaughan 646). Another reason is the public school system appears to have allowed a stereotype to be attached to home-schooled children is socialization. This stereotype suggests that home-schooled children are confined ...
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