I strongly believe that school should be compulsory for all children, with very few exceptions. Most parents do not have the professional teaching skills and range of knowledge that their children are exposed to at school. Only children who have special circumstances that prevent them from attending school should be taught at home, in my opinion.
Parents teach their children many things, They teach them skills they need in daily life, such as how to keep their rooms clean or how to tie their shoes. They teach them moral values such as honesty and kindness. These are very important lessons, but they are very disparate from the academic lessons children learn at school. Most parents, unless they are professional teachers themselves, do not have professional teaching skills. They have not been trained to instruct academic skills such as writing, reading, and arithmetic. The best place for children to learn these things is at school under the guidance of professional educators.
Children are exposed to a much wider range of knowledge at school than they ever could be at home, no matter now well educated their parents are. At home, children have their parents and possibly also their grandparents. This is a limited number of adults. At school, on the other hand, children study with a variety of teachers. Each of these teachers has specialized knowledge about his or her subject area. This gives schoolchildren the opportunity to learn about many more things than their parents could teach them at home.
Some children cannot attend school for special reasons. Some live too far away from school. Some are professional actors and have to work during the school day. Some have physical disabilities or health problems that make it difficult for them to move around. In cases such as these, learning at home is the only choice. However, these are exceptional cases.
No matter how well educated parents are or how much they love their children, they cannot provide the same level of education that a school can. That is why I believe that school should be compulsory for all children.
I
strongly
believe that
school
should be compulsory for all
children
, with
very
few exceptions. Most
parents
do not have the
professional
teaching
skills
and range of knowledge that their
children
are exposed
to at
school
.
Only
children
who have special circumstances that
prevent
them from attending
school
should
be taught
at home, in my opinion.
Parents
teach
their
children
many
things, They
teach
them
skills
they need in daily life, such as how to
keep
their rooms clean or how to tie their shoes. They
teach
them moral values such as honesty and kindness. These are
very
important
lessons,
but
they are
very
disparate from the academic lessons
children
learn at
school
. Most
parents
, unless they are
professional
teachers themselves, do not have
professional
teaching
skills
. They have not
been trained
to instruct academic
skills
such as writing, reading, and arithmetic. The best place for
children
to learn these things is at
school
under the guidance of
professional
educators.
Children
are exposed
to a much wider range of knowledge at
school
than they ever could be at home, no matter
now
well educated
their
parents
are. At home,
children
have their
parents
and
possibly
also
their grandparents. This is a limited number of adults. At
school
,
on the other hand
,
children
study with a variety of teachers. Each of these teachers has specialized knowledge about
his or her
subject area. This gives schoolchildren the opportunity to learn about
many
more things than their
parents
could
teach
them at home.
Some
children
cannot attend
school
for special reasons.
Some
live
too far away from
school
.
Some
are
professional
actors and
have to
work during the
school
day.
Some
have physical disabilities or health problems that
make
it difficult for them to
move
around. In cases such as these, learning at home is the
only
choice.
However
, these are exceptional cases.
No matter how
well educated
parents
are or how much they
love
their
children
, they cannot provide the same level of education that a
school
can.
That is
why I believe that
school
should be compulsory for all
children
.