Jerald Florence: Pros:Individualized education that can be custom fit the learning style and interests of each studentAbility to seek out more hands on/field-trip opportunitiesAbility to move at the speed that the student needs in each subject"School work" can be finished in much less time than a typical school day because of teacher/student ration, no wasted time on home-room, period changes etc.Lack of being bound by age/grade level/ school district etc.Not bound by the public school calendar for vacations etc"School" can take place anywhere at any time.Socializing and socialization (which are 2 different things BTW) takes place in the real world, vs. the segregated setting of public school.Cons: Putting up with ignorant stereo-types spouted off by those who never learned to think outside of the public school box....Show more
Hwa Waterford: pros: self-pacedsit in pajamaseat food from home choose your own classesdictate your own educational and sleep schedule const! ant im/email with teachersyou don't have to sit next to the smelly kidno distractions from studentsno bulliesyou still get to see your friendscons:self-paced (motivation)...Show more
Lyman Gauld: Pros:Comfortable EnvironmentNo people you don't likeNO challengeCons:No social interaction (friends)...Show more
Oswaldo Rayburn: My granddaughter is being residence schooled. She is nine now. She stored having mood tantrums in tuition. She could be very shiny and desired to do matters her possess manner. There had been issues at residence, as good, that made her consider out of manage of her lifestyles. This is her moment 12 months of being residence schooled. Her mom is doing so much of it and likewise employed tutors. She is equipped to gallop forward rather quick with matters that she is concerned about. She can comply with her possess interest, do designated tasks. However, while she isn't concerned about some thing, it is a little more difficult to get her to do m! atters, than, it might be for the common little one to take a ! seat in a school room together with every body else, while they're all doing it, too. Of direction, socially, it is utterly extraordinary. My daughter has gotten my granddaughter worried within the "residence education group" She has a couple of quality peers, who're distinctive, like her, and they have got a laugh in combination. Last night time she had a nap-over with certainly one of them. You do not say why YOU are going to be residence schooled, so I cannot make any guesses approximately professionals and cons for YOU!! Good good fortune!...Show more
Queenie Ruthers: pros:you can take the classes you want, its completely personalized, as long as you meet your states requirements(:you can work ahead to graduate early, no one is stopping youyou've got a lot of options.you can take courses online if you want too. cons:no social interaction. as long as you actually go out and see your friends, participate in church/synagogue/temple, a sport, etc than this isn't a pro! blem at all.I love home school!...Show more
Wilmer Skidmore: Pros:Contrary to VERY popular belief, you get tons of social interaction if you are properly home schooled. Really, I never understand why people think home schooled kids live under a rock! I was home schooled from 1st-6th grade, and I received PLENTY of interaction. When you are in public/private school, you obviously have interaction everyday, but eventually you feel like you are trapped in a box of the same-old same-old (I know this because I moved to private school 3 years ago). To me, being home schooled is a privilege to explore the world and meet new people every day, making hundreds of friends. If you are old enough to drive, or if your parents or friends aren't in school or work, you can travel. At public/private school, you are trapped on campus for 7+ hours (while a majority of the time you aren't doing that much and you are just wasting time). When home schooled, you have the opportunity and time! to get out there and learn from seeing and experiencing instead of rea! ding a textbook in your dull classroom. I personally would have never given up home schooling if it weren't for my families lately busy work schedules, and now I would feel bad leaving my friends behind.Time is not wasted. You don't have to get up at 6:30 in the morning to get ready and catch the bus or ride in the car for however long. You can wake up at whatever reasonable time you want. On a regular day, I used to wake up at 9am and start school around 10am. I would work for 2 or so hours, leisurely eat some lunch, then do some more work. On a day where we were going to travel, I would take along some book work for the car ride or restaurant, but the rest of the day was just time to have fun and learn!Sick? Sleep in! Pick out some movies related to your subjects! Work on book stuff that night when you feel a little better, and it still counts as school time.One-on-one attention! You get to be the only student. You are worked with individually, taught by your mom or dad o! r whoever might be your teacher. Most failing grades in public/private school are probably due to too fast-moving teachers that can't handle large classes and don't have the ability to focus on every single person in the room and fit their exact needs. With home schooling you can do that. You can go slow at parts that you are having a hard time with, or go fast with the easy things.Scheduling. You can change your week around completely. School doesn't have to be on Monday-Friday, it can be Sunday through Thursday, or you can even take away a day and just work a little harder one day. You can go to concerts and have fun in life, skip a couple hours of school while you sleep in. You just need to have fun and work hard.And finally...Fun. I have never met anyone who wants to get up at un-heavenly hours of the day and sit in classrooms for hours at a time, having information forced into their heads that they don't even want to learn about. To some extent, you can choose what to ! learn about. You can actually be interested in learning. You might look! forward to school, and you might have FUN!Cons: This is the part that I have a hard time with. I never really felt any dislike for anything about home schooling. There are only four things I can think of, and they are very minor.1. If you don't have someone that can be home with you for the day and take you places, that might make everything a little less exciting. But who says you can't do the traveling on weekends? Don't do school on Monday, move it to Saturday or Sunday when you have a driver! Or even, don't do the traveling! Watch movies and listen to music or watch videos on Youtube related to your subject.2. College can be a little difficult. Almost any college will accept a home schooled person, but there are a few exceptions. If you have a dream college in mind, check with them to see if they accept home schooled people. But perhaps you don't even want to go to college. It's all your choice.3. You need to be responsible. You can decide to skip a day because you don! 't feel good, and then you can sleep in the next day...And before you know it, you could be sleeping in every day, or you could be far behind on work. You really need to keep up with it, just like public/private school. At the end of the year, you will probably have to turn in a portfolio showing examples of work and you will also probably be evaluated by a home school evaluator. Depending on your state, these laws may vary. Each state also has a minimum amount of days required for each school year....Show more
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