Homeschool per Merriam-Webster:
: To teach school subjects to one’s children at home
In Homeschooling and Self-Education, the author is stating the positive outcomes of homeschooling and self-education, and how it has benefit many individuals. In his perspective, people who are homeschool are the ones that want to control their own education. He also mentioned a few examples of individuals who has succeeded from homeschooling and self-education.
“Anna Fritz quit school when she was 15. She was a straight A student on her way to becoming class valedictorian at the School of the Arts in Milwaukee. Instead of taking music, she played professionally and studied with a renown cello teacher at University of Wisconsin at Madison. Instead of taking science, she apprenticed with a botanist at a museum greenhouse. Instead of taking English, she joined a critique group of professional writers. Instead of taking art or business, she worked at a photography studio. Instead of taking social studies, she worked as the organizer for Peace Action Milwaukee and represented the organization at the national meetings in Washington, D.C.”(63)
Fritz gave up on her education and title of valedictorian to choose a different path to live her life. She didn’t’ follow the school curriculum, but she choose whatever classes she desired.
Don’t you wish you were able to disregard rules and do whatever your heart desires?
Wise Intelligent commented, “…homeschooling is the best way,…I’m not saying school is all bad; you can learn anywhere, but if I had been home schooled, I would probably be an archeologist right now. I would be in Egypt. I would be all over the world, analyzing evidence from tombs and setting history straight.”(73) Intelligent is a members from a hip hop group from Trenton. Their music is motivated by the teachings of “the Nation of Gods and Earths.”
Do you think he would have become an archeologist if he was given the opportunity to be homeschooled?
Homeschooling Vs. Public Education
Homeschooling
Pros
· Homeschooling gives the child more educational freedom. The kid studies and learns what he wants.
· Physical freedom is another pro for homeschooling. Life does not revolve around car pools, school timings and exams.
· For the child, homeschooling provides emotional freedom. The child does not need to deliver to the evil effects of peer pressure, competition and bullies. They can study at peace.
Cons
Homeschooling can take up a lot of time of the parent. Leading to an acute time restraint for the parents. Picture a kitchen table filled with books and no food cooked.
Homeschooling requires one parent to be at home full-time. This could lead to a financial restraint on the family. The income would reduce, while the expenditure would, almost, remain the same.
Public Education
Pros
· Public schools provide the kids with an opportunity to partake is great activities like theater and bands. All round development is easier in public schools.
· Public schools are funded. As such children studying in public schools have more opportunities and resources available to them.
· A child studying in a public school is exposed to the different types of people in the world. As such, it can be said that public school prepares an individual who can face the world with confidence.
Cons
· Peer pressure and bullying is a regular affair at public school. Non conformism and innovative thinking is not easily acceptable.
· There are too many varieties of students studying at public schools. As such the parents do have much control over the kids their children get along with.
Additional info can be found here
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/homeschooling-vs-public-school.html
Statistics
· There are approximately 2 million homeschooling children in the US (2008 - 2009 data).
· An estimated 1.5 to 2 million homeschooling students in 2008 - 2009 are from standard K to 12.
· 15% of Non-Hispanic population is homeschooling their children.
· When scaled on a demographic map, homeschooling parents are from a variety of families and income levels including PhDs, atheists, low, high and middle income families.
· Near about US$ 50,000 is the income level of a homeschooling family.
· Almost 74% of homeschooled children have gone to colleges as compared to 44% of general population.
· 71% of homeschooled children have been found to be involved in at least one community service as compared to 37% of general population.
Based on the statistics, why is there an increase of children being homeschooled?
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/homeschooling-statistics.html
This graph shows multiple reasons why children are pulled out of the public school system and put into homeschool.
http://www.babydustdiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Untitled-Image.png
Self Education
Autodidact per Merriam-Webster:
: A self-taught person
Education is knowledge and experience you acquire despite on how they were accomplished or achieved. There are many approaches to learn and formal schooling is just one method. There is no wrong or right answer to the issue of self education or formal education being better. Formal education is important in the beginning as you build your foundation from learning to read, write and talk. In self education you can pursue knowledge that motivates you to learn. Generally many people stop reading a book after they graduate, however it doesn’t necessarily mean you should stop pursuing knowledge. People who know how to educate themselves are able to gain information about their world, read between the lines that media and school systems offer us.
