Parents are starting to find out that one of the best ways to teach their children is though homeschooling. Amazingly, even children are choosing homeschool over public school. The benefits of a homeschool vs public school education are many. Children that are homeschooled have more time to work on projects, are able to have more hands on experiences and they don't have the negative peer pressure that exists in public schools. Many parents choose homeschool over public schools because they want to teach their children religion and moral values. In the debate over homeschool vs public school, homeschooling is winning in many states.

One of the primary benefits of teaching a child at home is designing a curriculum especially for them. Parents can spend more time on subjects that children are struggling with. It is estimated that an average 45 minute class time is spent in the following ways by a teacher: 15 minutes is spent on discipline problems, 15 minutes on teaching the subject and 15 minutes spent on paperwork. The time that a teacher can spend on a student during this time in a classroom of 25 is less than one minute per child. This means that the only children getting attention in the classroom are children with behavior problems. This leaves the majority of children struggling to understand subject material and not having the time to ask questions.

Many parents learn early on to accept the fact that their child is just average. The exact opposite may be closer to the truth. Your child may have skills and abilities that are never recognized in the classroom because the teacher doesn't have the time to get to know him or her. The typical public school is focused on an outcome-based education system. This means that children are taught to take tests. Many teachers are beginning to complain that it is no longer fun to teach in the classroom. Teaching to the students and not the task is what most teachers want to do. Instead, the individual states have taken away the creativity of teachers and they are no longer able to design individualized curriculums for their students. It is easy for parents to decide in this instance that the winner in homeschool vs public school options is homeschooling.

One final reason that parents are weighing the options of homeschool vs public school is that bullying fellow classmates is becoming prevalent. Many schools are having problems with teens designing websites on campus where they threaten and taunt their fellow classmates. The common use of cell phones has also caused problems such as harassment of classmates. Each year hundreds of teens commit suicide, many times because their peers are making their lives miserable. If your child is having these kinds of problems consider taking your child out of school for their own sanity as well as yours. Homeschool is a great education option and it provides a safe learning environment for your child.

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