Opposition Side
As some may know, home schooling is a form of education. Yet to home schooling there are many pros and some say, cons. some are pros; some believe that home schooling should remain legal in all of the 50 states. Cons, they may believe the exact opposite of what some do. This is where they are wrong. Home schooling keeps the child in a very safe environment… their own home. But at school, there may be bullies. That is not the only reason they are wrong, home schooled children tend to be smarter than class roomed children. Studies show that on average home schooled children score higher on standardized tests. Results for 16,000 home educated children, grades K-12, were analyzed in 1994 by researcher Dr. Brian Ray. He found the nationwide grand mean in reading for home schooled children was at the 79th percentile; for language and math, the 73rd percentile. These ranking means home-educated students performed better than approximately 77% of the sample population on whom the test was named. Nearly 80% of home schooled children achieved individual scores above the national average and 54.7% of the 16,000 home schooled children achieved individual scores in the top quarter of the population, more than double the number of conventional school students who score in the top quarter.
(http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000017.asp)
The oppositional side says that home schooled children are socially ignorant they say, "But how can they not be when they spend all day isolated from anyone but their parent and perhaps a sibling and a book".(Roche, 3) First of all, parents can choose whether or not to just use a book to home school. They go to museums, zoos, and internationally travel and are open to the world around them. They can learn household skills such as, gardening and cooking. The possibilities are endless! The parents can tell if they want their kids socializing with other kids. For example, they may think the kids in the neighborhood are a bad influence. If they want their kid to socialize with other people, than they should put them in activities. If they can’t afford it, then they could get financial aid, or do free activities like go to a park, or play soccer in the neighborhood.
As some may know, home schooling is a form of education. Yet to home schooling there are many pros and some say, cons. some are pros; some believe that home schooling should remain legal in all of the 50 states. Cons, they may believe the exact opposite of what some do. This is where they are wrong. Home schooling keeps the child in a very safe environment… their own home. But at school, there may be bullies. That is not the only reason they are wrong, home schooled children tend to be smarter than class roomed children. Studies show that on average home schooled children score higher on standardized tests. Results for 16,000 home educated children, grades K-12, were analyzed in 1994 by researcher Dr. Brian Ray. He found the nationwide grand mean in reading for home schooled children was at the 79th percentile; for language and math, the 73rd percentile. These ranking means home-educated students performed better than approximately 77% of the sample population on whom the test was named. Nearly 80% of home schooled children achieved individual scores above the national average and 54.7% of the 16,000 home schooled children achieved individual scores in the top quarter of the population, more than double the number of conventional school students who score in the top quarter.
(http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000000/00000017.asp)
The oppositional side says that home schooled children are socially ignorant they say, "But how can they not be when they spend all day isolated from anyone but their parent and perhaps a sibling and a book".(Roche, 3) First of all, parents can choose whether or not to just use a book to home school. They go to museums, zoos, and internationally travel and are open to the world around them. They can learn household skills such as, gardening and cooking. The possibilities are endless! The parents can tell if they want their kids socializing with other kids. For example, they may think the kids in the neighborhood are a bad influence. If they want their kid to socialize with other people, than they should put them in activities. If they can’t afford it, then they could get financial aid, or do free activities like go to a park, or play soccer in the neighborhood.