Homeschooling isn't right for all children. When deciding if your child is fit for homeschooling you should consider these ten ideas from an online homeschooling site: time commitment, personal sacrifice, financial strain, socialization, household organization, are both parents in agreement, is your child willing, taking one year ar a time, intimidated by teaching, and finally, why others began. These are all important facts to consider if your child is eligible for the homeschooling criteria.

Knowing this, Shannon Wallace, from the local Moody area, was interviewed. Wallace was homeschooled from kindergarten to graduation. She had a homeschooling group she worked with and that they would meet in a church.

Curriculum, Abeka, which provides daily seatwork, and her mother, are where her lesson plans came from. Wallace expresses that the reason why her family chose to home school is because the public school in her area at that time was rated low and wasn't very nice. Her homeschooling group would spend an average about five to seven hours working on lessons. The only difficulty Wallace experienced with homeschooling was that she really wanted to do cheerleading, but it was hard to get with a group. One thing people often say that's negative about homeschooling is students often times don't get to have personal, social relationships. Wallace homeschooled with her cousin and had gotten to know him very well. Sadly, he later died her senior year from a car wreck. Wallace said that being able to have a more flexible schedule, thus, being able to spend more time with her cousin was one benefit of homeschooling.

Madison Garner, a senior also from a nearby school, has been public schooled since kindergarten. Garner says she does not get the one-on-one teaching she needs because, "Teachers are responsible for teaching up to thirty students in one class." Although, she does feel like she gets the real life experiences "Especially the social part", she said. They dissect animals, learn how to write checks, and they also have a class where they take care of a doll that acts like a newborn baby.

Garner doesn't feel like she goes to school with people of the same beliefs and ideas. She states, "There are a wide range of people with different personalities who come from different backgrounds and who are taught what their parents beliefs are." Garner says she doesn't miss time away from her family since they're at work and she likes her space. She also explains the difficulties of public schooling: they give too much homework and teachers don't coordinate. The benefit, Garner shares, is, "You learn how to socialize and you have all kinds of friends while experiencing a wide variety of people who aren't just like you.