Limitations Of Homeschooling

HOMESCHOOLING IN THE UNITED STATES

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Authored by: Nguyễn Tấn Thịnh

Submitted to: Lecturer Đinh Lan Khánh

Submission date: November 28, 2017

There is a great diversity of options in choosing a type of schooling for children in the United States. One is traditional schooling, where children are sent off to every single day. Another choice is homeschooling, where children can learn at home, with tutors or with any available learning materials that could be used for the purpose of studying. With the approval of parents, the fact that a child can thrive and flourish under these conditions is typically possible. In general, home schooled children have more advantages than traditional schooled children. Specifically, they

All the studies in homeschooling majorly are performed at home, so children may not have many opportunities to interact outside world in comparison to children in traditional school. At the young age, forming bonds and intimacies or socializing with children at the same age is vital for the child’s developmental stage. When homeschooling, their right of forming friendships is taken away and this may lead to anti-social or lack of behavior in the future. Of course, they might make friends with other home schooled children, but the number and the possibility chance are lower than in traditional school since it requires a special effort to arrange the meetings. Coalition for Responsible Home Education has reported some home schooled people who lack socialization: “Beth graduated from homeschooling so undereducated that she was fired from fast food job after fast food job, under qualified and lacking the skills for even that line of work.” “Josh Powell reached age 16 without having experience in basic writing, geography, or mathematics. He begged his local high school to admit him, desperate to learn what was taught there, but his parents objected.” Through these cases, the lack of socialization may impact a child ‘s later stages of life in a negative way. Hence, this makes social skill become one of the most common concerns that parents pay

Home schooled students are recorded to have higher score in SAT or ATC examination than others, but in exchange, their social skill, teamwork ethic and knowledge of side subject are not as good as traditional schooled students. Therefore, despite of its provision of alternative option to the standard educational method and the effectiveness that is successfully tested, this form of education is not complete and still has limitations to completely replace traditional schooling. The choice is in the parents ‘s hands, whether to accept homeschooling, or to let their children attend traditional school. Reference

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Section: Subject taught during the time being home schooled (P. 46)