Home Schooling versus Conventional Schools

I am the mum in a home-educating family, and I have been for just over 6 years. My home-educating adventure began when my youngest son (now 11) was bullied (for want of a better word) in his primary school. He was so young, just 4/5 years old, and it was heartbreaking to see my child change so dramatically. He went from being a happy-go-lucky, confident, always smiling sort of boy, who was the first in the classroom every morning eager to learn - to being incredibly withdrawn, hardly talking to anyone, lacking in self-confidence and with such a sadness in his eyes. At the time he wore glasses and had an eye patch for a lazy eye treatment, and he was receiving speech ...  Read the complete review

I was amazed at the strong views people had when we decided to home educate. I have to admit it was a big decision but my husband always felt that sending 4 year olds to school was way too young. He isn't English and he felt six was early enough. When the children were born we occasionally discussed it but we were busy and didn't fully consider it. When our daughter was two we realised she was reading, by the time she was just four she was sitting reading to her friends at play group when a teacher visiting from the local school commented that it would be a problem when she started school. This did worry me so we visited the school and the head of ...  Read the complete review

I was homeschooled from the age of 12 after being bullied in school. And in my last 4 years of schooling I met so many weird, lovely, amazing people I never thought I would. Other reasons to homeschool your children are because the schools aren't 'as good as the used to be' or so to say. Loud students with no respect and teachers who just don't care or are outspoken. I was very proud to say that instead of being confined to a school to read books on things the world was infact my whole school as in the years I was homeschooled I learnt so much more than I did in school. As William Blake wrote in schoolboy 'How can the bird that is born ...  Read the complete review

Homeschooling is a very interesting and highly controversial subject as many people have different views on how children should be educated. As a child, I always thought it would be great to school my own children. Of course, homeschooling must be agreed by both husband and wife, due to it being such a time-consuming job. When I eventually married, I don't think homeschooling was exactly the most important issue in our minds and it was not really discussed. By the time I had our eldest son, it never really crossed my mind but by the time our son reached kindergarten age, we decided to put him in a Christian school that was available and within ...  Read the complete review

In my opinion there is not contest when it comes to choosing home education or convential schooling. I would always choose home education, for the fun, bonding, enjoyment, freedom and love you get back from child. It’s hard to hand your kids over to the education system when they are little, but imagine how you’d feel having to send them to school when they are older and are having a problem, either with keeping up with their work in class or by being bullied by other kids. I have experienced both with my eldest son David and like most other parents used to go into the school to talk to the teachers, but when the teachers begin to believe your child ...  Read the complete review