Advantages and Disadvantages of Homeschooling versus Public Schooling Essay

A parent making an important decision for his or her child involving education is always a hard choice. Which one is better private, public or home schooling? There are many pros and cons for each option. A homeschooled child is less likely to be confident with socializing than a child attending a private school. The individuals dont have the extracurricular activities offered and may have difficulty maintaining relationships. Although facts have proven that homeschooled children have better grades in college. Is that from the lack of socializing? A homeschool student lacks the availability of extracurricular activities. He or she has church activities, girl guides, 4-H and boy scouts, but what about the competitive sports that may only be associated with public and private schools? Homeschooled children arent allowed to be involved with school sports in most of the United States (Dao, 2005). Homeschooled students only take up five percent of a school band or sports team where school districts accept homeschoolers (Lebeda, 2007). Without these sports children dont get the opportunity to build long lasting friendships with their teammates. Some homeschooling parents dont think their child lacks any sort of extracurricular activities because they are involved in organized programs outside of the schools. Its also thought that homeschoolers watch less TV than public or private school attenders because of the amount of activities the students are occupied with. A reason found for why homeschool kids are into many organized programs is that their parents want them to have a social life and they think this is the way to do it (Medlin, 2000).Socialization is the process by which individuals learn to establish and maintain relationships with others, become accepted members of society, regulate their own behavior in accordance with societys codes and standards, and get along with others (Lebeda, 2007). In some cases homeschooled children have a problem with socializing because of his or her lack of meeting peers in a school setting (Lebeda,...

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