HOMESCHOOLING VS TRADITIONAL SCHOOLING

 CHANGES ARE THE PART OF LIFE. WITH THE CHANGING ERA, PROBABLY AFTER THE COVID-19 CAME IN INDIA, EVERYTHING AROUND US HAS CHANGED OR IS CHANGING RAPIDLY. THE ERA WHERE THE FOOD DELIVERY HAS STARTED, THE WAY OF WORKING HAS CHANGED, THE OLD GOING-TO-OFFICE TRADITION HAS CHANGED THEN WHY NOT THE OLD AND BOOOORING GOING-TO-SCHOOL TRADITION. YES IT HAS EVEN CHANGED. BUT IS THIS CHANGE BENEFITIAL?? MAYBE OR MAYBE NOT. BUT HOW COULD BE CONCLUDE THAT THIS CHANGE IS GOOD OR BAD. FOR THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK ON BOTH THE ASPECTS, THEIR PROS AS WELL AS THEIR CONS.

TALKING ABOUT THE OLD GOING-TO-SCHOOL TRADITION OR THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOLING, THE ONE THAT WE HAD GONE THROUGH. WE, THE ONES BORN BEFORE THE YEAR 2016. HEAVY BAGS ON THE SHOULDER, TIFFIN BOXES FILLED WITH DELICIOUS LUNCH, UNIFORMS WORN, POLISHED SHOES, RUSHING TOWARDS OUR SCHOOLS, SOME IN THE SCHOOL BUSES, SOME ON THEIR OWN VEHICLES, IN THE EARLY MORNING. FELT NOSTALGIA? YEAH THOSE WERE THE DAYS. REACHING SCHOOLS, MEETING FRIENDS, LAUGHING, CRYING, GETTING PUNISHED FOR MISBEHAVIOURS OR FOR NOT COMPLETING HOMEWORKS, WAITING FOR THE LUNCH PERIOD TO OPEN OUR LUNCH AND EAT IT SO THAT YOU COULD SNATCH YOUR FRIEND'S LUNCHBOX, THEN WAITING FOR THE DAY TO GET OVER AND ONES IT THE LAST PERIOD IS OVER, RUSHING TOWARDS THE SCHOOL BUS SO THAT YOU COULD GET THE SEAT WITH YOUR FRIEND. WAITING FOR THE GAMES PERIOD AND THAT LETHARGIC GOOD MORNING WISHES THAT SOUNDED LIKE "GOOOODDDD MOOOOOORINNNNGGGG MAAAAAAM" YES, THOSE WERE THE DAYS. 

I EVEN KNOW THAT WHILE READING THIS YOU HAD YOUR GANG IN YOUR MIND, GETTING THE FLASHBACKS OF YOUR SCHOOL DAYS. YES THOSE WERE THE BEST DAYS.

IT HAS SOME OF THE DRAWBACKS AS WELL SUCH AS THE PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE HIGH FEES, WHICH MAYBE UNAFFORDABLE FOR SOME OF US AT TIMES, AND LARGER CLASSROOM MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR TEACHERS TO GIVE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO EVERY CHILD BUT THIS DEFINITELY ENABLES THE CHILD TO FIGHT FOR BEING THE BEST AND TO GET THE ATTENTION FROM THE TEACHERS.

NOW LET US TALK ABOUT THE OTHER ONE, THE HOMESCHOOLING. WHILE WE WERE IN OUR SCHOOL, WE SOMETIMES USED TO THINK THAT "MAY OUR SCHOOL GETS ONLINE, WE COULD STUDY FROM THE COMFORT OF OUR HOME, SITTING RELAXED IN OUR ROOM". UNFORTUNATELY WE COULDN'T GET THAT OPPOURTUNITY BUT GUESS WHAT, TODAYS GENERATION HAVE GOT THIS OPPOURTUNITY. THE ONLINE SCHOOLING, SITTING AT HOME IN THEIR ROOMS, COMFORTABLE IN PAJAMAS AND ATTENDING THE CLASSES. EVERYTHING ONLINE, ON THEIR LAPTOPS, MAY IT BE CLASSES, SINGING, DANCING OR ANY ACTIVITY, EVERYTHING ONLINE ON THEIR LAPTOPS AND THEY TERMED IT AS THE HOMESCHOOLING. WHAT A LIFE MAN SERIOUSLY. 

BUT WAIT? IS THIS REALLY WORTH ADMIRING? IS THIS HOMESCHOOLING SO BENEFITIAL LIKE IT SOUNDS? THE ANSWER WOULD BE NO!! BUT WHY?? WHY IS IT NOT THAT GOOD LIKE IT SOUNDS??

