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虹口区201The term home schooling means educating children at home or in places other than a normal setting such as a public or private school. These days, homeschooling in America is 51 , Teaching methods at homeschooling 52 . Some parents follow a strict timetable an 53 a traditional school environment. Other parents follow an extreme form of homeschooling in which they do not give grades or tests and allow their children to study wherever they want. More parents, however, follow the middle 54 to provide a balance between freedom and discipline. Why do parents choose homeschooling? Some believe that children in public schools experience too much “peer pressure” or social pressure from friends. They say it may have a 55 effect on the child’s studies. Other parents are dissatisfied with the quality of education in the public school. About half the parents who teach at home are 56 motivated and use lesson s by mail or Internet from church schools. Whatever the 57 may be, it is evident that more and more children are being taken out of normal schools every year. 58 , many questions have emerged, encouraging the debate over home schooling against public schooling. What then is the future of educating? Although children often learn well at home, weak regulations in most states mean that officials rarely challenge or 59 parents who say they are home-schooling, as the 60 continues, so do the questions about what homeschoolers are studying at home. How can parent ensure that their children are prepared academically for college? How are homeschoolers 61 to make sure they are getting the same education standards that school students must have? Recent studies in the United States have shown that homeschooled children tend to be slightly better in subjects like English and art, but they are obviously less 62 match and science. Finally, there are questions regarding the children’s emotional development. Are they too 63