Homeschooling Versus Public schooling

“Oh no! It’s Monday tomorrow!”, groans the little kid in my neighbourhood. Mondays can be much of a grieve for the ones that has to go to school. Homeworks, assignments, competitions, quiet library sessions, bullies and so many things wobble in our minds when we think of our old school days. Adding on, another approach to learning called homeschooling was once an option only available to the elite social classes, now has become a way of life for many kids. Some prefer the old way of sending off the kids to either public or private schools and others educate their children at home through homeschooling. So is it a mere choice that parents make for their kids, or is there more to it? Absolutely yes! And that’s why I personally think publicschooling as the best for any ordinary kid. 

             One of the many reasons to send kids to public schools is to give our children exposure to the world. Schools are where you can meet hundreds of other kids with different family backgrounds, culture and lifestyle. This affects the mental and emotional growth of our children too. Exposure to the reality of the world builds character in a child. He or she learns how to make friends, get betrayed, get to know new things about friends of different race, understands true friendship and many more. All these experiences allow the psychosociology aspect in a child to grow and be refined. However, a child who is homeschooling will miss out the whole opportunity of mixing around with a large number of crowds, which deprives the growth of a child psychosociologically.

             Adding on, a child also learns how to handle real life situations when they are sent to schools. What happens in school is real and everyone will have troubles either coming in their way or them moving towards it. For instance, when a child gets bullied, he or she will think of how to get over it. This is where the child tries to find ways to get over with those bullies which often ends in success, and in some other cases they need the help of their parents. So this teaches the child that if he or she can’t get over a problem than it’s time to let our parents handle them. Eventually, in this trial and error period, an ordinary kid will become more and more courageous and wise.

             Another advantage of sending kids to schools is the healthy competition present in the setting of public schooling. We all remember that one kid that often answers all the questions in the classroom plus, gets the highest score in exams. Just as so, having such competitors encourages students to work harder in order to compete with those brilliant brains, which is absolutely a healthy way of studying. Indirectly, students who put in effort to compete with others educationally or in sports often achieve success in their own path even if they don’t become the top student of the class.

         In short, public schooling is the best choice you can make for your child for all it’s benefits. Let’s not narrow down education to knowledge found in books alone. Little can I say to the quote of John Adams, the 2^nd President of The United States, “There are two educations. One should teach us how to make living and the other how to live.” It speaks it all.