Home Schools VS. Private Schools

"Each day, more than 1,200 young men and womenesteem and incentives while passing out condoms.
give up on their high school education, and, in manyThey took out morals and replaced it with
cases, on themselves" - so says the AdCouncil. Eachacceptance. They took out accountability and
day, 1,200 young men and women are becoming areplaced it with food stamps. That's what the
burden to society. In a report done in March of 2006government gives in return for your tax dollars. Not
for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, it wasto mention the NEA. They are a force in Washington
found that one third of all Public High School studentsthat would rival the IRS. Just mention the word
failed to graduate with less then 2 years to go.'school vouchers' and red flags go up while the race
Nearly one half of those were blacks, Hispanics, andcards come down.
Native Americans. Many students gave personalPoint being that this great country does allow us a
reasons for leaving school. A third (32 percent) saidmeans to avoid the peer pressure filled, barb wire
they had to get a job and make money; 26 percentlined, police patrolling institutions we call public
said they became a parent; and 22 percent said theyeducation. The number of home schools is rising
had to care for a family member. At the end of thisevery year, and with that are SAT test scores. The
article I will show you where to get the rest of thisfact that nearly all home schools are Christian based
disturbing report.is reason enough to go this route. But even if you
I am not a fan of the public school system. Not withtook that out of the equation you would be left with
numbers like... the nationwide grand mean in readingflexible schedules, like going year round and taking a
for home schoolers was at the 79th percentile, andweek off anytime you like. One on one training and
the 73rd percentile for language and math. Thistutoring, a nurturing environment as apposed to one
ranking means home school students performedthat requires self defense as part of the curriculum.
better than approximately 77% of the sampleIt is easy to realize that the home school beats public
population on whom the test was normed. Nearlyschool, and even private schools for that matter. One
80% of home schooled children achieve individualmust consider the time it would take to pursue such
scores above the national average and 54.7% of thea task though, along with the cost. I have found
16,000 home schoolers achieved individual scores inplaces that get the process rolling for a $75
the top quarter of the population, more than doubleRegistration fee, $25 processing fee, and then $500 -
the number of conventional school students who$750 per child, depending on the number of children.
score in the top quarter.These organizations will provide proper paperwork,
Facts are facts, but commons sense dictates thatcurriculums, planners, schedules and support to keep
the public schools just do not work. They keepit in line with all the various state laws that apply.
throughing money at the problem, working on self