Michael Porowski Homeschooling Analysis

In his essay “Revisiting the Common Myths about Homeschooling,” Michael H. Romanowski, a professor at the Center for Teacher Education at Ohio Northern University, claims that there are four common myths that have been known to motivate individuals in relation to their perspective and understanding of the concept of homeschooling. Myth one is that homeschooling creates social misfits. Myth two is that homeschooling deprives children from the necessary interaction. Myth three is that without a high school diploma, it will be difficult for them to be accepted in college. The last myth, majority of people are homeschooled for religious reasons. According to Romanowski he concludes that public education should be the one to offer education for …show more content…
He goes into the second myth, being that homeschooling fails to prepare good citizens. Romanowski states that in reality homeschooled students are in a world associated with workforce, colleges, and universities. He suggests that they are good citizens in fact because while being homeschooled because of their involvement within their community and have such value for education. “Seventy-one percent of homeschool graduates participate in an ongoing community service activity, compared to 37 percent of U.S. adults of similar ages” (Romanowski 127). These homeschoolers have gain the necessary qualities to live in this society on a higher level in comparison to the general U.S. population. He touches on how students who are homeschooled have a difficulty entering college because they did not attend a public school and receive a diploma. His last claim he makes is the myth four, majority of families homeschool their children for religious reasons. “…homeschooling families is one of a conservative Christian family who homeschools in order to pass on Christian values to their children to protect them…” (Romanowski