Introduction+Cons

How would you feel having your mother be your teacher or being taught math or social studies in your living room? Homeschooling became popular in 1997 when a home schooled 13-year-old won the National Spelling Bee. Now, more than ever, parents are considering homeschooling as an option for their children rather than the more traditional public or private education. But homeschooling is not for everyone, as Dorothy N. Moore describes, “we have found that kids under ten really do not excel in the homeschooling program.” Then again, Lawrence M. Runder published a report showing that children who are homeschooled since kindergarten end up getting significantly higher ACT and SAT test scores. This is one of controversies of the homeschooling issue. In all states in the U.S, homeschooling is legal. It is an option for parents who would like to provide a different education than what exists in their area. Homeschooling should not be legal because home school students don’t have much of a social life, they might not be getting the proper education, and they don’t have the same choices for extracurricular activities.