The Basics of Home Schooling
Some families choose home schooling because it gives the parents control over what the children are taught. This might offend some people, but it is what our country was founded on: freedom. If the government is allowed a monopoly in education they will be free to completely control what children are taught. If carefully considered, that is a frightening thought.
There are also parents who want their children to be able to learn at their own speed. It has been shown that children learn at different rates. Any parent and teacher will agree with that statement. Some are ready to read at a younger age than others the same as some are ready for arithmetic at a younger age than others.
It does not mean those who are ready at a younger age are smarter than the others. There are home school graduates at Harvard who did not learn to read until they were ten or older. But by learning at home these students were given the wonderful opportunity to learn at their own speed, whether that meant finishing high school by 14 or 15, or not beginning formal academics until they are 10.
Thankfully there are places in the world where anyone can teach their children at home. In the United States all 50 states allow anyone to teach their children at home.
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