Homeschooling Theodore Roosevelt once said, “To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society” (qtd. Haverluck). The debate on homeschooling is an issue everywhere. In Roosevelt’s quote, it is saying that a parent must teach their children in morals instead of in mind. Children should go to schools to get taught in mind, but at home parents should teach them in morals to make them good additions to society.
The two different atmospheres should teach different things, school should teach knowledge while home should teach manners and respect. Home and school shouldn’t be combined resulting in a “menace to society.” The debate on homeschooling has two sides. Many see homeschooling as a way around children dealing with situations they should not have to. Others who disagree see homeschooling as depriving children of a life full of experiences they have while they are in schools. Those experiences while in school help the child become ready for the situations they will face for the rest of their life.
Children learn at different paces as well. Some children need a one on one learning system while other children can learn easily in a classroom with others. In public schools, they have many different learning systems to follow to suit the children’s needs. Children and teens that are homeschooled do not get as good of an education and do not experience as much during their childhood like kids in schools do. Homeschool Population The number of kids being homeschooled each year is not definite. The number of homeschooled children vary in each state so it is technically impossible to calculate exactly how many children are homeschooled in the United States (Goldstein).
In some states, the government does . .oling is not the right choice for children in modern society. Learning programs of all ages are provided in schools as well as trained professionals to work with the kids. Parents are not always certified and do not know everything about schooling like professionals do. Homeschooling does not give children as good of a start to life as regular schooling does.
Kids need to make interactions with others and be ready to deal with people all through their life. If they stay at home all through their childhood then they do not have the chance to make friends and learn how to deal with people. In school, kids learn how to deal with others outside of home. Children cannot be sheltered all through the part of their life where they should be learning and setting their path for adulthood. Schools provide everything that children need to learn and be successful.