A video on Ray Bradbury’s view on self-education. He talks about how he doesn’t believe in high school and college education because a library can educate you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVhMSZB9CRs
Famous people who were self-educated
Abraham Lincoln
Edgar Allen Poe
Robert Frost
Malcolm X
Ray Bradbury
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Quotes to explore:
“…self- directed education is the essence of learning whether or not kids are in school.” (65)
“Homeschooling is about learning from everyone, from the janitor, from the woman behind the meat counter. Homeschooling is a mislabeling of what is in reality world learning.” (70)
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. – Jim Rohn”
Questions to consider:
What is one thing you had learned in school that you couldn’t have learned on your own?
Do you think the views of homeschooling have changed from the past few decades?
If you had a chance of being homeschooled, how do you think your life would turn out to be?
Would you want your future kids to be homeschooled? Why?
Do you agree that home schooling is “too white, too sheltered, and too boring”?
If you followed the 19 strategies to Self-Education, do you think you’ll be successful or become a failure?
Here is a silly humor to spice up the idea of homeschooling.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCO3OuIi00fFQAE3swQ3_PGP45KCv4yget7kkjZuwItC83qiw2vQ_Ljlw3ToxzLOWXC7KkytF2Tk0RGgHedT5Uw0gk1glCrjXJYLv7EwaB6PDD3KNgFXbBY7sIwvjsIgqB2z9d-Hl0fYWs/s1600-h/socialization.jpg
: To teach school subjects to one’s children at home
In Homeschooling and Self-Education, the author is stating the positive outcomes of homeschooling and self-education, and how it has benefit many individuals. In his perspective, people who are homeschool are the ones that want to control their own education. He also mentioned a few examples of individuals who has succeeded from homeschooling and self-education.
“Anna Fritz quit school when she was 15. She was a straight A student on her way to becoming class valedictorian at the School of the Arts in Milwaukee. Instead of taking music, she played professionally and studied with a renown cello teacher at University of Wisconsin at Madison. Instead of taking science, she apprenticed with a botanist at a museum greenhouse. Instead of taking English, she joined a critique group of professional writers. Instead of taking art or business, she worked at a photography studio. Instead of taking social studies, she worked as the organizer for Peace Action Milwaukee and represented the organization at the national meetings in Washington, D.C.”(63)
Fritz gave up on her education and title of valedictorian to choose a different path to live her life. She didn’t’ follow the school curriculum, but she choose whatever classes she desired.
Don’t you wish you were able to disregard rules and do whatever your heart desires?
Wise Intelligent commented, “…homeschooling is the best way,…I’m not saying school is all bad; you can learn anywhere, but if I had been home schooled, I would probably be an archeologist right now. I would be in Egypt. I would be all over the world, analyzing evidence from tombs and setting history straight.”(73) Intelligent is a members from a hip hop group from Trenton. Their music is motivated by the teachings of “the Nation of Gods and Earths.”
Do you think he would have become an archeologist if he was given the opportunity to be homeschooled?
Homeschooling Vs. Public Education
Homeschooling
Pros
· Homeschooling gives the child more educational freedom. The kid studies and learns what he wants.
· Physical freedom is another pro for homeschooling. Life does not revolve around car pools, school timings and exams.
· For the child, homeschooling provides emotional freedom. The child does not need to deliver to the evil effects of peer pressure, competition and bullies. They can study at peace.
Cons
Homeschooling can take up a lot of time of the parent. Leading to an acute time restraint for the parents. Picture a kitchen table filled with books and no food cooked.
Homeschooling requires one parent to be at home full-time. This could lead to a financial restraint on the family. The income would reduce, while the expenditure would, almost, remain the same.
Public Education
Pros
· Public schools provide the kids with an opportunity to partake is great activities like theater and bands. All round development is easier in public schools.
· Public schools are funded. As such children studying in public schools have more opportunities and resources available to them.
· A child studying in a public school is exposed to the different types of people in the world. As such, it can be said that public school prepares an individual who can face the world with confidence.
Cons
· Peer pressure and bullying is a regular affair at public school. Non conformism and innovative thinking is not easily acceptable.
