Homeschooling? Have you? Pros? Cons?

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Originally Posted by GSeybold

Thoughts about Homeschooling?

If I had to do it all over again, I would homeschool my children. I did it for a year when my family was abroad and I should have continued. I'm getting really sick and tired of the government telling me what my children should learn and be exposed to. I'm also tired of my children being exposed to some extreme opinions of teachers. I just found out that my daughter's chemistry teacher is a major pot head and came to work high all the time. Lovely eh? School certainly has changed since I was child.

Thoughts?

I was homeschooled for a while. I absolutely LOVED it!

Some pros: Student (kid) gets more 1 on 1 learning enviroment
Child is likely to fair better on the ACT and SAT's
Child is more likely to get into a better college (not necessarily, but maybe)
Child can learn better "family" skills

Cons: Child can become less social
No Peers for Child
Physical Education may not be there thus creating a weight problem (maybe)
Child does not have opportunity to play sports (in some cases like around out town, there is a "homeschoolers" team. They play the public schools and everything, but I know that this is a rare case).

All in all, I think it's better to homeschool a child. My problem is just time. We don't have it. lol

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Originally Posted by Wayne Luke

The current economic stimulus package includes $100 billion specifically earmarked for schools and education. Not only to retain jobs but to build new schools and hire more teachers.

My wife is a school teacher.....we're not holding our breathe....done that before almost sufficated......lol