I am interested in this question because I would like to know how children that are homeschooled right now will be able to adapt into the public workplace and learn to work with other people when they are older. The common stereotype of homeschooled children is that they may be "weird" and I am interested in seeing why this came about. I believe that in order to be successful, you need to be able to work well with other people and have the ability to communicate. This research question affects my values and beliefs because communication and interaction is a large part of my life, and I believe that it is necessary to have those skills which many people believe homeschooled students do not have. I do not have a lot of experience with people that have been taught at home by parents, because I went to a public school. The only people that I know of that have been homeschooled was due to a greater commitment, such as gymnastics. A friends of mine began homeschooling at the start of high school because she believed that she had the potential to become a professional gymnast if she dedicated most of her time to it. She attended public school for the majority of her schooling and had many friends from those schools, which is why I do not think I can compare her to students that have attended home school from the beginning. I am qualified to write about this because I am a student on one side of the schooling spectrum, and would like to understand the other side: those students being homeschooled. 

The main claim of this article comes from a formerly homeschooled student. She is arguing that homeschooled students do not learn the same socialization skills that children learn by going to public school. She mentions that one of the reasons that there are so many people arguing that homeschooled children are socialized is because that is what they are taught to say. Those children do not know how to socialize, when most of the world has learned a different way. One of the major values that is illustrated in this article is how homeschooled children are misled to believe that that are just as socialized as other children. The author is trying to let people know that she was homeschooled and she knows the misnomers about the whole process, and wants others to know them as well. This author is very biased because she was homeschooled herself. She provides the readers with the option to learn more about the other side of the argument, but only with links. It is clear that she believes homeschooled students are not socialized, and as a homeschooled student herself, she has a large bias. 

The main point of this article, from the website that is "For Teachers by Teachers" is outlining all of the negative aspects of homeschooling. The author outlines the negatives of relating to time, cost, socialization, lack of facilities, patience, and motivation. For each category, there are reasons why one might want to reconsider homeschooling their child, for they might get a better education and experience at a public school. The major values and interests at stake are outlined in each category of the article. Homeschooling takes a lot of time and attention from parents. Because of that, parents will most likely not be able to have a career of their own, if desired. Patience is a necessary tool for homeschooling, and it could be very difficult to keep a continuous level of patience all day. The bias is clear in the article by the way that the author does not address both sides of the argument. Though the author does not write with an aggressive tone, she is making the reader aware of the negative aspects of homeschooling. 

This article, "Social Disadvantages of Homeschooling" also discusses the social downsides of homeschooling a child. The author, Liza Blau, talks about the growing number of parents putting their children in homeschool. At the risk of facing limited socialization, these students are taught from the comfort of their own homes, and their parents are recognizing that their child may not be getting all of the opportunities that they could be getting. Major values of this article revolve around what a homeschooled student would be missing out on. Those that are taught in their own homes obviously do not have the funding for facilities like those of public schools. Also, there is a lack of diversity, and exposure to others according to Blau. Blau has a bias as a writer because she attended public schools growing up. She has only experienced one side of the argument. Although Blau talks about how more and more people are enrolling their kids in home school, she does not mention much about why they do it, which would give more insight into the positives of homeschooling. 

This is an arguable research question because many people have formed opinions on this topic over the past few years as popularity of homeschooling increased and continues to increase. Some people believe it to be acceptable to homeschool a child, and others feel as though a child does not get the proper experience that the rest of society grows up with. The fact that there are so many different perspectives on this topic give me reason to believe I could be wrong in my own. I have always had the belief that homeschooled children are "weird" but the fact is, that I have not been exposed enough to those students to know both sides of the argument. I could consider changing my research question to something that includes the word "interpretation" since it is all based on how people interpret this topic. 