· There are too many varieties of students studying at public schools. As such the parents do have much control over the kids their children get along with.
Additional info can be found here
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/homeschooling-vs-public-school.html
Statistics
· There are approximately 2 million homeschooling children in the US (2008 - 2009 data).
· An estimated 1.5 to 2 million homeschooling students in 2008 - 2009 are from standard K to 12.
· 15% of Non-Hispanic population is homeschooling their children.
· When scaled on a demographic map, homeschooling parents are from a variety of families and income levels including PhDs, atheists, low, high and middle income families.
· Near about US$ 50,000 is the income level of a homeschooling family.
· Almost 74% of homeschooled children have gone to colleges as compared to 44% of general population.
· 71% of homeschooled children have been found to be involved in at least one community service as compared to 37% of general population.
Based on the statistics, why is there an increase of children being homeschooled?
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/homeschooling-statistics.html
This graph shows multiple reasons why children are pulled out of the public school system and put into homeschool.
http://www.babydustdiaries.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Untitled-Image.png
Self Education
Autodidact per Merriam-Webster:
: A self-taught person
Education is knowledge and experience you acquire despite on how they were accomplished or achieved. There are many approaches to learn and formal schooling is just one method. There is no wrong or right answer to the issue of self education or formal education being better. Formal education is important in the beginning as you build your foundation from learning to read, write and talk. In self education you can pursue knowledge that motivates you to learn. Generally many people stop reading a book after they graduate, however it doesn’t necessarily mean you should stop pursuing knowledge. People who know how to educate themselves are able to gain information about their world, read between the lines that media and school systems offer us.
A video on Ray Bradbury’s view on self-education. He talks about how he doesn’t believe in high school and college education because a library can educate you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVhMSZB9CRs
Famous people who were self-educated
Abraham Lincoln
Edgar Allen Poe
Robert Frost
Malcolm X
Ray Bradbury
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Quotes to explore:
“…self- directed education is the essence of learning whether or not kids are in school.” (65)
“Homeschooling is about learning from everyone, from the janitor, from the woman behind the meat counter. Homeschooling is a mislabeling of what is in reality world learning.” (70)
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. – Jim Rohn”
Questions to consider:
What is one thing you had learned in school that you couldn’t have learned on your own?
Do you think the views of homeschooling have changed from the past few decades?
If you had a chance of being homeschooled, how do you think your life would turn out to be?
Would you want your future kids to be homeschooled? Why?
Do you agree that home schooling is “too white, too sheltered, and too boring”?
If you followed the 19 strategies to Self-Education, do you think you’ll be successful or become a failure?
Here is a silly humor to spice up the idea of homeschooling.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCO3OuIi00fFQAE3swQ3_PGP45KCv4yget7kkjZuwItC83qiw2vQ_Ljlw3ToxzLOWXC7KkytF2Tk0RGgHedT5Uw0gk1glCrjXJYLv7EwaB6PDD3KNgFXbBY7sIwvjsIgqB2z9d-Hl0fYWs/s1600-h/socialization.jpg
-Linda Maldonado & Sally Cao
I would never have my child home schooled. I think that children need the socialization from school that they just can't get at home. Socialization is essential for them as individuals and especially when they have to go into the real world. Staying at home will force them to become extremely sheltered. All the child will know is the ways of his family and he probably won't have many friends.
ReplyDeleteWe, as humans, need interaction. Interaction is especially important in the early stages of childhood. It is important to understand and deal with different types of people. I feel blessed that I grew up in Manhattan. I was around different types of people that lived different lives. It would have been unhealthy for me to only know my family and how they operate. It is a beautiful thing to talk to people who have differences and similarities with you. It is good to get different perspectives on issues and the only way to do this is through interaction. How can a child who is home schooled be thrown into a corporation when he is not used to being around peers? How can you sympathize and understand people from different cultures when you only know your own culture? Children learn math, science, english, and history in school but they also learn how to interact and learn to have a voice. School helps to a give a child the confidence and socialization he/she needs to grow as a person.
