Developing your argument

Leah Nieman

English 101 – 5:30 –Developing your argument

Sonia Begert

11/23/15

Developing your argument

1.      I am trying to change the perspective people have on homeschooling. I want to point out that homeschooling can be just as effective or better than regular schooling and that it should not be looked down upon.

2.      I am writing to my English professor along with my classmates.

3.      I would appeal to their beliefs and values by telling them that a good education is essential to having a successful life, and the public schooling is not the only way to attain an education.

4.      My audience should believe me because I am an expert witness to homeschooling, for I have spent my entire education from Kindergarten to sophomore year being homeschooled.

5.      Homeschooling should be widely accepted as a good education because one, when homeschooled you have can tailor your curriculum to meet your child's needs; two, allows parents to be a part of their child's education, and; three, parents have better control over peer influence.

6.      A good point made on the other side would be that homeschooling deprives kids from real, experienced teachers and that the kids are not getting a full education from just their mother or father.

7.      To rebuttal the previous point, there are more ways to homeschool than just being directly taught by your parents. There are things like charter schools and co-ops where there are licensed teachers to teach your kids once or twice a week and the kids will be able to take their work home with them.

8.      Another point the opposing side could take is that it produces kids that are socially inept. Because the kids are from children their age they will have a harder time communicating and bonding with their peers.

9.      In answer to this I would say that this could be true, but in the majority it is not. Homeschooled kids have friends and peers, and they might even be spending more quality time with them.

10.  The benefit for this change would be that homeschooled kids would not feel excluded, and mothers and fathers would feel like they had more control over their child’s education.