One day I was strolling in the garden when I heard
two ladies bickering about something. I couldn't help but listen to it. I heard one of the ladies say, "Homeschooling does not give stress to the child." while the other said, "It does not give stress t the child but it does not allow the child to converse with other children of their age." Once I got to know the topic they were bickering on I walked away.
But the next day, when I thought about the topic I
realized that the topic was worth a thought. The advantages of homeschooling are that the child is relaxed and does not have to deal with dreadful homework, school and worry about getting to the good side of teachers while dealing with parents who want good grades. The child does not have to learn subjects which are of no use in the fields they are interested in.
The disadvantages of homeschooling are that
children don't how to adjust and deal with stress. they don't get the opportunity to converse with other children of their age. they get used to to the warm environment and have trouble dealing with the world and people when in college or high school. Also home schooled children grow a lot slower than formally schooled children.
Now if we talk about the advantages of formal
schooling, there are many. First of all, children know how to deal with stress and adjust as they have to spend six hours everyday with others. They converse with others and learn how to work as a team and learn moral values and do it practically like the moral value 'sharing is caring '. They grow up a lot faster than homeschooling children in my opinion. In school children have to learn all the subjects taught in school.
But that also is a possibility that the child may lose
interest in the field they choose earlier and gain interested in another field, in the higher classes. The disadvantages are that there is no doubt in that children often come home depressed because of a bad grade, punishments or detentions given by teachers, too much of homework or because of being humiliated by the teacher or the children. Another disadvantage is that the children have to change their
learning speed to the speed that the teacher is
teaching the class. If they can't change, there is no question of understanding the concepts.
Then so considering these points, I think that formal
schooling is better though I have no idea when I would decide to change my mind.