I grew up being homeschooled my entire pre-k to high school time Getting by was an understatement. Early on I learned that as long as I spied on my mom correctly, I would always find a way to the answer key for math. Did I want to “learn”? no, I wanted to get by. Never did I know, however, that would be something carried over to the rest of my life. Getting out of that cavern would be a tedious multi-year tasks that still tries to take me down in my adult life. In reading about the problems associated with surface learning, the one that stood out the most to me was this: usually motivated by a fear of failure. I’m sure a psychology student could take years on me unraveling all my twisted messed up ways of dealing...or more properly, NOT deal …show more content…
When I think back on my education as a child, though, one thing that strikes me is, it's not like I had anything else I was in a rush to do. My parents over sheltered me, to an extreme. No tv, no video games (obviously_, only a few pre-selected friends. I had some toys, but not like most other kids had until my early teens. I remember being excited about life in my early childhood, but the rest of it was dominated by jealousy and resentment. Another memory is when I was at my uncle's house and my father was showing me simple math problems. I could see the answers to the cards in the window reflection. He was so proud of me. And so disappointed when he found …show more content…
Two outcomes of this learning experience are possible. First, fall back into my old ways, old routines. Procrastinate until the last moment. Just do enough to get by. I think the one though that sticks out the most are I have the opportunity to enjoy or hate this experience. TO feel the weight of it all constantly, without the pleasure of the challenge. Also, there is a way of living which I try to apply to myself as I get older.
Be present, not it the hopes of tomorrow, that job or vacation, but in all the amazing gifts I’ve been given today. The ability to not work and focus on study is incredible. I do have 5 kids of my own, in-laws, and other pressures, but compared to so many I know, it's nothing. It is nothing to the single mom making her way through with kids and a full-time job. NOTHING. may I never take it for granted, or complain.
I hope as I endeavor to become a deep learner, I will take joy in what's set before me. Also, to build upon lessons I don’t just learn, but make my own, so I can apply them to the next
Although homeschooling has its benefits, it does not always lead to the best of the best in the academic world. Many people believe that homeschooling always leads to educational success; the homeschooled student gets accepted into the top colleges, they score higher on standardized tests than public schooled kids do, and they improve faster than children in public schools. These so-called benefits of homeschooling do not really exist unless the individual works hard. Some parents homeschool their children because they think that a homeschooling parent can relax all day and take part in very few activities. Others think that homeschooling leads to the highest scores. However, the student himself has to work hard in order to have a successful
“Adults who were homeschooled often reference extreme social awkwardness as an obstacle they experienced upon entering college or the workforce.” (Whelan). Homeschooling may be a beneficial alternative to public and private schooling, but when the facts are shown and the first hand experiences are dealt with, it is understood that homeschooling has a negative impact. There are many different reasons as to why homeschooling a student can impact their skills in both an educational way and a personal way. Students should not be homeschooled because students who are typically miss out on obtaining skills that are needed in order to advance in the real world.
Homeschooling is becoming a huge trend across America. It does have its downsides to it, just like any other education. Many parents have to worry about the right way of letting their child have socialization. Without proper socialization, a child can lack proper social skills. Many parents fear the temptations public school can provide, so they homeschool their children to bring them up with holy and moral attitudes. No parent wants their child to hang around other children who abuse drugs, alcohol, or can misguide their children down a wrong path. With homeschooling, parents can monitor whom their children socialize with and for how long. Fearing to not have any socialization at all is where parents can go wrong.
According to Gretchen M. Wilhelm and Michael W. Firmin, in their article Historical and Contemporary Developments, the Department of Education found that over 1,700,000 students are homeschooled. That’s 3.4 percent of all school age children (304). Homeschooling is defined as an education that contains less than twenty five hours of public school teaching each week and is based out of a household. The earliest forms of education were originally taught from home, then later developed into public schools (Wilhelm and Firmin). Homeschooling not only affects the students taught, but also fellow Americans in the race to advance a nation. Homeschooling needs to be understood in order to revise education into a better and
In schools the children are made to learn the syllabus which the school follows , they have to learn this along with all the students even if they are interested or not . At times it might happen that even the student who has knowledge of subjects outside the school syllabus may stick to the school syllabus, whereas that is not the case with the children who are homeschooled , these children are mostly taught those subjects in which they have interest along with that they have flexible schedule so they have ample amount of time to progress with their ideas and being creative giving them a better learning experience. When a student starts progressing with his/her ideas they would develop the ability to think on their own for their ideas rather than depending on their peers this case makes them being self-dependent. To support this we can take many real time examples of famous Einstein, who had difficulty in school had dropped out and learnt what he liked and now everyone in school 's study his research work. Since the children have better learning experinces they even have higher score achievements than other 's we can conisder this from the Lyman 's writing where she tells us that " David and Micki Colfax gained national attention when three of their four home-schooled sons attended Harvard" , this clearly states that homeschooled children can outperform the other
Contrary to public schools that start at the same time every day and continue with a rigid schedule, being homeschooled meant that I could study what I wanted, when I wanted. Not to say I had free rein to do whatever I wanted - my mom was always there making sure my brothers and I were working diligently. I would attempt all sorts of science experiments from my curriculum, choosing the ones I thought would be most interesting. We would compete to see who could make the strongest popsicle stick bridge using heavy books to test their
Homeschooling has been around for a long period of time. People wanted their kids to be homeschooled for a number of reasons. They felt like their kids was just part of a system and that their kids was missing out on a real education. In the 1970s John Holt, “began arguing that formal schools’ focus on rote learning created an oppressive classroom environment designed to make children compliant employees (J. Gary Knowles, Stacey E. Marlow, & James A. Muchmore, 2015).” It’s ok to be a compliant employee but people want the best for the kids and the only way for that is for your kid to be the boss. With that statement John got a few people to buy in and follow his movement and started homeschooling their kids. With homeschooling as a parents you wear a lot of different hats, so with that said you have to have a lot of patients with your kids because they’re going to ask a lot of questions. People need to have some
Homeschooling is an unusual punishment inflicted upon many children in America. School is a place to be educated, make friends, find out who you are and learn life lessons. Homeschooling doesn't allow a child to independently develop. They are hidden from the real world. This causes many problems later in life.
