Have you ever heard of homeschooling? It is a legal choice for parents in most countries to provide their children with a learning environment as an 1) __________ to public or private schools outside
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- Have you ever heard of homeschooling? It is a legal choice for parents in most countries to provide their children with a learning environment as an 1)________ to public or private schools outside the home. Parents cite 2)________ reasons for homeschooling their children. The three reasons that are selected by the majority of parents in the United States are the concern about the 3)________ schooling environment, the lack of religious or moral instruction, and the dissatisfaction with the 4)________ instruction at public and private schools. Homeschooling may also be a factor in the choice of parenting style. Homeschooling can be a choice for families living in isolated 5)________ or living briefly abroad. Also many young 6)________ and actors are taught at home. Homeschooling often 7)________ educational opportunities at museums, libraries, community centers, athletic clubs, after-schooling programs, churches, parks, and other community resources. 8)________ school level students may take classes at community colleges, which typically have open admission policies. Groups of homeschooling families often join up together to create homeschool co-ops. These groups typically meet once a week and provide a classroom environment. These are family-centered support groups whose members seek to pool their talents and resources 9)________ to broaden the scope of their children’s education. They provide a classroom environment where students can do hands-on and group learning such as performing, science experiments, art projects, foreign language study, spelling contests, discussions, etc. Parents whose children take the classes 10)________ volunteers to keep costs low and make the program a success.
- Which of the following is not true in UK? A: Parents send their children to public schools because they are rich. B: Parents send their children to public schools because their children can get better jobs when they leave schools. C: Parents send their children to public school because their children can have a better chance of getting into good university. D: Parents send their children to public schools because children prefer to go to public schools.
- In UK, the great majority of parents send their children to ________. A: Private school B: Independent schools C: State schools D: Public schools
- The private schools for primary-school children in Britain are called The Pre-prep schools and Prep schools in UK refer to ______. ( )。 A: public elementary schools B: private elementary schools C: public middle schools D: private middle schools
- Some parents choose to home-school their children because ______. A: public schools may fail to meet their expectations B: private schools are too religious C: they are teachers themselves D: they cannot afford their children’s education