Home_Schooling__Is_It_Right_Or_Wrong_

Home Schooling: Is It Right Or Wrong' Home Schooling: Is it Right or Wrong' Home schooling is an alternative to public education. It is a choice that many more parents are making today, and even more are projected to make by the end of year 2004. It is estimated that at the end of the year 2003 there will be at least 2,000,000 home schoolers in the United States (Wichers 2001). While home schooling is becoming a popular alternative to Public School education, there are other alternatives available. Some examples are Catholic or Private schools or a privately hired tutor; however, there are many reasons why people home school their children. So the question remains, which form of education is the best for the children' There is some history to the issue of home schooling. There are also many pros and cons, which will be addressed in this paper. Home schooling has been around for hundreds of years. There are many famous and intellectual people that have had their education through home schooling. Some examples are George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Thomas Edison, Winston Churchill, Agatha Christie, Margaret Mead, Charlie Chaplin, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, Charles Dickens and Mark Twain (Gorder 1996). Most of these famous people were home, children, schooling, school, parents, child, one, feel, 1996, education, people, however, gorder, going, been, teach, social, over, each, years, while, time, support, schools, reason, provide, positive, lot, laws, form, because, another, work, times, think