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Kevin, Tess and Hillary Introduction on Homeschooling Pro's

What is education? When asked this question many people think of students, sitting at desks working. With a teacher in the front of a class giving a lecture (Roversi-Deal). In the past this was the only form of education but lately the concept of homeschooling is becoming more and more common. Homeschooling has been looked at and judge with much disapproval and as anything it has its pro’s and con’s. It has been around for years and it usually meant that the child did poorly in school or a family could not afford to educate them but now that is not the case. A recent study has shown that now in 2009 between 2 and 2.5 million students in the United States are home schooled. This number is a great increase from past years and the number is still significantly on a rise (Feller). Lots of parents today are choosing to educate their children at home because they want to give them a better education (Toppo). “It seems like this time, everybody has heard of homeschooling” said Bunday. “Taking responsibility for your own learning.”(Feller). Main reasons parents are picking homeschooling over another form of education is they want there childeren to have a better education and brighter future, negative peer pressure and behaviors and finally many parents want the freedom to teach there childeren topics of there choosing such as religon.