Will My Child Turn Antisocial Because Of HomeSchool?
By Sun Kyu Bae |
Published April 15, 2009 |
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Why this is no longer an issue!
Hello everyone! Today I'm going to address a hot topic among homeschoolers: whether home schooling is hazardous to your child’s socialization.
Common Argument
The common argument from the non-homeschool community is that although homeschooling has scored impressive marks in academic achievement, this comes with a huge price since home schooled students don’t have opportunities to socialize with their peers, which ultimately hinder their ability to succeed in society.
Now, before I start, I want to be upfront about something. You see, a part of the misconception fueling this socialization argument probably has at least something to do with the use of the term, “homeschool”, which immediately conjures up images of students being taught, obviously, in their homes, which is far from accurate these days. And we as homeschoolers may have to bear some burden of guilt since we allowed this term to be used to describe our community for all these years. Therefore, (and I'm really talking to the homeschoolers here) we really need to think about changing the term, “homeschool”, to another, more accurate term that involves education outside the walls of the traditional classroom instead of the current term that suggests a symptom of academic xenophobia – more on this later (maybe we’ll address this in another article!). Ok – apologize for that sidetrack, but had to get it out there - back to our topic.
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