Homeschooling: A Better Education My J.C.Evans‚ Westland‚ MI Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants. -John W. Gardner In 2008‚ a survey by ACT college testing service showed‚ “More than 50 percent of students at four year schools and more than 75 percent at two year colleges lacked the skills to perform basic literacy tasks. The study found‚ that those students were unable
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Homeschooling is an option I am opposed of. To begin‚ children who are home schooled have no social aspect. Being at school is how you learn to socialize. As the textbook say‚ “Socialization is the process by which people learn characteristics of their group’s norms‚ values‚ attitudes‚ and behaviors”(Socialization page 1). Going to school is how we learn these basic values of socialization. Being home schooled doesn’t prepare children for college or the work force. If students are not enrolled in
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Homeschooling: Light Fires Annie Sullivan‚ the legendary teacher of Helen Keller‚ said‚ “Children require guidance and sympathy far more than instruction.” Unfortunately‚ this statement never crosses the mind of a single member of many school districts. The people running schools often care about money and getting children’s education over with‚ rather than making sure that they have a good education and grow up with values. However‚ an alternative exists. For many different reasons‚ parents turn
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Truth about These Homeschooling Myths! Description: Homeschooling has been an educational system in practice for a long time and has been taken up by parents for various reasons. It has got myths spun around it due to misconceptions and false ideas about the system. Reality is something else and the fact remains that homeschooled kids are like any other kind of students. Body Homeschooling has become the favorite educational system of many families. People choose homeschooling for personal
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Homeschooling In today’s society‚ homeschooling is looked down upon. Many think the students involved will lack social skills. Some people are against it because they think it gives younger children a sense of authority by being able to plan their own schooling. Others are opposed to homeschooling just because it is uncommon in society and they do no want to be outcasts. To home school a child it does require much more attention and time than traditional schooling‚ but the results prove it can be
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Most students will go to a public school and may think that being homeschooled is a lot better. Homeschooling is fine but going to a public school may be able to better help students. There are a lot of reasons why going to a public school would be better than being homeschooled. Students that go to a public school are more likely to graduate‚ have better social skills‚ and have better jobs. Homeschooling may stop students from ever leaving their home or town. This is because of the students social
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Evaluating the pros and cons of homeschooling; homeschooling is becoming a popular alternative to traditional education. Once upon a time‚ this was something that was done strictly for religious reasons. However‚ these days‚ parents are making the choice to home school based on the best educational option for their child. “Today‚ over 2 million families educate their children at home‚ and the number continues to grow steadily each year.”(Kizlik). Making the decision to home school can be a difficult
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Topic: “Year-round schooling is a bad idea.” The possibility of year-round schools has been a hot debate topic for quite some time. The question is‚ is the idea of year-round schools acceptable considering all the potential drawbacks? Year round schooling can be disruptive to both the family of the students and the teachers themselves‚ it can be too costly for a large group of people‚ and year round schools do not provide the same opportunity for learning as the traditional school year does.
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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
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portray that group projects always work out- everyone does their part‚ helps others when needed‚ and turns all parts in on time to not affect the grade on the whole project. But is this really the case? I believe that group work is a bad idea in schools. Everything from the bad partners someone could be paired with‚ having all the weight put on their shoulders because someone did not bring their part‚ and finding the time to meet up. When it all ends‚ who is really the victim here? Is it the teacher that
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