Homeschooling? Why or why not.--Part 1

Why do some people choose to homeschool while others do not?

That has a very diverse answer. And I am going to cover a few of the reasons here. I am a licensed public school teacher with a Master's in Education but yet I homeschool my two children. Some would question why? Some would say of course you would.

The reason I chose to homeschool was for the benefit of one of my children. He left kindergarten in the public school system believing he could not be successful at anything in school.

Was homeschooling my first choice for a solution? No.

I first went to the school and asked them to change the class they had assigned my son in for first grade knowing that although the teacher they put him with was competent he would not do well with her style. The school refused.

The second choice was to open enroll him in a nearby district where they had a very high reputation for their first grade. I had missed the deadline and so they did not take him because they already had too many first graders. So that left homeschooling.

People homeschool for the benefit of a struggling child.

This is probably one of the largest reasons people choose to homeschool. They want their child to be successful and the public school is not meeting the needs of their child.

People homeschool because the public school environment is unacceptable.

Another reason people choose to homeschool is because the public schools are exposing their children to things that are against their moral code. They remove them for their protection.
This also includes religious objections.

People homeschool to give their child a better education than can be obtained in their local public school.

Some people feel the schools their children would be required to attend do not meet the educational standard they want for their children. So instead of paying to put them into a private school they choose to do it themselves.

Those are some of the reasons why people choose to homeschool although they vary a great deal and it is a decision that needs to be made by each individual family.

Why doesn't everyone homeschool?.....to be addressed in my next blog