Why Public Schooling Is Better Than Homeschooling
10. Most parents were educated in the underfunded public school
system, and so are not smart enough to homeschool their own children.
9. Children who receive one-on-one homeschooling will learn more than
others, giving them an unfair advantage in the marketplace. This is
undemocratic.
8. How can children learn to defend themselves unless they have to
fight off bullies on a daily basis?
7. Ridicule from other children is important to the socialization process.
6. Children in public schools can get more practice "Just Saying No"
to drugs, cigarettes and alcohol.
5. Fluorescent lighting may have significant health benefits.
4. Publicly asking permission to go to the bathroom teaches young
people their place in society.
3. The fashion industry depends upon the peer pressure that only
public schools can generate.
2. Public schools foster cultural literacy, passing on important
traditions like the singing of "Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin
laid an egg..."
1. Homeschooled children may not learn important office career
skills, like how to sit still for six hours straight.
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Misty, I love it, you're so right. Where would I be today if I hadn't had the time that I did in the public school system learning how to put a condom on a banana in 7th grade and getting felt up by my gym teacher in jr. high? Then high school was sooo educational, smoking in the parking lot, having "diversity learning days", and not even having my teachers notice I skipped class half the time. Oh, yes, so much better.
GREAT list!!!
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