Showing posts with label Home Schooling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Home Schooling. Show all posts

Sunday, 8 November 2015

Home Schooling

          There has been a great deal of heated debate about the purpose of home schooling. This alternative method of education is the education of children at home by a parent or a tutor. It's very popular especially in America where 1.7 million families seem to prefer it. However, every coin has two sides and so does home schooling.
         To begin with, there are many benefits of home schooling. Firstly, it focuses on students' educational needs. Parents have the chance to give more emphasis on subjects that their children is not good enough. Without going to school children will not have to deal with bullying or peer pressure. Moreover, students don't need to wake up early. Sleeip is a vital factor in students' lives. If the don't sleep enough, they will be exhausted and ineffective at learning. Also, home schooling strengthens the relationship between children and parents, as they spend quality time together. However, this alternative educational method has significant disadvantages. School is the image of our community and helps students to be more sociable and make more friends. At school children can easily learn how to work in a team and spend a lot of time with other people. By going to school and not spending too much time with parents children learn how to be more independent and more mature. Furthermore, most parents don't have the necessary educational skills in order to teach their students as a professional teacher does or they may not have enough time because of their demanding job. Also, they may lack in control because home schoolers don't see them as teachers, but as parents and therefore, become less obedient. Lat but not least, students may not have pleasant memories with their friends  from school that they can talk about when they are adults.
                  Taking everything into consideration, I believe that the advantages are outweighed by the disadvantages. If I were a parent and had the choice, I would definitely opt for the traditional method of education which is public schools because in my opinion it is the most effective way of learning, taught by professional teachers.

Saturday, 3 October 2015

Home Schooling

There has been a great deal of heated debate about the purpose of home schooling. Many families, these days, are trying to offer their children a different form of education which will bring more freedom to the youngsters. For some people, the overriding priority should be to go to school to get educated. For others, education must be centered on students needs and intersets and so must home schooling. So, is it wise for society to let parents or private tutors teach the children? As I see it, every coin has two sides.

To begin with, there is no doubt in my mind that home schooling can be a successful alternative. Firstly, home education provides students with flexibility to choose which subjects they will focus on and that enables them to assimilate things easier. Moreover, parents lay emphasis on the child's difficulties and inclinations. Not only does it encourage personal growth, but it also helps to avoid school problems, such as peer pressure or bullying. It needs to be pointed out that private lessons are responsible for keeping the family together. Since the activities can be interactive, they will raise awareness and the attention of the child. Furthermore, some parents want their children to be brought up with certain beliefs and alternative education now has a way to achieve that.

However, there are a lot of significant disadvantages. First and foremost, home education cannot be seen as a legal form of education even though 1.7 million American families seem to prefer it. Therefore, not going to a regular school means that the child may not be properly socialized, which means he or she will not have a lot of friendships and not be independent individual. Making matters worse, parents may neglect some subjects and this will not help their offspring academic achievements. Also, parents may not have the proper teaching or mental skills to teach their child and since this is a time-consuming process, it can delay them from fulfilling other obligations they may have.

After carefully considering the pros and cons, is seems to me that the advantages are outweight by the disadvantages. Although some people might claim that home schooling is benefitial, I would say that parents and children must consider it carefully before going down this path.

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Home Schooling


There has been a great deal of heated debate about home schooling. Ever since the earliest days of our system of education, many families have tried to offer their children an alternative form of education at home, home schooling, which is increasingly popular as both parents and professional teachers organise pupils' academic career.r. However, every coin has two sides and so does home schooling.

To begin with, there are many advantages of home schooling. First and foremost, the private lessons cater to the students' needs, so emphasis is laid on their potential. Therefore, students are able to consolidate material more easily, since they choose which subjects to focus on. A case in point is that the lesson is always stimulating and intriguing, on the grounds that interactive activities and innovative educational methods (for instance kinaesthetic) are being used. Moreover, not going to a traditional school means that the possibility of bullying and peer pressure is being excluded. That is, the atrocious effects of them both on individuals are avoided, of course because lessons occur with a group of two or three pupils, or just a single one. 

On the other hand, though, there are some significant disadvantages of the phenomenon. Firstly, the knowledge provided may be inadequate, as some subjects may be neglected, which is not in favor of the future undergraduates, because the National curriculum includes all topics. Apart from that, it is a time-consuming process either if the teachers are parents who are definitely not educators, or if the parents hire tutors, which leads to a huge spenditure. Another negative consequence of home schooling is that socialisation is not actually proper, as teenagers do not acquire new acquaintances (especially with "peers"). AS a result, they become alienated and socially awkward. Last but not least, not only does home schooling not provide students with moral principles, such as co-operation, respect and compromise, but it also violates the legislation although there are some "loopholes". 

Taking all this into consideration, I totally reckon that the advantages are outweighed by the disadvantages. As I see it, the most efficient form of education is a balanced combination between facts and figures offered by conventional schooling and the process of shaping character boosted by constructive discussion and material at home.