I was homeschooled by my mother until it was time for me to go to the first grade, mom felt I needed an advantage on the other kids when I got to school so she taught me things that would make me stand out in class. I was a very good student, 1st in my class for 6 years. Though I had such great success in schoolwork, I was afraid to talk to the other kids and was made fun of for all those years, I was an absolute mess with no friends. This is something that I think has affected me until this day; I live alone now, no friends and still a social misfit. Homeschooling is good but being in a public school with other kids offer you things that you could never get at home.
ReplyDeleteThis is a list of some of the most famous and important people that have been homeschooled.
http://www.eadshome.com/Famoushomeschooled.htm
Here are also a few people who murdered their kids after attempting to home school them: Andrea Yates, Banita Jacks and Brice McMillan. Homeschooling can be a very good thing but it can also be very bad. I didn’t see that stats of students who were homeschooled and ended up a complete failure or ended in jail or murderers. One thing to remember, everyone is allowed to have children but not everyone is educated enough or responsible enough to be in charge of educating kids, not even their own. I think if parents want to home school their kids, they should be required to have a minimum level of education; at least a college degree.
The reason I think homeschooling is so successful is because there are less students to teach and maximum time and effort can be afforded to each child. If the ratio of teacher to student wasn’t so high in all school, there would better statistics for school. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), schools with lower teacher to student ratio perform better and if there were more teachers to each student, the stats would eventually lead to better grades in schools. If a parent has the time and can afford to stay home, they should definitely look into if their child is not doing well in school but if your child is a success in school, there is no need to remove them; not everyone learns in the same environment and only a child who struggles should even consider it. Some kids only learn at school among others
I actually think that homeschooling is not a bad thing. However, the quality of such education depends on many things, including on the ability of your parents/tutors to teach you things. It also depends on a kid’s personality, I believe some kids need a lot of socializing and are more competitive, for such kids the public school is a better option. Some kids are less outgoing and less competitive: they do not need a lot of communication, and the grading system that public schools have will not suit them, because a couple of bad grades can make them studying at all. I do not know weather I would want to be home schooled or not. I think that if we talking about knowledge ,I would be so much smarter if I was homeschooled, since I like to read and I like to study, besides the school grading system was always something that I very disliked, because the bad grades usually would get me very discouraged. However, from the other hand, I would miss out on so much “life” learning, “socializing” learning and , yes, so much fun too. So, I think I would not choose the homeschooling for myself, if there was an option to choose a “partial homeschooling” with getting some knowledge at home and some at school ( especially the communication skills) then I would probably do so. I definitely would not start homeschooling my kids unless they would ask me to do so. I think that a good school + a lot of tutoring ( if the money allows) would be the best option
ReplyDeleteWhat is one thing you had learned in school that you couldn’t have learned on your own?
ReplyDeleteYou become who you are when you’re in school. You see others mistakes and learn from it. You can learn in school not to follow the crowd, and that you can be your own individual. Where in home schooling you may not ever see that.
Do you think the views of homeschooling have changed from the past few decades?
Yes, more and more people do it, and their reasons have changed. Before it was because homeschooling was better when now they do it because problems in the public schools. Like bullying, peer pressure..etc. the parent wants a tighter leash to make sure they know everything their child’s doing, by what websites they look at…etc. this isn’t what parenting is about its about letting you child be free and letting them decide what’s right.
If you had a chance of being homeschooled, how do you think your life would turn out to be?
I think I would have been too sheltered. I was already spoiled going to school imagine if my mother homeschooled me, I would be the person I am today. And she would’ve had to put her whole life on pause to teach me. You don’t get to interact with other kids, go on field trips, see all different ethnicities...Etc. if I was homeschooled I probably wouldn’t know what I want to do with my life, because of school and I saw people struggling to pick a major I always knew what I wanted with others input. So without meting the friends that I met I wouldn’t have known this is the career for me.
Would you want your future kids to be homeschooled? Why?
The only thing I like about homeschooled is that you can get ahead in schooling. Otherwise I’m not a fan of it. You need your kids to experience the real world; by letting them take a bus, let them see what’s really out there that not everyone is nice and by them experiencing that makes them become who they are.
Do you agree that home schooling is “too white, too sheltered, and too boring”?
Too white? It can be, too sheltered? Definitely. Too Boring? Depends on the teacher.
If you followed the 19 strategies to Self-Education, do you think you’ll be successful or become a failure?
