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Personally I feel
that homeschooling is not very effective. From my experience meeting
children and teenagers who have received their education through
homeschooling, there are a number of problems I have observed. First, I
have noticed that teenagers who I have worked with at different jobs who
have been educated through homeschooling lack social skills. They have
trouble getting along with their co-workers, difficulty with following
instructions from their managers, difficulty receiving constructive
criticism, and difficulty with customers. I have noticed through my
experience that younger children in homeschools have difficulty in
socialization also. My opinion comes strictly from my observations and I
have not researched any aspects of homeschooling. I have seen children in
homeschools whose parents let them do as they please and their children
don't get a good education.
There are
exceptions and circumstances where children need to be homeschooled, but
the majority of children need to be in a public or private education
system simply for the fact that children need to learn social skills in
order to be able to effectively function in society. Socialization is in
the hidden curriculum in schools. The hidden curriculum simply means that
things are taught in school without actually being formal lessons in the
classroom such as social skills, cooperation, respect, following
directions, and responsibility. I feel that social skills are best learned
through school in order to prepare students for the real world. This can't
be taught through homeschool where the student only socializes with family
and immediate friends and relatives.
-- Sumaiya Hasan, 18 year old, Pakistan
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