Essay On Homeschooling
Topic: Why Homeschooling negatively affects children’s socialization skills.
Opening/Attention: The initial idea of being homeschooled may be the sound of bliss for some; being able to sleep in, staying in your pajamas all day, and not even having to take a single step outside of your home, all the while getting the education that you need! However, the joys found in that aspect of convenience will only last a short while before your child realizes that being able to stay at home in your pajamas all day is not all that enjoyable to do alone. Being homeschooled definitely will have certain perks, but ultimately, it will have negative impacts that will affect the child and their future.
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Emotion/Story:
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b) Homeschooled children do not miss experiences in life because they are also involved in extra-curricular activities, apart from lessons at home.
This may be true, as parents do take into consideration that homeschooled children need to be active outside of the home as well due to the lack of activities they have in comparison to the public school system; however, even so, they are most likely involved with other groups of homeschooled children who have the same mindset. Socialization is all about meeting different people and getting to know different perspectives and such, but being bounded by the same group of people who come from same backgrounds or similar experiences as yourself, it essentially is not helping with learning to socialize with others. It also is different from gaining experiences in a school setting with peers and further developing relationships and friendships with them vs. extra-curricular activities outside of
Opening/Attention: The initial idea of being homeschooled may be the sound of bliss for some; being able to sleep in, staying in your pajamas all day, and not even having to take a single step outside of your home, all the while getting the education that you need! However, the joys found in that aspect of convenience will only last a short while before your child realizes that being able to stay at home in your pajamas all day is not all that enjoyable to do alone. Being homeschooled definitely will have certain perks, but ultimately, it will have negative impacts that will affect the child and their future.
Spoken Link:
Emotion/Story:
“…[Homeschooling] cut …show more content…
b) Homeschooled children do not miss experiences in life because they are also involved in extra-curricular activities, apart from lessons at home.
This may be true, as parents do take into consideration that homeschooled children need to be active outside of the home as well due to the lack of activities they have in comparison to the public school system; however, even so, they are most likely involved with other groups of homeschooled children who have the same mindset. Socialization is all about meeting different people and getting to know different perspectives and such, but being bounded by the same group of people who come from same backgrounds or similar experiences as yourself, it essentially is not helping with learning to socialize with others. It also is different from gaining experiences in a school setting with peers and further developing relationships and friendships with them vs. extra-curricular activities outside of