educate their children: Teachers do not know everything; they still need to research for things, so what is to say that parents cannot do the same. In fact, teachers do not go to college to learn about all subjects; they go to school to learn teaching techniques, and some certify teachers fails to educate children often, there is no vital proved that certification produces student success, why not give someone who is uncertified a chance, they cannot do any worse. Some parents’ also choose an eclectic approach and join a homeschooling co-op or other group such as One Day Academy that provide for some group learning to occurs, particularly of topics parents feels less inclined to teach themselves, often science and math.
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The socialization argument has lost momentum in recent years with the awareness of bullying, cyberbullying, and violence in public and private schools. Distance education has become a safe haven for students who are being bullied in school. Parent’s choice to homeschool their children can be a difficult choice filled with anxiety over documentation, reporting, assessment, and legalese. But e-learning and virtual schools facilitate a parent’s right to educate their own children. In the past, it was difficult for homeschooled students to gain acceptance to good colleges and universities, but parents are now able to use standardized tests, such as SAT I and II, AP exams, and portfolios to apply to colleges. “They tend to score higher than public schooled children on standardized achievement tests, advanced placement exams, the SAT and ACT and attend college at higher rates than public school students” (Rudner 1999; Richman 2005; King 2004; and Golden, as quoted in McReynolds, 2001, para. 6). In one study, Brian Ray (2003, p. 40) the National Home Education Research Institute surveyed “over 7,300 adults who had been homeschooled, most for at least seven years. The researchers found that homeschooled graduates were significantly more involved in community and civic affairs, such as volunteering and working for political candidates, than were traditionally …show more content…
Homeschooling has been the fastest growing educational alternative in the country for several years for one very good reason: most families quickly discover that there are fringe benefits to homeschooling, such as not being tied to the school’s daily schedules. But even more importantly, relationships within homeschooled families have the time to develop slowly and to become stronger. Homeschooled siblings are generally much closer than public schooling’s age segregation that peer dependency allow for. Without daily demands of being schooled outside from home, these families can have the capacity to guide and support their children beyond understanding. In doing so, they often rediscover a sense of security and family unity, not just for the children needs, but more than we have been led to believe. The number of hours that traditional student spends in average public school is not spent focusing academic subjects; it’s spent waiting in lines, waiting for teachers to move on to another subject, and waiting for recess and lunch time: Homeschoolers cut off all these unnecessary waiting list and gets’ every work done within two or three hours so they can have much time left over to explore on other interest. And despite shorter hours of book studying, homeschoolers have
The most frequent …show more content…
The socialization argument has lost momentum in recent years with the awareness of bullying, cyberbullying, and violence in public and private schools. Distance education has become a safe haven for students who are being bullied in school. Parent’s choice to homeschool their children can be a difficult choice filled with anxiety over documentation, reporting, assessment, and legalese. But e-learning and virtual schools facilitate a parent’s right to educate their own children. In the past, it was difficult for homeschooled students to gain acceptance to good colleges and universities, but parents are now able to use standardized tests, such as SAT I and II, AP exams, and portfolios to apply to colleges. “They tend to score higher than public schooled children on standardized achievement tests, advanced placement exams, the SAT and ACT and attend college at higher rates than public school students” (Rudner 1999; Richman 2005; King 2004; and Golden, as quoted in McReynolds, 2001, para. 6). In one study, Brian Ray (2003, p. 40) the National Home Education Research Institute surveyed “over 7,300 adults who had been homeschooled, most for at least seven years. The researchers found that homeschooled graduates were significantly more involved in community and civic affairs, such as volunteering and working for political candidates, than were traditionally …show more content…
Homeschooling has been the fastest growing educational alternative in the country for several years for one very good reason: most families quickly discover that there are fringe benefits to homeschooling, such as not being tied to the school’s daily schedules. But even more importantly, relationships within homeschooled families have the time to develop slowly and to become stronger. Homeschooled siblings are generally much closer than public schooling’s age segregation that peer dependency allow for. Without daily demands of being schooled outside from home, these families can have the capacity to guide and support their children beyond understanding. In doing so, they often rediscover a sense of security and family unity, not just for the children needs, but more than we have been led to believe. The number of hours that traditional student spends in average public school is not spent focusing academic subjects; it’s spent waiting in lines, waiting for teachers to move on to another subject, and waiting for recess and lunch time: Homeschoolers cut off all these unnecessary waiting list and gets’ every work done within two or three hours so they can have much time left over to explore on other interest. And despite shorter hours of book studying, homeschoolers have