| At the end of the day home education is about | | | | values. Both of these attributes are sadly lacking |
| family relationships. Home school families are vocal | | | | in the average public and private school |
| about the benefits of educating at home and the | | | | experience. Home educated students who later |
| strong relationships that homeschooling | | | | enter the public and private school classroom |
| encourages between parents and children is right | | | | usually rise to leadership positions due to their |
| at the top of a long list. | | | | strength of character, relative immunity to peer |
| Picture dad, mom and the kids sitting around the | | | | pressure and ability to critically assess situations. |
| backyard fire pit roasting hotdogs in the evening. | | | | A perceived lack of socialization is the most |
| A cooking fire reflecting dancing flames and | | | | frequently cited criticism of home education. The |
| shadows in the falling darkness warms not only | | | | assumption is that the last couple of hundred |
| the food but hearts as well. This is the type of | | | | years of American educational experience is the |
| closeness most homeschooling families enjoy as | | | | standard by which everyone must be judged. |
| they work through the rigors of scheduling, daily | | | | Nothing could be further than the truth. The world |
| classroom assignments and other issues inherent | | | | produced geniuses in every academic area prior |
| in the homeschool lifestyle. | | | | to the segregation of students by age groups in |
| Children learn best in tutorial relationships and | | | | the now traditional classroom. Homeschooled |
| there are no better tutors than parents who care | | | | students often spend time in social gatherings with |
| profoundly about the outcome of the educational | | | | kids their own age as well as with adults of all |
| experience. Homeschool organizations have | | | | ages. These students are comfortable relating to |
| demonstrated that home educated students | | | | people of all ages instead of being peer dependent |
| regularly outperform their public and private school | | | | and socially maladjusted in situations out of their |
| counterparts in academic testing. Though a sound | | | | particular group. Toss a fire ring and a few hot |
| and well-rounded educational program is important | | | | dogs into the mix at a homeschool picnic and the |
| the really important accomplishments of home | | | | discussion is a lively one. Ask most publically |
| education are in teaching kids to think | | | | educated kids what a fire ring is and they |
| independently and the transmission of moral | | | | probably don't know. |