10 reasons why public school is better than homeschool.
April23
- Most parents were educated in the under funded public school system, and so are not smart enough to homeschool their own children.
- Children who receive one-on-one homeschooling will learn more than others, giving them an unfair advantage in the marketplace. This is undemocratic.
- How can children learn to defend themselves unless they have to fight off bullies on a daily basis?
- Ridicule from other children is important to the socialization process.
- Children in public schools can get more practice “Just Saying No” to drugs, cigarettes and alcohol.
- Fluorescent lighting may have significant health benefits.
- Publicly asking permission to go to the bathroom teaches young people their place in society.
- The fashion industry depends upon the peer pressure that only public schools can generate.
- Public schools foster cultural literacy, passing on important traditions like the singing of “Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg…”
- Homeschooled children may not learn important office career skills, like how to sit still for six hours straight.
Fantastic blog! I Love it! Insightful! It Caught My Attention! Yay for Homeschooling!!! I enjoyed #4 the best!
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Unfortunately, number 1 is wrong: Homeschooling is the best time to relearn all the stuff you forgot or missed the first time around!
~Luke
LOL, Luke. I had forgotten most of algebra, even though I had mastered math through calculus as a youth. My son and I used to work the problems out together on a whiteboard on the floor, using different colors for knowns and unknowns, mildly correcting each other’s logic, and using the eraser frequently. These were good lessons in reasoning cooperatively for both of us.
these are all true!! i know someone very well that is homeschooled and your #9 is so right!! one time i said “almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades” and he was like what???….just nevermind lol but any way thanks for the blog