Here is my personal opinion on homeschooling. Up until currently, I have been homeschooled for my highschool years. [I'm 17.] All of my actual course work was through the internet, but for my last two years of school to get a form of socialization, my parents and I made a proposition with a local school for me to get social needs but only do my online course work.
With this, I say it all depends. In my situation, it's a great way to learn, you go at your own pace and the schooling is organized to the point your parents can always keep track of what you do in real time. The major downside to any homeschool situation is the lack of given social interaction and physical exercise. I surf weekly, so I'm good with physical exercise and as I said I've worked around the social interaction. I think it really depends on who is teaching the child and what they are teaching.
If it wasn't for the one case of this girl I used to know who was homeschooled because "her parents knew everything she needed to know and she didn't need textbooks or the internet for to teach her," I would be all for homeschooling. But just because of this one situation, and that there are plenty more similar situations, I have to say "It depends."
With this, I say it all depends. In my situation, it's a great way to learn, you go at your own pace and the schooling is organized to the point your parents can always keep track of what you do in real time. The major downside to any homeschool situation is the lack of given social interaction and physical exercise. I surf weekly, so I'm good with physical exercise and as I said I've worked around the social interaction. I think it really depends on who is teaching the child and what they are teaching.
If it wasn't for the one case of this girl I used to know who was homeschooled because "her parents knew everything she needed to know and she didn't need textbooks or the internet for to teach her," I would be all for homeschooling. But just because of this one situation, and that there are plenty more similar situations, I have to say "It depends."
