Contrast between Home Schooling and Formal Schooling

Education is one of the important things in human’s life. Through education people can change the world and through education they can survive too. One of the ways to get education is by school. There are two kinds of school. First is home schooling and second is normal schooling or formal schooling. The similarity of those kinds of school is both of them do the final examination. This text will focus on the contrasts between home schooling and formal schooling. The main differences that can be discussed between those two kinds of school are the student’s concentration, interaction with other people (socialization), and the method of teaching.

Nowadays, home schooling became one of the alternative educations for children although it does not get official diploma. Many parents choose this kind of education for their children because teacher teaches or handle only one or two students. This condition makes the student concentrate with their material well. But this condition makes them less of interaction with other people. They may cannot socialize with other people because they have a little chance to play or interact with other children or other people. On the other hand, the method of teaching is giving autonomy (freedom) to the student. They can decide the place and the time to study. They are also can choose the material that they need or which is important for their future.

Formal schooling is the most education which is done in Indonesia. Many parents are choosing formal schooling because it gets official diploma. In formal school, teachers teach or handle at least 20 or 35 students. This condition can make them have less of concentration through the process of teaching-learning activity. The teacher cannot guide them one by one because the limitation of time. Different from home schooling, the students of formal schooling have the bigger chance to interact with others. Everyday they socialize and interact with their friends, their teachers and other people that they meet on the way. Contrast with home schooling, formal school uses classical method. They cannot decide the place, the material, and the time to study. What they learn is according to the curriculum whether it is important for their future or not.

There are the differences between home schooling and formal schooling. Actually it depends on each person to choose whether home schooling or formal schooling. Each of them has their strength and weakness. The students of home schooling have more guidance. They also have more chance to develop their skill, because they can choose the material which is important for them. But they have a little chance to socialize with other people. The students of formal schooling have a little guidance from their teachers. The teacher’s guidance may be not balance from one student to the other. Besides, they cannot choose the material which they will learn. But they have the bigger chance to socialize with other people.