It depends on the kind of mind set you have. Anyone can read those strategies and to one person it can mean nothing, but to someone else it can open their eyes to something new. So it depends on what you expect out of life, and how far you’re willing to go.
This bog is my response to the question: Would you want your future kids to be homeschooled? Why? Although I believe that being homeschooled is a great way to become educated, I do not believe that it is better than attending a public school; therefore, I would not want my kids to be homeschooled. Attending a public school better prepares children for the real world and helps them learn what it is like to interact with other members outside their social boundaries. This will also help them communicate with others in the workforce. I would want my kids to have social lives that do not only involve them staying at home with their family members, but also learning about other individuals (teachers and peers) as well as learning about what is being taught in school. Therefore attending public schools provide children with the ability to interact with their peers while expanding their social environment, become educated by their teachers as well as their peers, and when they arrive home from school, they can review their notes and read their books on their own or with the help of their family members, which is similar to being homeschooled.
ReplyDeleteWhen I imagine what homeschooling would be like I find myself comparing it to the education I received. I did not go to a public school and therefore my experience in elementary and high school may be a different experience than what other people have experienced.
ReplyDeleteIf I had the opportunity to be home schooled would I want to be?
No, I enjoyed my elementary and high school experience. I know from experience that in order to make deep and lasting relationships time has to be spent with the person you are building a relationship with. My best friends are people that I met in school. Without the consistent time spent together chances are the relationship would not have been formed. My mother always told me "Out of Sight, Out of Mind." Meaning when someone hasn't seen me in a while chances are they aren't thinking about me. If I had not shared this integral part of my life with my friends I highly doubt I would be friends with them today.
Although I obviously wouldn't want to be home schooled, I do believe that I did not have a chance to grow and develop into my own person when in the rigorous program that was school. Towards the end of high school I continually found myself getting frustrated with my friends. I continued to find them immature and annoying the more time I spent with them. I attribute this to the fact that I had matured faster than my friends. Had I not been attached to them every second of everyday I feel as though I would not have held back and I would have matured even faster. I found myself acting less mature so that I would fit in with them. It is only now that I feel like we have more in common again.
I do agree with the Author, too much of anything is bad. School needs to be done in moderation like everything else in life. Don't overload so you have no time to express yourself and enjoy life.
If you had a chance of being homeschooled, how do you think your life would turn out to be?
ReplyDeleteI think if I was homeschooled I would still be that shy little girl I was once before. I feel that being around other children helped me come out of that shell and develop. The way I see homeschooled is you’re with your parents/family members all day and u become adjust to them. I feel that you will never expand. I believe my life would be totally different if I was homeschooled because my parents are Spanish speaking. Going to school is where I learned to read and write in English. So for me personally I don’t think home school is a good idea, and happy that I’ve done public education. But I’m not saying that home school is a bad idea, I actually think it’s a good idea. The examples that Billy gives in the essay shows how well it works for people. I honestly do believe that school isn’t for everyone. But I don’t think when you drop out of school, its okay for you to go be a "badass". I see it as you should go ahead and do something that you enjoy and what you feel is worth leaving for, like Anna Fritz.
I had never really thought of self-schooling as a legitimate movement before this article. Even though it has its pros and cons, the idea that you choose what you want to learn sounds much more practical and valuable than spending time "learning" about unnecessary facts and figures. Today it is all about having the right network of people and real-life experience to make it big, so what better way is there to obtain it than to actually go out into the world and take it on. I feel that people need direction and school is just an easy answer on the roadmap of our lives.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of high school I began to question what I had really gained out of my last 14 years of schooling. And honestly I realized that the formulas, theories, comparisons, biographies, research papers, texts, analyses, grades and whatnot will probably have no real life implication, but they expanded my mind beyond my narrow bubble. I still don't feel like I know how to study or learn, and it is only within the first few months of my college experience that I am figuring out what it means to "learn" and immerse myself in what truly interests me. Although self-schooling in theory sounds great, I don't know what I would do without direction, a time line and certainty. There is no back-up plan and maybe it is because it is already too late for me- I have been overschooled that it would be too difficult for me to completely let go of this system and learn completely on my own.
