Persuasive Paper Part 2: Solution and Advantages

There are regulations that guide homeschooling where the parents or the home teacher have to have some special training or even a high school degree. Prior to these regulations, there have been many questions about the rights of the parents to teach their children. Parents normally prefer homeschooling for several reasons such as religious, political or culture where they fear that their children may be brainwashed of what they believe. They also prefer motivating their children through interaction and also empowerment. The child gets the complete attention of the parents thus the parent is able to deal with the weaknesses. (Bhatt, 2012).

Thesis Statement

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether or not the regulations for home-based schooling should be changed. The fact that the statutes take homeschooling under the category of private school does not provide enough evidence that the regulations actually defend the home schools. It is therefore important that the homeschooling regulations be reviewed and actually changed where need be. For example, they do not define what curriculum or system they should actually have.

History and Status

Homeschooling started in the 1970s when John Holt began arguing that schools have a hostile environment and also oppressive learning methods that do not prepare the students to be compliant methods. He urged the parents to liberate their children from such a system. Children of age’s five to eight started to have homeschooling where the parents would teach them as they felt that it was not good for their adorable kids to be exposed to such a poor learning environment that was even harsh. The parents would hire a tutor or teach the children themselves. However, the law was adjusted so that children would go to school at a certain age but actually, the parents taught their children discreetly to avoid being persecuted. (Batt,2012).

In the 1980s most of the states had created statutes that governed and guided homeschooling. In the last 20 years, homeschooling has gained a lot of popularity and now the parents are required to register their homeschools as private schools so that the educational regulations such as curriculum are as per the education system.

Problem Statement

The homeschooling regulations should be changed so as to provide an effective and efficient learning environment for the students to learn. The homeschooling is required to file an affidavit of the student's attendance. There is also the fact that homeschooling does not have strict regulations and they are based on a belief that the parents who commit themselves to that are highly motivated and also responsible. (Rich, 2015). However, how can these prove that the attendance is filled fully with integrity especially when parents are not very responsible and honest? The reasons why the homeschooling regulations should change are:

Regulations involving assessments.

Different states have different regulations that guide on the methods of assessment. The students who have taken home-schooling should be subjected to the same assessment as those at home. These are because these children will be exposed to a highly competitive work environment and with so, they have to learn to be committed and also be exposed to a highly competitive environment. (Rich, 2015).

Regulations on minimum requirements

The fact that parents may want to teach their children at home as a way of liberating them from an oppressive curriculum is not enough reason. There should be minimum requirements for qualifying to provide homeschooling. This will ensure that homeschooling is made available for the most deserving students such as the physically and mentally unfit thus providing education which is a basic need to all. Public schools may be oppressive but still, the students learn how to interact with other students from diverse cultures. The parents should also have qualified to facilitate homeschools. (Rich, 2015).

Legal actions

Regulations on the legal actions that should be taken in case the provisions of the statutes are strictly followed. These will ensure that the parents take into consideration obeying the given rules. This will ensure that the children are not undergoing abuse or the parents may not be violating the rights of education.

Conclusion

Homeschooling is important for kids who have low focus and also concentration abilities. This is because they are at home and the parents are not as strict as the teachers in a public school. These allow them to take breaks amid lessons and they have to work all year round. However, these students show as many abilities as the students who go to school and they perform competitively to them. Homeschooling is also important because the students can learn in diverse ways and also the schedule can be flexible and very convenient for them such that they do not need to wake up early. It is therefore important that there are strict regulations to ensure that they are also competitive private schools.

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