Grace and Peace

I don't have any kids ( yet ) but I've decided never to allow my kids in public school.

Society would argue that a home school child lacks social skills, I disagree. There's a home school community and parents organize field trips and educational outings for their kids. Secondly your kids are already socializing with friends and family.

Let me know the reasons to your vote.

The advantages and disadvantage.

There's no right or wrong answer, parenting is personal.

i went to public and a lutheran private school and there are christians and none christians in both. the only difference is in private school i studied the bible alot, im very glad i went to that school for a few years.

my little brother and sister were home schooled and are now 19 and 20, and have ALOT of friends. they are very social people and are liked very much by there coworkers and employers, there already moving up in there companys. my parents did an awesome job i must say. i will personally never put my kids(when i have some lol) in a public school. but if they have a strong relationship with God it would probably be fine. but if they dont then no way. same for a christian private school as they can be just as bad of an influence. jus t concentrate on spending lots of time with God and your kids and they will be fine.

I go to a public school, my friend is home schooled.
If I could do everything again, I wish I had a parent
that home schooled me. No matter what schools
do, bullying will always be around, and when it's reported,
my schools NEVER did anything about it, except tell me
to grow a thicker skin and called us BOTH in the same
office to talk about it. That only made things worse.

The work in school is really busy work, and
when I dual enrolled in both high school and college
courses, I found that college was so much better
because they gave you the practice necessary and nothing more.
Teachers at my school aren't too fond of taking the time
to give students one on one time, and I could have had
that if I were home schooled like my friend. And the fact
that his mom is always home gives him much time for
tutoring, so he has always gotten straight A's.

If I had a choice, I would want to be homeschooled.
As for my future children...I am not sure.
Maybe private school.

Well im only 14 but i went to public school from the start and i found it hard to learn in primary school due to the fact that i had impaired hearing and so...the teacher decided to put me at the BACK of the classroom?
I also had problems with people at school...being verbally abusive..caling me names...and so on. The primary school i went to also was a "catholic" school...and had a teacher there secertly teaching evolution to my little brothers class (which my dad got...REALLY annoyed with) and then changed the subject the instant the head master came in the room.

My high school was no better...as there here different people there (asians, chinese and so on) so there where security guards all over the school during and after school (there where bout 3 physical fights between races within the first week on me starting high school. The teachers there were also hard to talk to as they had their mind on other kids. Plus if one person did something wrong the WHOLE class had detention (i had been in quite a few detentions bout 90% of them not even my fault)

I have now been homeschooled for bout...nearly 3 years and i am LOVING it...i mix well with other kids...i will admit i am SERIOUSLY shy...but once im up and talking im fine lol. Plus being homeschooled if im stuck on something i dont have to wait half the lesson to find out the simplest of things, no fights, no wrong teachings and best of all...no teachers to give you detentions for no reason.

All in all...i prefer homeschooling...and (if i ever have kids in the future) i would gladly homeschool them as i personally think public school is a bad enviroment and can be a really bad place for a chirstian to be involved with.

But that is MY OWN opinion :)

Xxx kirsty xxX

oh yeah, the differance in the education between pubic and private school was amazing. my parents put me back in public school in the 10th grade after being in private for 3 years. i basically gave up and got bad grades through high school because i thought to myself why try, i learned all this stupid stuff already in private school. a mistake i see now but i was young and dumb.

my grades went DOWN while i was in high school...i was level 5 in science, 4 in maths and 3 in english...i was really good at sciece at school and went up a bit..but everything else went downhill..but im doing much better now im homeschooled

I went to public schools and my son goes to one too. My BFF home schools her kids, but now the oldest is in high school. I guess it really depends on the child's needs and the parent. Some school systems are better than others and that may play a factor in public or home schooling too. I knew friends that went to some public school and later to a Christian school. I often wondered what it would have been like to attend a Christian school. Thankfully, while I was still in school, we were allowed to have Christian school organizations and publicly pray. So sad you can't do that in many schools today.

I'd prefer a Christian private school containing about 10-45 kids, or a medium sized Private school of about 80-120 kids with a kind of JROTC program. Homeschooling doesn't sound too bad, but that being said, considering I had to go on social security at the age of 19, I'm kinda glad I wasn't home-schooled. A Public school isn't too bad if you get as good one, but most aren't nearly as good as they should be.

In a family situation where one of the parents can stay home, home schooling is best for the parent to provide the best education from a SPIRITUAL point of view. Now if you want your child to make lots of money and understand the ways of the world better, then public school is the way to go.

Originally Posted by rizen1

Grace and Peace

I don't have any kids ( yet ) but I've decided never to allow my kids in public school.

Society would argue that a home school child lacks social skills, I disagree. There's a home school community and parents organize field trips and educational outings for their kids. Secondly your kids are already socializing with friends and family.

Let me know the reasons to your vote.

The advantages and disadvantage.

There's no right or wrong answer, parenting is personal.

With our son, who is now 16, holds a full time job at a parts store and is going to enroll in the community college this year, his best fit for who he is was homeschool. Public school would not have given the opportunities to develop his own natural skills, talents and interests. Simply not enough hours in the day for it all.

Our daughter who is more bent on traditional schooling..like academics, sit down paper and pencil type person, a Christian private school is the best option for her. Where our son is more independant and able to "do his own thing", her natural abilities is more involved with people, and she loves being in groups etc.

Even though our son is very involved with his own youth group, and has a good base of friends, he would rather be off working on a vehicle or up in the mountains. A quiet kid, but one who will stand against what he sees as wrong with extreem zeal...which would probably catch him in some very hot water in a public or private school setting. Working in real life with a variety of ages has calmed that tendency of "go with gusto" against anything that is wrong. It has helped him be able to deal with issues in a more mature manner than he would have learned behind 4 walls learning Shakespear.

I see the scripture "Train up a child in the way they should go" a bit differently than most. If we work with the kids within their natural abilities, interests, etc, then they actually will remember the lessons learned. Our job as parents is to create the environment most suited to the way each individual learns, and to use that for practical learning as well as spiritual learning. That takes more effort for some than others, just like God works with each person where they are at, so parents should model that for theirs kids.