Comments on: Why do Home School children appear smarter than Public School Kids?

By: lightcommastix

lightcommastix — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:53:44 +0000

A Home-Schooled child can work ahead at his/her own pace - as soon as the concept is mastered, he/she can move on to more difficult material. A child in the public school system must wait for 25 other students to grasp the material before the class moves on as a whole.

Home-Schooled children also receive one on one attention (or two on one or three on one if they have siblings) - the point is they receive much more attention from a teacher at home that from a teacher with 25 other students to teach.

Generally, the type of parent who decides to home-school is already concerned and active in their child’s education. Like the previous poster said, Homer Simpson isn’t going to home-school his children.

By: Tia K

Tia K — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:10:24 +0000

I would think it is because they have one on one teaching.

By: dryheatdave

dryheatdave — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:01:01 +0000

Would Homer and/or Marge volunteer to home school the kids ?

NO - the people who homeschool their kids are petty smart people to start with.

AND - I have to assume that homeschooled children must meet the same test standards as regularly schooled kids. So if homeschooled kids fail the tests, they get to go to regular school again.

By: Honor_Student

Honor_Student — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:28:27 +0000

Because at home you can work at whatever skill level you’re at, and you don’t have to sit there and learn stuff you already know. I had to do that ALL of last year because the principal got rid of honors classes. But now there’s a different principal, and the honor classes are back!