Reasons To Homeschool #4

Reason To Home School #4
Teachers Specialize In Subjects While Parents Specialize In Children

The graduated primary school environment dictates that one teacher take one class for one year, because the teacher specializes in the material for that grade or that subject. They don’t specialize in the student, however. They have less than a year to successfully teach each child the subject matter, yet they have no history or familiarity with the way each student learns.

As a result, the curricula attempts to compensate for this by teaching the same things over and over in different presentations so that visual, audible, and tactile learners can all get something out of the lesson. This is a waste of time for the student, and it's usually why most of us remember being bored in school.

The parent, by contrast, provides the continuity necessary for their children to grow and thrive. For five years or more, the parent spends time with their child , builds a relationship with their child, understands their child and has worked with their child long enough to know their strengths and their weaknesses. While they may not know all there is to know about the subject being taught, they specialize in their child. The concept of homeschooling is based on the fact that expertise in one subject or age group is not as important as expertise in one child.