School Pyjamas

The world of homeschooling is getting more and more popular. More children go through their whole lives without even entering a classroom, and they still graduate with a superior education that has prepared them well for a path in further academics, and they do it all on their own. Many kids would do anything for the chance to be homeschooled, and parents blow it off as there kid just being to lazy to get up in the morning and catch the bus, but statistics show that homeschooled kids come out with a even or better education then a kids attending school. This has made people look at the future path of education, and open there eyes to seeing that maybe homeschooling is the way to go.

The rate of student dropouts is getting better, and teacher Jill Hughes says it is because "children who find a school environment difficult are finding a solution in homeschooling" (15). Thousands of kids drop out of high school every year. Drugs and such do play a role in some of that decision making process, but not all. "48.6% of high school dropout say they quit school because they had academic difficulty" (Jill 12) that continued to lead them down a path of failure. School can be a disorienting place for a student, weather its elementary or high school, they feel stressed and pushed by their classmates and teachers to succeed for the pleasure of succeeding weather then succeed for your own self worth. Homeschooling gives a student the ability to not only to be in it for themselves, but also work at your own pace. "Sitting in a classroom is something that can be learned in a matter of days, but knowing how to work hard without someone checking on you every five minutes is another thing altogether"(Fredrick 22). Being homeschooled helps a student feel like they have furthered "developed and climbed a much higher mountain with their educational journey than students at a public or private school would feel" (Fredrick 22). These are some of the reasons students rarely drop out of a home schooling programs. "It's the same as the way someone may treasure an item if they bought it themselves," (Fredrick 23). "77% of students who left high school and began homeschooling saw a huge improvement in there marks and ability to concentrate" (Jill 12). This changed would not only be a miracle to a parent, but it would help a student want to pursue, no matter what the obstacle.

With a learning disability, or any type of mental disability anything can be a problem. Even the ability to try and concentrate is nearly impossible for some students in this category. Homeschooling can not only provide a cool collected environment and does not give a deadline on a subject; it also gives the student the attention it needs. In a school there can be up to more than 30 students in a class, where homeschooling allows a parent or homeschooling teacher to focus on the learning of that student and that student only. Plus if a parent is teaching, they know their child well enough to understand their difficulties and support them. "The biggest pro to homeschooled is that the parent gets to teach their child, or choose the educator instead of a government system doing everything" (Deana 54). In a study "homeschooled teenagers with learning disabilities scored more than 200 points higher on their SAT/ACT then a kid with the same disabilities did when they were

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