The Importance Of Education In Public Schools

Educational Debate Education is an important aspect in today 's society. A good education leads to a successful career which leads to a successful life. Not only is education important in today 's society, but social skills are also equally important and you do not receive these vital skills in homeschooling. Parents should choose public schooling for their children because their child will receive a better education, receive important social skills, and have the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities. Education in the public school is a better option because the child receives a better education. For teachers to be allowed to teach in the public school system, they must receive years of training. They continue to receive …show more content…
It’s crucial that every child learns how to interact with others. The classroom and playground are perfect controlled settings to help your child develop critical social skills that can not be developed in a home school(Amy Ryan). When watching homeschooled children, I notice that they have a weird quirk to them. They do not understand children their age and will act way younger or older than the age they are. One of my good friends in highschool was homeschooled until her freshman year, and the way the kids acted in school shocked her. She was not prepared for the real life she would soon be facing after her high school diploma. She had a hard time making friends because she did not know how to talk to people who were her own age. Social skills are an important skill to learn by high school because after that you are thrown into the real world where no parent can shield you from the way people really are in life. Children who are living a very sheltered and protected life are the ones who will have difficulty adjusting to the real world after school. It is also known that it is essential that children learn how to interact and to work with one another for them to be able to build real, dynamic skills that are necessary in the real world. Public schools strongly believe that the goal of a public education is not just about …show more content…
Children learn time management and prioritizing skills through doing extracurricular activities(Joy Burgess). They have to learn a set schedule and know that every morning they get up at a certain time, go to school, then have a practice of some sort, then they must come home, and fit in time for their homework. They learn to be competitive in extracurricular activities through sports and the band program. Having a competitive trait helps prepare a person for life. Being competitive is a good thing because it makes a person strive to do their absolute best in everything the do. All of these important skills, that cannot be learned in homeschooling, translate from the public school into their life which helps them have a successful