In my initial reading of William Upski Wimsatt's "Homeschooling and Self-Education," I began to feel enraged at almost everything he was saying; rather than seeing his point of view on the matter, I felt he was attacking me, my fellow students, and the entire educational learning structure as a whole. This rage continued up until I read one of the listed strategies in his "Gourmet Guide to Self-Education," which stated ," 14. You Don't have to quit school to self-school."
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this, and piecing it together with tenets of his arguments dispersed throughout his paper, I’m now torn about how I feel about home schooling.
I feel that there are two different kinds of homeschoolers that have been suggested in Wimsatt’s paper. There exists the type that is completely isolated from anything the educational system has to offer, like Wimsatt himself, and there are homeschoolers who only started home schooling early on in life, and then proceed to go to a structured educational facility, like Harvard or any other college. I am more readily able to condone the second type of homeschooler than the first.
The examples that Wimsatt provides, including himself, of people who home school their entire lives and become successful and happy in that manner, I feel are such a small minority of those who do home schooling and never enter a university. Though I can understand the journey and motivation that homeschoolers go through to become successful, I feel that there is something missing in that style of education (most of the time) that is more present in traditional means of education. And that magical factor, I believe, is motivation.
To pursue education and to become successful requires a great deal of discipline and motivation to stay on course and to continuously read and learn. When children are in school, they get this by being forced to sit down in class and read and write and learn. The fact that they are in school usually provides a sense of discipline within them. Those that are home schooled, for a variety of reasons, have a higher chance of lacking motivation and ability to focus on their studies.
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ReplyDeleteBecause the conditions are set by whoever is home schooling, there is a slight possibility that the conditions of learning will be less than that of a school. And in those cases, home schooling is a disaster and would produce the amount of people that are “unsuccessful” that have formed the stereotype that most people in the general population have against home schoolers.
If someone were to possess that type of diligence for themselves and provide themselves with a guided education based on what they want to do (I sure as Hell cannot) then I applaud them. I applaud these homeschooler’s diligence and dedication, but the home schooling is something I consider separate.
But to outright disregard most tenets of regular schooling, I feel that Wimsatt does, is in bad taste for me. I felt outright insulted when he wrote, “Geniuses at following directions, they have little direction of their own. They’re good at fitting into structures but have little idea how to change one. They may be brilliant at narrow fields, but they’re kind of dim about the big picture.” In this section, I feel he outright insults me. I don’t believe for a second that I can become what I want to be happy and successful, a trauma surgeon, without proper schooling. And I know for a fact I will never be considered (or granted the title of) a doctor without schooling and obtaining a PhD. So what if I feel that medicine is the big picture? It makes me happy, and I know deep down, given my OWN sense of direction that I know I have, that I want to be a doctor. Who is he to say that just because something worked for him, that he should know what is the ultimate way things would work for the best?
I wish I could disregard all of the rules put into place about schooling and everything, but I Know it isn’t the smartest thing. Id rather take my time in the learning institution and earn my credentials than taking my chances in a world that I’m simply not ready for. I know that I would want my children to be schooled using the same learning structure I have underwent, I feel that it is proven and true.
Finally, in terms of regular schooling being too white and too sheltered, I do agree with the author on that. After all, this seems to be more blatant fact than just opinion. No one can protest against the fact there are ghetto schools with underprivileged children of color who are clearly at a disadvantage. it’s a terrible fact, yes, but it is still something that the school system itself can fix. The administration within public and private schooling needs to be fixed. It does not mean everyone should be home schooled. And in terms of the rapper who wondered if he could become an archaeologist, who knows for sure? If it were his motivation, he would have made it that way. Again, if he truly wanted it, it would happen. If there is a will, there is always a way. It just so happens, according to our own experiences and to Wimsatt’s experience, that there are two ways.
The first thing I did was ask myself what is one thing I learned in school that I couldn’t have learned in school and I just kept crossing out anything I thought of which could be a possibility. Any type of fact could be found on books and the internet. There are many people who believe that the students who are home schooled will lack social interaction but that’s not true. Anna Fritz quit school and instead of taking English, she joined a critique group of professional writers. Instead of taking art or business, she worked at a photography studio. In these places she met people whom she could talk to without even knowing them.
