Risks of home schooling (Home Schooling versus Conventional Schools)

Name: muurman

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Product:	Home Schooling versus Conventional Schools
Date:	13/05/02 (292 review reads)
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Advantages: Pool of teacher experince, Socialing with peers, facilities

Disadvantages: bullying, Not fitting in

I am a liitle concerned about taking the home schooling option too lightly. These are only some of the disadvantages, that I see arising from educating your child at home :

1. Even if educated, very few people are of a high standard in the broad range of subjects required.

2. Education is not just about academia - it is about interacting with your peers. The best friends are made at school.

3. Schools provide life experience which can then be built on by further education, followed by a chosen carreer part. It is a natural progression....

4. It is difficult being objective when it concerns your own child.

5. Children are competitive. You need group goals.

6. "Two heads is better than one" Children learn from each other, especially language development.

7. Chidren are often more attentive to outside authority.

8. Schools can be a 'safety net' if there are problems at home.

I myself, have 2 special needs children, one of which has high functioning autism. My son was diagnosed early on as having a problem at Nursery School, yet I had become so accustomed to his idiosyncracies that I considered such behaviour 'normal'. Shcools can draw from a wide pool of experience to assess & educate a child , whereas a single person by definition is limited.

I am not adverse to educating a child at home if there is a specific need or if a child is bitterly unhappy. I would encourage all parents to be a part of a childs eduation in terms of showing interest, helping out at school, taking part in activities etc... I believe parents should have larger say in how their children are being educated. I do not, however, believe that the home option should be entered into lightly.

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