by I lived long enough to see children became teenagers and adults. I had seen differences between homeschooled people and traditional schooled people. I really want to debunk some wrong assumptions people keep giving about homeschooling and Online schooling.
Here many of the wrong assumptions people have from Homeschooling and online schooling.
1. Homeschooled kids are antisocial and have no friends-Maybe some are but most of the homeschooled people I met are actual social butterflies. Many people assume that homeschooled kids are locked inside houses and became nerdy anti-socials with no friends but there are many traditional schooled children who are confident heartrobs with lots of friends. Homeschooling families have social circles so kids are able to find friends. Also aside from homeschooling they take sports clinics where they can learn sports like Martial arts, Tennis, Golf etc. Many successful Athletes are homeschooled kids. Many homeschooled kids actually play outside so their social life is actually more happier because they can get along with peers without peer pressure. There is no longing for validation and popularity among cliques like we have in traditional schools. Oh because they don't get bullied they have better self esteem which makes making friends easier. In fact most homeschooled kids are more aggressive when it comes to making friends. The only difference is that most of them don't smoke, drink , do drugs and get involved with teenage pregnancy.
2. Homeschoolers can't learn because they are not inside a classroom. Actually many homeschoolers are smarter than most average traditional schooled children. They have better focus on their studies because their learning environment is less stressful. Oh many worry because the parents are not good at Math so they can't teach Math. Well parents hire online teachers for the subjects they don't excel with. I am an online English teacher and the parents of my kid students usually homeschooled their kids and they hire me because they cant teach English. Parents will always be able to compensate on their weaknesses so kids can learn. So Technology became a great tool for learning when it comes to homeschooling.
3.Homeschoolers are dated with current pop culture- Though most homeschooled kids have the same musical taste with their parents, They are not really that dated on current pop culture because internet exists. Many of them actually watches the most popular shows on Netflix or plays the most popular video games. Unless their parents are backwards religious people, Many Homeschooled kids have great knowledge of pop culture both past and present. Yes there are some of them who are dated with pop culture but there are also some of them who have cool parents.
4.Homeschooled kids have boring life- Actually that depends on the parents. Homeschooled kids have shorter school hours, have no homework so they have more time to play or hangout with friends. Oh they also get along well with their parents.
5.Homeschooled kids have low self esteem- Most of them didn't grow up in societal pressures of following the latest fashion trend. Most of them are not bullied as severe as traditional schools so nope, Many homeschooled kids have great confidence. Successful Athletes Jamie Anderson and Tim Tebow successful and bursting with confidence. Hollywood Actor Ryan Gosling is homeschooled and he doesn't look like a shy nerd. The people I mentioned are homeschooled.
Most parents who don't want to homeschool kids have one reason. They do not want to lose their "Me time" They love the 12 hours the kids are not around the house. They want to use that time to either work for extra money or relax for the time the kids are not at home for the expense of them getting bullied and peer pressured to bad vices.
