What do George Washington, Thomas Edison and Theodore Roosevelt have in common besides fame? None of them joined school formally (Winger and Kantrowitz 6). In recent years, many have followed their example and started learning at home in the United States. The number of home schooled children has greatly increased over the past decade. Many have argued against home schooling while many others see no negative outcomes involved. Although homeschooling has no major benefits over public …showed first 75 words of 1341 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1341 total…home schooling gives youngsters to follow their interests, beliefs, and dreams that may be pulled away in school years before they are even discovered. Or perhaps it is the bond created between the mother when for the first time she watches her child write his name. Whatever the case may be, things would have probably been reallly different if Washington, Roosevelt, and Edison were watched over by the high school principal, instead of their parents.