THE SCHOOLING DOESNOT ONLY MEANS THE BOOKISH KNOWLEDGE, IT IS WAY MORE BROADER THAN THAT. IT INVOLVES THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. IT INVOLVES BUILDING CONFIDENCE, CONVERTING AN INTROVERT INTO AN EXTROVERT, PHYSICAL FITNESS THROUGH SPORTS, MAKING A PERSON SOCIAL AND A LOT MORE.

                                    

THE MAJOR DRAWBACK OF HOMESCHOOLING IS THAT THE CHILDREN ARE NOT SOCIALIZED. THEY LACK GOOD FRIENDS, SOCIAL SKILLS,

FRIENDS -

ITS AT THE SCHOOL WHERE KIDS CAN MEET THE OTHER KIDS OF THEIR AGE AND DECIDE WHOM THEY WANT AS THEIR FRIENDS. THESE FRIENDSHIPS FROMS THE BACKBONE OF YOUR KID'S SOCIAL LIFE BUT FOR THE HOMESCHOOLERS, THE CHANCES OF GETTING GOOD FRIENDS IS VERY LESS.

SOCIAL SKILLS -

THE SCHOOL GOERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THEY DONT KNOW VERY WELL, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE THEIR VOICE AND TAKE STAND FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR NEEDS BUT THIS ABILITY LACKS IN THE HOMESCHOOLERS.

THE ANOTHER BIG OPPORTUNITY THAT A SCHOOL GOER HAS IS THAT THEY CAN MAKE RELATION WITH OTHER ADULT APART FROM OUR PARENTS, WHOM WE CALL AS A MENTOR. THE HOMESCHOOLERS HAVE JUST THE RELATION WITH THEIR PARENTS, THEY ARE THE MENTORS FOR THEM.

AND AND AND COMING TO THE BIGGEST DRAWBACK OF THE HOMESCHOOLING, LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN LIFE. WE ALL KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR LIFE. A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL GOER WOULD HAVE A LOTS AND LOTS OF CONFIDENCE IN THEM BUT THIS WOULD DEFINITELY LACK IN THE HOMESCHOOLER. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL GOER AND STILL HAVE LOW CONFIDENCE BUT A HOMESCHOOLER WOULD DEFINITELY LACK THE CONFIDENCE IN THEM.CONFIDENCE TO TAKE THEIR OWN STAND, CONFIDENCE TO RAISE THEIR VOICE FOR THEIR NEEDS, CONFIDENCE TO FACE ANYONE UNFAMILIER.

                               

TAKING ABOUT THE PROS OF THE HOMESCHOOLING-

THE FIRST ADVANTAGE OF THE HOMESCHOOLING IS THAT THE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES DOESNOT FEEL AVOIDED OR UNSAFE, WHICH WOULD NOT HAMPER THEIR ABILITIES.

THE OTHER ADVANTAGE OF A HOMESCHOOLING IS THAT THEY COULD CHOOSE THEIR SUBJECT OF INTEREST AND INVESTIGATE IT PROPERLY, TAKE THEIR TIME TO LEARN AND THEN MOVE TO NEXT TOPIC.

YOU CAN SAVE SOME AMOUNT THAT IS SPENT ON THE TRANSPORTATION IN SCHOOLS.

WE ALL LIKE TO SET OUR OWN SCHEDULE. THE HOMESCHOOLERS HAVE IT OPPORTUNITY TO SET THEIR SCHOOLING SCHEDULE. SUPPOSE THEY ARE NOT COMFORTABLE TO WAKEUP AT 7 AM, THEY COULD START THEIR SCHOOL LATE.

AS A HOMESCHOOLER YOUR KID WOULD BE SPENDING MOST OF THE TIME AT HOME, WHICH WOULD ENABLE THEM TO CREATE A STRONGER BOND WITH YOU.

AFTER THE DETAILED VIEW ON BOTH OF THE METHODS, IT DEOENDS ON YOUR CHOICE, WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR CHILD, WHAT KIND OF FUTURE, NATURE AND ABILITIES YOU WANT TO DEVELOP IN YOUR CHILD. 

YOU WANT THEM SOCIALLY ACTIVE, MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY FIT, CONFIDENT AND A LOT MORE, GO FOR THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOLING.

YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO BE INFRONT OF YOU SO THAT YOU COULD DECIDE WHAT THEY SCHOULD CHOOSE, HOW MUCH TIME THEY SCHOULD GIVE TO PARTICULAR TOPICS OR CHAPTERS AND TO HAVE A STRONG BOND WITH YOU CHILD AND TO HAVE A FULL CONTROL OVER HIM/HER, GO FOR THE HOMESCHOOLING.

AT THE END I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CONCLUDE THAT TRADITIONAL SCHOOLING IS BETTER THAN THE HOMESCHOOLING.