The decision to homeschool was made by my parents before I was born. I have an older brother and he was when my parents decided to homeschool. A good amount of homeschoolers that I interacted with where being homeschooled for various religious reason and sometimes because of their family’s economic situation. My parents reasoning for wanting to homeschool was quality of education. My parents recognized that my older brother learned differently and they didn’t think he would be ready for school when he became school age, so they decided that homeschooling would be the best education they could give to my brother. When I became school aged, my parents were already committed to homeschooling and their decision to homeschool me was something I’m grateful for. Instead of tracks, I was able to learn at my own pace. I was reading a few years before the “norm”, but I learned how to spell about a year later than the “norm”. Being homeschooled could be detrimental to social interaction, but I was always out with my parents and they always pushed me to interact with people. Because of this, I have never had any issue of interacting with someone regardless of their age. My mother worked as an RN, but when the decision to homeschool was decided, she stopped working to spend her time teaching my brother and I. This obviously had an impact on my family’s economic situation. My father worked as a firefighter and while we never struggled with poverty, we never had a lot of money. When I started high school, I started supplementing my at home education with classes from a school that offered classes specifically to homeschoolers. The “school” was small, but due to the high number of homeschoolers in the Chattanooga area there was a decent population. As I said, I always thought I was decent at interact with people, being in a school environment brought to my attention that I was better at
I started homeschooling when I was in the 4th grade. I had been public school before my mom decided to take me out. At the time public schools in Memphis had a program called “No child Left Behind”. Sadly I was the child that got left behind due to me being very ill. In the early semester of my 4th grade year I was hospitalized with an enlarged spleen and I was in the hospital for weeks. When I finally was able to go back to school my teacher did not help me get back on track. The teacher was even considering not letting me proceed to the next grade. So that was the day my mom decided her baby “Me” was not going to suffer in public schools any longer. It was a big change for me. Adjusting to being at home all the time from being in a public school environment was definitely different. I missed being around friends and going to music class.
Homeschooled children’s personal education doesn’t get overlooked. According to “homeschooling vs. public schooling: making the right choice” in the Huffington Post, Marion Lewis states, that public schools focus on teaching the average student; which means any student above or below average doesn’t get what he/she needs. With so many students it’s no wonder many students are getting overlooked. Marion states that class sizes are too big, with class ratios being anywhere from one teacher with twenty students to a whopping thirty students to one teacher. Homeschooling helps fix this problem by having individualized education for each student. With homeschooling, the parent has the opportunity to pick out of the many curriculum options the right one to teach their child the way best suited for them. Marion also mentions how one on one teaching helps the parent (in this case the teacher) find and target the students weaknesses to help focus on fixing those weaknesses.
Thesis Statement: Homeschooled students often achieve higher academic success and are more active in their communities than traditionally schooled students, due to a personalized approach to learning that emphasizes individuality.
Today, many parents are homeschooling their children. A U.S. Department of Education’s report shows that approximately 1.5 million children were being homeschooled in 2007 (Lips & Feinberg, 2008). This is almost 3 percent of all school age children (Lips & Feinberg, 2008). A private researcher, the National Home Education Research Institute, estimates 2.5 million children were being homeschooled in the 2007 – 2008 academic years (Lips & Feinberg, 2008). By either count, homeschooling is growing exponentially.
My husband and I wanted to homeschool our kids from the very beginning. We didn’t get to put that idea into fruition until my oldest son’s second year of elementary school. I quit my 9-5 and started working from home. Our family’s choice to homeschool wasn’t due to wanting to protect our kids form the public nor was it religious based. We were unhappy with public school education and wanted our kids to have a thorough and classic education the government couldn’t provide.
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