Coleman,R."Homeschool Gets Better Report Card than Public Schools."christianpost.com.Christian Post, 15 Sept. 2011. Web. 15 Sept. 2011.
http://www.christianpost.com/news/homeschool-gets-better-report-card-than-public-schools-55722/
According to R. Coleman, researchers have found that students participating in homeschooling have fared much better than a in a public school setting. Student’s homeschooled can create a structured curriculum that they can personalize to meet their academic needs. With undivided attention, this has increased test scores in both math and reading. On the other hand, Coleman mentioned that students with an unstructured home school environment, using no teachers or textbooks resulted with some falling multiple grade levels behind. Reports say that when not in a public setting children often lack in self-esteem and social skills, although this have never been proven. With failing public school grades, homeschooling has increased more than 23 percent, according to the National Home Education Research Institute, which makes many believe it is becoming the right thing to do for kids. Coleman's intended audience was not stated though this article but many be suited for parents deciding whether or not to enrolled their children into public school. Supporting the argument Coleman states many statistics including test scores and increased grade levels. Coleman remains somewhat unbiased based on the examples on both sides of the issue although giving more examples on how homeschooling is better than public schools. By sharing both sides of the story, Coleman does a great job in keeping an open mind on the situation. After reviewing this article I feel that this topic may not be a good idea for me or others due to the fact that I could not find much in the news about this and because the issue would not necessarily interest us as high school seniors.
The summary of your article was really well written, I got a bit confused while reading it but once I took another look it mad more sense. The article itself seemed interesting because I have always thought that children who are home schools maybe be smarter, but lack the ability to socialize well. This could easily be used for an argumentative paper because there are two distinct sides. One of the concerns I have with this topic would be, is there going to be enough research done to help and support your paper?
ReplyDeleteI have always sort of thought that home schooled kids lack some social skills but then again I have met home schooled kids who are very out going. One thing I have always wondered about is how well they do with having actual teachers and text books when/if they go college. I feel like going from a parent to a teacher would be tough. I would say this is a very good topic for an argumentative paper, it is very controversial. I don't even know what to say. Your summary had all the info you need and because this is such an opinionated subject your already set for a perfect argumentative paper!
ReplyDeletehanna, this comment was supposed to be from last week, but i was having internet troubles. so, this article would be perfect for an argumentative paper! i dont know how much information you could find, but you could try. i have always thought that homeschooled kids were smarter because they could learn at a one on one level rather than being in a class and having one teacher. but i guess thats not always the case. oh and very good summary.
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