> Were you home schooled, on what are you basing your statement?
I was no. My kids were home educated from about eight or nine to 16 (when they did GCSEs and IGCSE - British exams taken at that age). Overall I think they got a better education than I did (and I sent to a school that was one of the top 10 in the UK academically).
The older one is now an adult, will shortly finish a degree in electronic engineering and is working for jaguar Landrover. She thinks she benefited a lot. The younger one is at sixth form college (school for 16 to 18 year olds) as her older sister did, and I can compare them to the typical kid at that stage.
My older daughter puts her interest in engineering very much to home ed - more time with a dad with science and technology interests, and not picking up gender stereotypes from school about male and female jobs (she was the ONLY girl in her A level electronics class).
Other advantages:
1. study at your own pace - more time for something you are finding hard, can go fast through easy stuff without boredom
2. flexibility in how to study (self teaching, tutors, online courses, parental teaching for things I know well).
3. flexibility in what to study: my kids did subjects most schools do not offer. Both did Latin GCSE, and the younger one did astronomy, for example
4. more motivation, self discipline and study skills as a result of the above.=
5. more time for hobbies and interests
6. more time to spend in settings out for school so meeting a wider range of people (pursing 5, but also just meeting up with friends)
I was no. My kids were home educated from about eight or nine to 16 (when they did GCSEs and IGCSE - British exams taken at that age). Overall I think they got a better education than I did (and I sent to a school that was one of the top 10 in the UK academically).
The older one is now an adult, will shortly finish a degree in electronic engineering and is working for jaguar Landrover. She thinks she benefited a lot. The younger one is at sixth form college (school for 16 to 18 year olds) as her older sister did, and I can compare them to the typical kid at that stage.
My older daughter puts her interest in engineering very much to home ed - more time with a dad with science and technology interests, and not picking up gender stereotypes from school about male and female jobs (she was the ONLY girl in her A level electronics class).
Other advantages:
1. study at your own pace - more time for something you are finding hard, can go fast through easy stuff without boredom 2. flexibility in how to study (self teaching, tutors, online courses, parental teaching for things I know well). 3. flexibility in what to study: my kids did subjects most schools do not offer. Both did Latin GCSE, and the younger one did astronomy, for example 4. more motivation, self discipline and study skills as a result of the above.= 5. more time for hobbies and interests 6. more time to spend in settings out for school so meeting a wider range of people (pursing 5, but also just meeting up with friends)