Homeschooling deprives children of experiencing different ethnic and social groups. If a child doesn’t attend a public or private school, where is that child going to be exposed to new and different kinds of people? During home schooling, a child is learning without anyone beside them except their parent or possibly a sibling. In public school, you learn alongside a huge range of people from all different ethnic groups and religions. Public school broadens your knowledge of other religions. For example, you have a project with someone who is from Japan. You go to their house, maybe eat dinner, and see the decorations. You are learning about a new culture without realizing it. In home school, they don't get that opportunity. You don't get a first hand look on how other people your age wears, eats or does things. You can go to a museum, but it's not the same as interacting with others, An anonymous source argues that her home schooled son gets plenty of diversity from his recreational activities. He takes swimming lessons at the Jewish community center (even though they are not Jewish); he participates in Scouts, and has a very diverse group of friends (Anonymous, 2005). Not all home schoolers are lucky enough to get that much exposure to diversity. Most parents can't afford to do activities such as sports leagues, which is the main reason why they home school in the first place. NAESP says homeschooling can, “Isolate the student from other social and ethnic groups” (NASEP, N/A). Most people consider home schoolers to be isolationist, fanatical and socially ignorant. But how can they not be when they spend all day isolated from anyone but their parent and perhaps a sibling and a book? (Butz, 2001) Homeschooling takes away from children being exposed to different social and ethnic groups.
