How can parents armed with only love for their child and good intentions provide an education anywhere near as good as a professional with a teaching degree? Ok, ok, I can already hear all you veteran home educators out there choking and gagging at this one. But let’s break it…
Category: All About Education
Read It and Weep
The many negative aspects of public schooling are well reported in the daily papers. Schools were also becoming seriously affected by social problems becoming in the worst cases mere baby-sitting services. Do you want your children to go to a school where social problems rule the programmes? –Massey University vice-chancellor…
Common Objections
Obj: Our public schools can provide an education free from religious and political biases. A: On April 19, 1987, the then Assistant Director, Resources Development, Dept. of Education, Wellington, met with a number of leaders of homeschooling groups in Auckland. This gentleman stated that his own idealism had been somewhat…
Home Education and Socialisation
Home Education and Socialisation by Craig S. Smith Without a doubt this is the one question, reservation and objection that is raised most often. It is ususlly the one raised first. It is often the one most hotly debated. And common experience among home educators is that socialisation, rather than…
Pros and Cons of Home Schooling
Pros–Benefits of Homeschooling 1.Spend more time together as a family. 2.Spend more time with children when they are rested and fresh rather than tired and cranky from school. 3.Superior academic achievement through individual tutoring. 4.Parents can ensure that their children master the subjects. 5.Children can be daily instructed and vitally…