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Homeschool

Learn the Past Progressive Tense

Date: Jun 06 2012

Themes: School

Grammar: Past Progressive Tense

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Most people agree that education is important. But often, that’s where the agreement ends. How kids should be educated is still up for debate.

One option is homeschooling them. Homeschooled kids don’t attend a regular school with their peers. Instead, their parents teach them at home. This means they get the close attention of their parents, which might help them learn. But they also miss out on opportunities to socialize with other kids their age. Find out whether Marni and Ella think homeschooling is a good idea.

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Marni

Ella

Marni: You know, I have a good friend who was telling me that she really wants to homeschool her children. And I have to say, you know, as a teacher, I am kind of opposed to that.

Ella: Really? I think homeschool is really cool. I’ve met a lot of kids that were homeschooled, who are actually pretty interesting kids that are really intelligent.

Marni: I think perhaps they could get a decent education. I mean, there’s public school, private school...There are so many different avenues to get an education. But I think the experience of working in a classroom environment, which really prepares you later in life to work in a larger group setting, I think that’s lost on kids who are homeschooled, when their whole environment is just their home life and their education revolves around that.

Ella: I do agree, but I feel like in a home setting you get to focus more. You don’t have to worry much about the outside things when it comes to education. And you get so much further than you would in the public school system. So that’s why I’m kind of for homeschooling, as long as you keep your kids interactive, with…

Marni: With friends and things?

Ella: With sports, and other things outside.

Marni: Sure. I mean, it is important that they socialize, and, you know, there is some backlash against classroom settings because of bullying and things that are going on in public schools and private schools as well. But, I don’t know, I still think it’s a really important experience. I’m gonna say I’m still against homeschooling.

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Discussion

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Marni is opposed to homeschooling. She is a teacher, and she thinks that children who are homeschooled don’t learn how to work with others in groups. Kids who are taught in a regular classroom have more opportunities to socialize, which can help prepare them for other parts of life.

Ella disagrees. She thinks students who are homeschooled are able to focus better. More attention is paid to them, and they don’t have to worry about the social aspect of being in school. They can just concentrate on learning. To socialize, they can do things like join a sports team or hang out with their friends.

Do you agree with Marni or with Ella? Do you know anybody who was homeschooled?

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cinchf

Philippines

I’m not against homeschooling but if I were to choose, i’d prefer my furture child to go to a regular school. I think there are things in life that can’t be taught in school, like dealing with other people’s differences. I know a lot of friends who were homeschooled and almost all of them said that they envied us who went to a regular school, because we get to hang out with our friends after school. We get to talk about things that happened in school whether good or bad. One more thing is that, the value of friendship that was built during school days.. those were the days.. really precious…

Victoriaa

France

I’d agree with Marni. School is like a small real world where children learn to interract with each other and adults, they learn how the society works, they learn rivalry and friendship, they go through quarrels, problems and they thy to solve them. It’s not always easy, but that’s how they get ready for the real life. And also at school you can get different ideas from different teachers and share them with your peers, while at home it’s only one parent whose point of you you get. Besides homeshooling prevents parents, at least one of them, from having an adult life with work and obliges them to stay home and do the job which won’t be paid.
I don’t know anybody who was homeschooled, because here it’s not a common way of education. But I know that in America it’s very popular.
As for me personally, I prefer my daughter to go to school, whatever it is and get her education there.

aspire1

Germany

Ella has got some really good arguments..

But in their later life they haven´t to make sport in large groups, they need to be able to supply their working capabilities.

hoansa

Viet Nam

I disagree with Ella. Childrend should go to school at their age. Homesshool has some benifits like focusing on their lessons better, paying to their study better ans playing sport in other time ouside; but they cannot develop normally as their firends who attended the school.Social skills cannot improve and more important they need friendship and other social relationship. regular school will help them to learn and practice personality. school that even public or private school are a good environment to teach and practice children to repare kids later

kaikailin

China

I agree with Ella,because students not only studying the knowledge but also some things,as how to treating the things,how to chatting and playing ,that’s important not can studying frome the homeschool.

I M P E R I V M

United States

Homeschooing is the best! Aside from providing a superior and individualized learning experience it will save kids from Institutionalized misandry, Bulling and is cheaper