Homeschooling

Homeschooling:

Home-schooling is one of the most talked about subjects when it comes to education. I am here to look into both positives and negative’s to see if I can come up with a conclusion of if I agree with it or not.

The Pro’s

·          A lot of children in schools are under pressure to ‘fit in’ by trends and ‘keeping friends’. Home schooling provides children with safety and makes them feel a sense of comfort as they are in their own surroundings.

·                           Physical freedom

-          With the child’s time no longer revolving around school hours, homework, and the school calendar; the parents/children can now fix their time according to their schedule that makes them happy rather than what they have to do.

·         Religion

-          Many families believe that religion and their beliefs are important in everyday life and throughout education. Home Schooling gives parents the opportunity to include religion into their everyday life.

·         Not as much busywork.

-          Home schooled children can accomplish in a few hours, what would take normally a week or more to cover in the classroom. Children are more focused and don’t have the distractions that children would have in the classroom. It is more of a calmed atmosphere.

The Con’s

·         Financial Restraints

-          It is an awful lot of money and time to invest in home schooling and can put a lot of restraints on the relationship of the parents or the child.

·         Living outside the norm.

-          Home-schooling can be lonely for children as they are not around other children/friends. They can also not realise what living in the ‘real world’ is like as they are not having the same experiences as the other children in schools. Children also will not be part of any teams as are no longer in a school

My opinion

Personally, Home schooling would not be for me. I loved being part of a school as I enjoyed going because friends and being in a team as I was in the netball team raised my confidence. Being in a school made me I feel ready for the ‘real world’ as I experienced a lot and although schools had it’s difficult times for me; I learnt from it and feel that I have become who I am because of it. 

An educational blog

For this blog, I decided to research into an educational blog. Whilst looking on my blog list, I came across this blog that brought to my attention.

Why do schools side-line religious education?

Throughout this blog, they are sharing their opinions and views on how Religious Education isn’t being taken seriously enough throughout school. It is undervalued and unappreciated.

The blog then goes on to discuss that lessons on RE are especially necessary after leaving school, as later on in life, if not in school we meet people from different backgrounds, traditions and religious beliefs from across the world. “The underestimated importance of RE is also that it helps overcome prejudices and negative stereotype. If people have a better understanding of other faiths, they’re less likely to be dismissive of issues that don’t concern them directly”.

I agree with this blog, and that’s why I have decided to talk about it more in depth in my blog. In today’s society I think that people are to east to judge other people and be prejudice. Having RE as a class in school opens up people’s eyes to understand and appreciate different cultures and the way they chose to live their life compared to ours. 

Have a look yourself and see if you agree! :) 

http://www.theguardian.com/education/mortarboard/2014/jan/15/dont-dismiss-religious-education-school