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The funny thing to this debate is that homeschooling or public schooling shouldn't be performed because a few people say it's good/bad. It really depends on the individuals specific needs and wants.

The socialization problem that seems to pop up frequently into this post is not because of the type of schooling but how much exposure to other human beings there is. Without regular human contact a child can't be expected to naturally be good at socializing with others. In one way I do think public schools are more beneficial in the socialization aspect to your children, however with homeschooling it really depends on how much effort you put into it. Going to sporting events, church groups, doing volunteer work, public places such as parks, etc all assist in the development of your child's social ability.

Thus, social ability must be worked for and will not just naturally come from nowhere. This is why it is impossible to determine which schooling system works best because it all depends on the effort put into it.

Public schooling is geared towards the average, meaning the bottom and top x% are mostly going to get the short end of the stick. The way things are right now, however, even range in the middle is getting the short end of the stick, since the public school system centralized some time back into massive schools of thousands of students and class sizes of 40+. Larger class sizes directly correlate to worse academic performance. So does having to get up earlier, which is a result of having to be bused further. And the teacher's unions make it virtually impossible to get rid of even the most blatantly incompetent teachers - they're just shuffled around rather than actually fired.

Yes, there are some children who do better in a school setting. However, I rather doubt it's a public school setting. Public schools have no accountability and virtually no competition for funding, therefore there's no motivation to improve.

Hi everybody!

I'm new here and I just wanted to chip in my own two cents. ^^

I think that as long as your child is happy and well adjusted to life in school, don't home school them.

Um. The schools are definitely being taken over by socialists and communists, but the last entities promoting that are going to be corporations, who stand to lose more and more money as taxes rise and costs increase, then get "bailed out" and effectively nationalized by the government. The teachers' unions are a different matter - they're only interested in retaining power, and the best way to do that is support the liberal agenda, which these days means socialism and dumbing down students until they're incapable of thinking for themselves. Unions in general are hurting us more than they're helping, in manufacturing nearly as much as in education.

I think most all of us would agree that this is really a personal preference. My children love homeschooling, are very socialized through sports and church activities. Connections are important and even more so if you are homeschooling!

Being new to this board, I just wanted to share my own experience with the “social isolationâ€