Society has a negative view towards our nation's public schools. It seems that every morning the media is showing an image of a violence in our schools or another statistic of poor test scores. However, public schools provide students with a supreme education opportunity compared to home school. Students educated through the public school system receive an accredited diploma, learn social skills, and are taught by trained educators.
             The most important advantage that public schools provide students with is an accredited diploma. This is significant if a student plans to pursue their education. Many colleges are not apt to accept a student that has been home schooled. Many colleges have the mind set that home schooled students are a risk because they many not know how to handle a formal school setting and the competition that students must face. Public schools provide structure and large classrooms. Home schooled students are not necessarily taught in a structured environment. As parents are the teachers, the environment is necessarily structured and proper for education. The day is usually broken up, as many parents continue with their daily lives or become frustrated. Also, home schooled students are provided with one on one attention. Home schooled students also don't have the opportunity to compete with others for the last seat in a class or in an extra curricular activity. Colleges frown upon this because professors cannot provide students with individual attention. Also, many universities look for the top students, students that have shown initiative to succeed. Students planning to enter the work force can also be affected. Employers, similar to colleges, seek well trained employees. Home schooled students lack the opportunity to job shadow; take business classes; and have a lack of social interaction and. Thus, having an accredited diploma is an advantage.
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