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Page 1 of 3 ZOOM Badr AlmutawaProfessor SpollenEnglish I24 July 2017Homeschooling: A Reasonable AlternativeHomeschooling is becoming an increasingly attractive alternative to other forms of schooling such as at public or private schools. homeschooling does seem to gain opponents from time to time and they might have good points. However, this movement has rendered satisfactory results and should continue to be legal and should be respected and aided by educators and the legal system. Home schooling produces students that are learning as much or even more than other students, and are well socialized and stable, who can get a college education and who are better citizens than those who graduate from other†¦show more content†¦Another homeschooler won a $50,000 scholarship and an Intel Foundation Young Scientists award. Third, the Scripps National Spelling Bee winner won it for the fourth time and was a homeschooled student (Green and Green 25). They have also à ¢Ã‚â‚ ¬Ã‚€between 2000 and 2005 improved their record with the National Merit Scholarships. They went from 137 semifinalists to 250 semifinalistsà ¢Ã‚€Â€(Lyman 11). These accomplishments added to the fact that they do just as well or better than public school students support the idea that they are not being denied a good education. Minority groups such as African Americans are benefiting from the homeschool movement. There is a significant increase in homeschooling among this group because there is a gap in achievement between blacks and whites. In traditional schools,blacks are doing very poorly and the parents are trying to find alternatives and so far, home schooling is become their workablealternative (GaitherFurther, to add to their successes, they are getting a good enough education that they are admitted to colleges and universities (Drenovsky 24). 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