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29.HomeschoolingNoteveryparent looksforwardtotheday whentheirchild goesofftoschool. Infact someparents arenotsending theirstudents toschoolatall. Instead theyarechoosing toteachtheirchildren athome. Thisiscalled homeschooling. Parents,caregivers, orprivatetutors educatechildrenindividually athome insteadof sendingthemoff tobeformallyeducated inpublic orprivateschools. IntheU.S. onlyabout threepercentofchildren arehomeschooled.Therearemanyreasons whysomeparents choosetohomeschool. Onereasonisthat someparents donotfeel theirchildrenaresafe inschool becauseofbullying andagrowingtrend ofpoliceinschool. Otherparents wanttheirchild'seducation tobebasedontheirreligion ormoralbeliefs. Yetotherparentsfeellike theeducationinschool isnotgoodenough. Homeschoolingisalsoseen asachoiceforfamilies thatliveinruralareas, andfamiliesthattravel, likeactors.Thereare manydifferentways tohomeschool, andhomeschooling allowsparents tocustomizelessons basedontheirchildren'sneeds. Familiescanpurchase textbookstouse orcreatetheirownmaterials. Someparents followaphilosophy calledunschooling, whichallowsachild todeterminewhen,andhow theywanttolearn basedontheirnaturalcuriosity. Someworrythat homeschoolingmeans studentswon'thaveopportunities tosocialize. Toanswerthisconcern, somefamilies havecreatedcooperatives, whereagroupof homeschooledstudents willlearnandplaytogether andparticipateinactivities thatwouldnormally happeninschool likefieldtripsandprom.Beinghomeschooled doesn'tmean astudentcannot gotocollege. Mostcolleges accepthomeschooledstudents. Itisimportant, however, forparentsandstudents tocreateaportfolio orproofof whathasbeenlearned.