Difference between revisions of "Essay:Differences Between Homeschoolers and Public Schoolers"

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There are some fundamental differences of significance between homeschoolers and public schoolers:

1. Homeschoolers do not stop learning upon receipt of a diploma; most public schoolers do not try to learn outside of school
2. Homeschoolers vote at three times the rate of public schoolers, when they become of voting age
3. Homeschoolers engage in less deceit than public schoolers, and are less easily amused by it
4. Homeschoolers form fewer cliques and gangs than public schoolers
5. Homeschoolers are less amused by profanity, and rarely have the obsessive profanity common to public schoolers
6. Homeschoolers are more able to be self-employed or self-disciplined without requiring constant supervision.
7. Homeschoolers are more likely to embrace faith and have a close relationship with God.
8. Homeschoolers pray more often than students in public school, where prayer is censored.
9. Homeschoolers perform better on average on all standardized test that are not infested with liberal bias (and even some that are)
10. Homeschoolers are more likely to be White according to some sources^[1], but less likely according to others ^[2]
11. Homeschoolers are more likely to be from larger families^[1]
12. Homeschoolers are more likely to have two parents in the home, exactly one of whom works.^[1]
13. Homeschoolers attain higher literacy rates and reading competence, due to an absence of anti-intellectual peer pressure.
14. Homeschoolers are more likely to have at least one parent with a college degree.^[1]
15. are more likely to be evangelical ^[2]

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References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/TableDisplay.asp?TablePath=TablesHTML/table_3.asp
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdate&BarnaUpdateID=96