sharehs2cons-introduction

Home schooling is the practice of teaching children in the home as an alternative to attending public or private elementary or high school. It arises mostly from religious purposes. It has been a controversial issue for as long as parents have been chosen this option over the traditional school methods. It was largely illegal during most of the 20th century, but since the 1970’s it has become one of the most rapidly growing educational trends in the nation. During during the 20th century, the fastest approach to home schooling was usually “unschooling” or stopping it altogether. According to The HSLDA there are about 2 million home-schooled children today. This is less than 2 percent of all the school children, but the number growing (Mathews). people can choose to homeschool for any number of reasons, whether it is religious beliefs or learning disabilities. “Curriculum and homeschooling resources can get expensive” and often parents have to devote all their time into schooling the child. (Jennrich;Shaw). Also kids have to be mature enough to be able to accept to learn differently, not have the same experiences of another child and sometimes be viewed as an outkast (Shaw). Homeschooling has significant drawbacks for both student and parent including the expenses, time management and living outside the “norm”.