ReplyDeleteHomeschooling sounds great when you think about it because you will still learn what you have to but in a different way that would be more interesting. In the reading it has several examples of students leaving school and being homeschooled but many of us might not make it. If we didn’t have to go to school many of us might open our books once or twice but after that depending on our age we might do things that entertain us instead. Even if we did try to learn we might need extra help, motivation and learning skills to actually learn.
There are people who would prefer to have their child homeschooled instead of going to a public school but it’s not all bad. There are several public schools that have great teachers and faculty. The student that wants to truly over performed even if he’s in a public school can still home school himself. He can go over what he knows and build on that or simply question why it is how it is to understand it better.
I feel like I am a product of real life learning more than traditional education. I started working when I was 14, opened a business at 20 and have continued to be an entrepreneur. I didn't begin college until I was in my '30's and that was because I wanted to learn more and do it in an academic environment. It was a choice. It's scary building a business just from what you think you know. I want to make sure that I am doing the best I can possibly be doing and I felt a college education could work as a double check system for the life experience I had. Nobody forced me and actually it's a real pain in the ass to work full time and go to school but I think it's important to my journey and relieves some doubt. Homeschooling is very intimidating to me because of the idea that it is your responsibility to teach your children the fundamentals needed to survive in this world. Your delivery and teaching style is what will set the stage for your kids lives. Scary!! After reading this article, I am more aware of the options and current trends of homeschooling and the possibilities of it being successful, but I wasn't fully sold in the idea. I don't have kids but I imagine when I do, I will still have to have to work a full time job.How would you have the time to do both? Also, I think I would always feel as if I wasn't teaching them correctly or enough.- this is the reason I am going to college, to learn from others what the world hasn't taught me. I am not a teacher, people go to school to get an education to learn the skills to be a teacher. I know parents have a natural bond with their children but is it enough? I wasn't a bad student but I sure wasn't the best I could be. I didn't have much parental supervision and without the help of having a structured environment at school, I probably would've been a lot worse. School was like a safe place for me to go. An escape from my weird home life. I guess that is part of the argument here though. To want to home school your kids, you have to be somewhat of a good parent and be willing to spend time with your children. If you are willing to do that, then you probably would be exposing your children to playgrounds,sports and other activities that build social awareness in children at school but somewhere else. I agree that school isn't the best at personalized attention or really letting kids live out their full potential but I do think it can be a good basis. One thing that I wouldn't have recognized without being in the CUNY system is that if it were up to me, I'd just take classes for my major. But I am so happy and have learned so much from the classes that are part of the CUNY requirement, like philosophy. If like this article says, you take your education into your own hands, would you be missing out on things that you may not have wanted to learn but turn out to be really great and may benefit your education? That's what I am most nervous about with home schooling (coupled with my self doubt). Even though there is a curriculum for home schooling, the idea that I would be missing something that would be good for my kids leaves me with too much doubt.
ReplyDeleteI don't think homeschooling is a bad approach towards getting an education. I believe one can learn as much from homeschooling as from an institutionalized schooling.
ReplyDeleteFor the matter of socializing, there are many activities that a child can participate in. Being in a community sports team, going to the park and playing with other kids, volunteering in community events and so on.
Education now has become an institutionalized competition. In the job market it matters what your GPA is and where you Graduated from.
Even, I believe a CUNY student will get less preference if s/he graduates from Brooklyn college rather than Baruch college thou it is under the CUNY system. There should be more to getting a job than just where you graduated from.
I think schooling should be an option. Both home schooling and public schooling is needed. However I believe home schooling gives more personal attention to the students. A lot of brilliant minds have been lost in the public schooling system. Some students which is term as trouble makers acts out because they lack attention.
ReplyDeleteI been publicly school all my life and will not change the experience for anything but that’s me and my perspective. I have met people how had been home school and said they loved it. It’s all up the parent and person who thinks is best. Some people can easily learn things on their own and is fully motivated to do it. Others have to get a push or pressure in order to do that. It depends on the personality of the person.
Students who self education may also have the benefits of studying subjects that they are interested or give them pleasure, but also follow the curriculum. Many special projects can fit nicely into state standards, while at the same time are engaging to the learner. Drawbacks will be the social factor less experiences with peers.
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