Most Americans Have Grown Up With Public School Education

Consider Homeschooling Most Americans have grown up with public school education. So, homeschooling sounds foreign to them. In this essay, facts will be presented to show reasons to consider homeschooling. This will be shown through a basic history of homeschooling. Furthermore, misconceptions people have of home education. Lastly, the differences between public school and homeschool. Homeschooling has been around for thousands of years, and has shown up in many different cultures. In colonial America, children stayed home to learn life skills from their parents and there was no school close by, (Gaither). The first modern homeschool movement began in the 1970s with John Holt, education theorist and supporter of school reform. He argued

For example, homeschooled students have less extra-curricular activities. When homeschooled children actually have more time to do activities than students of a public school, because their schoolwork gets done faster. There are homeschool groups that provide activities just like a public school (Baird). Homeschools also beats another misconception, insufficient amounts of social interaction. In the previous point, the students do go out and do activities. There are homeschool groups that are somewhat structured like a public school. Homeschooling also gives opportunities to have more free time

Most lessons can be found free online, same as the curriculum books (Worth). With homeschooling, there is customized and individualized learning. In public school, a student could be failing because they are not taking the time to understand the lesson. Teachers are on a time limit and can not take too much time on one lesson (Ray). Students could also be ahead in school, but are not being challenged. They are stuck learning with the rest of the class and get bored. Because of the one on one time and the work at your own pace approach, most homeschool students achieve more, academically, than public students. Kailyn, a homeschool student from St. Paul, gets to graduate a year early; she only does school work one day a week. She had that option because she could work ahead. The homeschooled usually score 15 to 30% points above public students (average 50%) on standardized academic tests because they know the lessons better