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Learning at Home
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would you prefer to go to school or to
learn at home? Discuss your answers.
Read the essay.
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This week, most children went back to
school. Howevet there are thousands of
children who did not. Instead, they will study
at home. This is called homeschooling.
Homeschooling is actually older than regular school. In the past, children learned at home
because schools did not exist. Even after schools appeared in the city, there were few schools
in the country. As a result, many children still had to study at home. Some famous people
were homeschooled, including Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Edison.
For much ofthe 1900s, homeschooling was rare. However, in the 1970s, many parents
started homeschooling their children. They chose to do this for several reasons. Some
parents thought the local schools were bad, so they decided to teach their children
themselves. Others wanted their children to learn about religion, which was not taught
at school.
These days, homeschooling is very popular in Western countries. The United Kingdom has
about 50,000 homeschooled children, and Canada has around 60,000. The United States
has the highest numbet with as many as 1.1 million homeschooled children. Considering
these numbers, homeschooling is likely to remain popular for years to come.
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Drow o squore oround the port of the essoy thot describes the history of homeschooling.
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