| For most of us who have gone through the | | | | Moore. The Moores advocated that children |
| hallowed halls of learning a.k.a. the busy | | | | from 8 to 12 years old can learn more from |
| and sometimes bumpy corridors of a private or | | | | home than at schools as there is an added |
| public school, home schooling may be a | | | | advantage of the strengthening of the bonds |
| curious and bizarre choice. The idea of not | | | | and emotional development between the parent |
| being able to have classmates and interact | | | | and the child during these formative years. |
| with them during class or recess or not being | | | | On some account, home schooling is typically |
| able to participate in school organizations | | | | an alternative that some parents opt to have |
| like sports and the glee club gives the | | | | for their children with the wish that the |
| impression that you are missing out on a lot | | | | latter may dwell in a learning environment |
| of great things and experiences. As a famous | | | | different from that of public or private |
| book title says "All I really need to know I | | | | schools. This does not seem too unreasonable |
| learned in kindergarten". You might as well | | | | considering the situation of some of our |
| accept that you may have failed to take up | | | | schools nowadays. In this day and age, it is |
| these lessons as there is no such thing as | | | | not surprising that we hear news of school |
| kindergarten when you are home schooled all | | | | bullies hitting on the timid and meek kid or |
| alone. But then again, there are reasons why | | | | of teen cliques who discriminate at those who |
| children are home schooled. The term home | | | | do not belong to their group to the point of |
| schooling generally refers to teaching and | | | | embarrassing them in front of people scaring |
| instruction done at home but under the | | | | them for life. These horror stories could |
| regulation and administration of school | | | | haunt any parent who only wants the best for |
| associations also known as umbrella schools | | | | their child and who would anticipate that |
| or correspondence schools. The home school | | | | they never get a chance to live through these |
| movement was roused by John Caldwell Holt, a | | | | kind of experiences. Some parents choose home |
| teacher, when he published "How Children | | | | schooling for practical reasons. It is |
| Fail." The book raised controversy as it | | | | apparent that enrolling in schools is |
| criticized school instruction stressing that | | | | expensive. One need not only consider the |
| the failure of children to learn was not due | | | | tuition fees but there is the concern on the |
| to the amount of effort and determination to | | | | costs of books, of school materials, of |
| learn but on the setting provided by the | | | | projects, of field trips, and even the bus |
| schools. Mr. Holt believed that the home is | | | | fares and the lunch money. School expenses |
| the most appropriate base where the child can | | | | could take a toll on some underprivileged |
| explore and learn where there is no | | | | families. A number of school regulations also |
| interference, no regulation and no control. | | | | preempt kids to go to a regular school. For |
| This view was shared by an education | | | | this reason, home schooling is the fall back |
| professional couple, Raymond and Dorothy | | | | option. |