When American's think of education, they almost automatically think of public
education. Through the years it is slowly changing. Many parents' today are
deciding to home school their children. Although most people think that a
public education is better, most statistics and facts tend to show that home
schooling is beneficial in more ways. It is estimated that parents are now
teaching over two million children at home, rather than in public or even
private schools.
Education in our public schools has been on the down slope for over twenty
years now. Public schools have lost all values and biblical morality. This
was what our country was founded on and it has been replaced with humanism.
One example of humanism in our schools is that they teach evolution, not
creationism. Some people believe that this problem is happening because of
the removal of God and prayer in public schools; the U.S.
Supreme Court did
this in 1962. Beginning in 1962, SAT scores plummeted. Teen pregnancies,
teen sexual diseases, teen suicides, teen alcohol, drug abuse, pornography,
and illiteracy rates abruptly increased 200 to 300 percent (Klicka 48).
Violence is one of the main factors effecting are schools today. Rape is a
growing problem among juveniles. A juvenile commits one out of every five
rapes that occur in the United States. There is also a higher use of drugs
and alcohol among kids in public schools. Over 80 percent of public high
school students drink alcohol and
45.7 percent have used marijuana. Drugs and alcohol make most people
extremely violent. That is also why our violence and crime rates are so high.
Over hundreds of millions of dollars are spend on the security of our
nation's public schools. In The Right Choice Home Schooling, Christopher
Klicka says, "In Washington, D.C.,
Home Schooling
I thought the first half of this essay showed very one sided views. With less sweeping generalisations and a more balanced approach I think it would have been far more powerful.
However, I think you redeemed yourself (!) in the second portion of the essay when you really focused on the arguments for and against home schooling itself. Here you showed some of the balance that was missing earlier.
Should also add that I thought it was pretty well written so don't think I'm being totally negative!
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