What do you think about homeschooling?

Question

I have been homeschooled all of my life.People say that we are "sheltered". Do you agree or not?

Answer 1

I agree that we are sheltered.I am 16 and have been homeschooled for 6 years.I hate not being around people so bad.I did just get a job like a month ago so I am getting out there finally.Not having friends sucked, I think it is just not fair. I do have to say that I doubt I would have such high expectations for my future,I would have probably just wanted to be a make-up artist.After I am done with homeschooling I am going to Medical school to be a Plastic Surgeon.

Answer 2

From the homeschoolers I know, they are not what I call "sheltered". They are only taught better to be able to understand how worldly people have become. They are also very social too! Someone has to protect kids from what they could be turned into by the world. I am all for protecting our kids so I am going to homeschool mine next year!!!

Answer 3

A homeschooled child is well rounded and mature in my opinion.

Instead of only a peer group of their age they learn to communicate with everywhere from a baby to 90+ year olds!



Sheltered from what? From the hurt and pain of being made fun of in school? Sheltered from the risk of being shot in a school room? I dont think thats a bad sheltering!

Answer 4

It depends if your parents sheltered you or not. I would not say all homeschoolers are sheltered. I know some that have seen a lot more interesting things than the average public school student.

Answer 5

i would have preferred home schooling to my senior school. i believe that my education suffered because of other students.



at 15 and 16 (when you start doing GCSE's in the UK)the class sizes do become slightly (only very slightly) smaller and the kids in them (very few) are more interested in learning. at 16/17/18 (when you do Alevels) they are smaller still and everyone wants to learn so the classes are much better but in the previous11 years, the teachers have to constantly keep the class under control, the pace/language/content is dictated by the slowest members of the class and so you've missed out on alot before you reach those exams. I would really like to have been home schooled until i was at the standard/age to take Alevels and then joined a sixth form or sixth form college to continue my education.



I think I could have learnt more if the general standard of education was higher. The only way i could have had a higher standard of education would have been to be homeschooled. I wouldn't have missed out on friends/social life. I had plenty of friends in the area wher ei lived who went to other schools and that never stopped us from meeting up every day after school and hanging out on weekends. plus i had alot of friends in my sunday school class and brownies/girl guides so i wouldn't have really been sheltered.

Answer 6

I'm homeschooled, and I disagree over the whole being sheltered thing. I mean really, we have friends, we get to go hang out with them, and if you're over 16 then most likely you're doing the same things that people in public schools are doing. Or maybe thats just how it is with me.

Answer 7

Just because you were home schooled doesn't automatically mean that you are sheltered. Did you go on nature walks, visit museums, mingle with others your own age? Many home schooled children are very blessed to have been home schooled. Every case needs to be evaluated on its own. One size does not fit all. Don't put so much value on what others say if they don't really know or see the whole picture. Think for yourself. What pros and cons have you discovered? Use your wisdom to guide others. Best of luck in all you do...

Answer 8

First of all, define "sheltered". My children have gone to public school and have homeschooled. One daughter LOVES public school. The other feels "social" requirements of public school interfere with the learning she wants to accomplish. Bottom line.....What do you think? What makes you feel like a valuable part of the whole? It takes alot of different kinds of people with different kinds of backgrounds to create the puzzle of humanity!

P.S. I bet you are much, much smarter and probably more thoughtful and caring than the average bear!!

Answer 9

some homeschoolers are sheltered. Most are not. Only you can look back at your upbringing and determine if you were sheltered or not.



Some sheltering is good... at least for a little while.

Answer 10

I know that my kids are 'SHELTERED'. Of course, they're only 6 and 4. That's one of the reasons I hs. I don't WANT my kids to know about drugs yet. I don't want them to make fun of people. My kids don't know all the rascists remarks out there. When I read Seth the children's version of Uncle Tom's Cabin, he looked @me like that was the stupidest thing he'd ever heard, treating someone bad because of what color they are.

Yeppie, in this case, they are sheltered. However, I know it won't last long. I just hope that they can make their OWN decisions on what to believe.....

Answer 11

No I do not agree with that statement. I need more info. Were you in any outside of home activities, ones that would involve peer interaction? I knew a homeschool teacher who taught her own kids and they played basketball with my boys. Her kids were just as socially developed, if not more than my own kids, who go to a public school. It all depends.

Answer 12

Well, some are but most aren't if you dom't like homeschooling, just tell your "teacher" Then you feel like you're sheltered but if you like homeschooling you aren't sheltered I think of it as whoevers homeschooleds apinion.do you? I just think "think what YOU want to You can do anything you want to.

Answer 13

Well it can be right for certain situations. If you live too rural and it's a 100 miles to go to school then go for the home schooling. If you are commited to your studies, you should do just fine. You don't have to be concerned with what you wear, you don't have to worry about your kids getting sick, or hanging out with the wrong crowd.

Answer 14

i think homeschooling is not a good option because the overall development is suffered due to this and this would creat a lot of problem when aplying for a job and other things.

Answer 15

Some are sheltered, but the majority aren't.

Answer 16

No. I think you have the best of both worlds..you have a good education without all the junk from PS, and you have a social life that your parents approve of.

Answer 17

I don't agree

Answer 18

yes i agree you have been shellered