The Pros And Cons Of Homeschooling
Should we choose homeschooling as institutional education system to educate children? Homeschooling is an education where the parents are the primary responsibility as the teacher as different as public school (Cambridge Dictionary). Nowadays, there are community of homeschooling that the parents who homeschooled their children can join with such as HSLDA (Homeschooling Legal Defense Agency) in United States and Homeschooling and Alternative Education Association (ASAH PENA) in Indonesia to share their ideal about homeschooling and also can incur the teacher or tutor in their home. There had been many debates about this. They say that homeschooling is isolate the students to socialize with the other student because they just stay and study
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Meanwhile, it is a way to prepares them for the real world. The truth is homeschooling not only provide a flexible schedule and gives opportunities to grow closer with family, but also there are opportunities to acquire the effective socialized. There are many homeschool support groups, community activities (like sports, scouts, music, theatre, etc), community college classes, volunteering, camps, and summer school. Means that those groups provide the homeschooler to be more socialized and offer the homeschooler ability to interact with others, also allow the parents to interact with other parents and share their ideal about homeschooling. Since home is a place where the student is familiar and comfortable with, the student is more likely to be stressed free and homeschooling gives the controlling power of learning in the hands of the students and parent or teacher. As well as Calvert School (2010) stated that homeschooling removes students from physical violence, drugs, alcohol, bullying, and peer pressure that conducted in institutional school or public school. Moreover, by homeschooled the children, they can get many advantages. When parents homeschooled their children, they can produces more meaningful communication, emotional intimacy and a closer family life, Ballman
Meanwhile, it is a way to prepares them for the real world. The truth is homeschooling not only provide a flexible schedule and gives opportunities to grow closer with family, but also there are opportunities to acquire the effective socialized. There are many homeschool support groups, community activities (like sports, scouts, music, theatre, etc), community college classes, volunteering, camps, and summer school. Means that those groups provide the homeschooler to be more socialized and offer the homeschooler ability to interact with others, also allow the parents to interact with other parents and share their ideal about homeschooling. Since home is a place where the student is familiar and comfortable with, the student is more likely to be stressed free and homeschooling gives the controlling power of learning in the hands of the students and parent or teacher. As well as Calvert School (2010) stated that homeschooling removes students from physical violence, drugs, alcohol, bullying, and peer pressure that conducted in institutional school or public school. Moreover, by homeschooled the children, they can get many advantages. When parents homeschooled their children, they can produces more meaningful communication, emotional intimacy and a closer family life, Ballman