The Homeschool Jungle: Pros and Cons of Homeschooling

By Leslie P

PROS

Higher quality of education
Higher quality of social opportunity
Can finish school faster
Can do more challenging work
Can work at your own pace
Can take on more subjects in a year
More time to pursue interests
More time to explore career options
Many universities prefer homeschoolers
Better preparation for the real world
Learn better time management skills
Learn to take responsibility for your action
Learn that you have choices in live

Learn to enjoy learning and doing your best
Can improve relationships with family
Can improve in areas you lack in
More time to get involved in community
Can discover new interests
Can have a more well rounded and active social life
Can actually have FUN with school
Can go on more field trips and do more hands on activities
Can take advantage of things offered by homeschool groups
Can develop a stronger sense of self
Can be an individual
Can learn to express yourself without worrying about fitting in
Parents spend less on school supplies, fees, dues, uniforms, etc
Parents don't need to buy school clothes as often
Parents don't need to do laundry as often
Less likely to be bullied
Will have better sense of self worth, so will handle bullying better
Will have less peer dependency, so less chance of peer pressure
Can get a head start on college
Will likely get better SAT/ACT scores
fWill become more independent
Will become more mature
Will generally be happy, and do better in life because of it
No unhealthy, expensive school lunches
No asking permission to drink water or go to the bathroom
Fewer distractions

More one on one attention
More freedom
Can graduate earlier
Wont be deprived of sleep
Less useless repetition
Can actually LEARN, instead of just trying to pass the test and then forgetting or sneaking by with a D

I'll add more as I think of them. These are just the obvious ones that came off the top of my head

CONS:

You have to put up with a lot of people who make negative assumptions about things they have no experience with and know nothing about...like all the people who answered your question so far. But it's worth it. The people who matter usually know what they're talking about or are at least willing to learn if they don't know.

Oh, and something else to consider...

How is a social life that only takes place inside the walls of a public school "thriving"? I'm homeschooled, and I do and experience more with a wider variety of people in one day than my public schooled friends do in an entire week. It's not like our parents lock us in our bedrooms. I'm usually only home for the three to four hours it takes me to do school and the time it takes to eat, sleep, and bathe. All the rest of the time I'm at clubs, sports, and activities in the community, college duel enrollment classes and activities and clubs at the college, library sponsored activities, events like dances, field trips, field days, movie nights, game nights, club meetings, talent shows, sporting events, prom, graduation activities, and parties hosted by our local home school group of over five hundred students, volunteering, doing things with my boyfriend, or just hanging out with friends from public school and going to school functions with them... What's missing?

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