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 view came about. 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, but 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 that have been homeschooled. 

The main claim of the first article comes from a formerly homeschooled student. She is arguing that homeschooled students do not develop the same social skills that children learn by going to public school. Many people argue that homeschool does not stunt a child's social skills, but this author believes that that is because homeschooled children are taught to say that when asked "has homeschooling affected your social skills?". Those children do not know how to socialize with most of society, because most of society 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 the second article, from the website that is "For Teachers by Teachers" outlines all of the negative aspects of homeschooling by addressing the most common concerns: 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 section of the article. Homeschooling takes a lot of time and attention from the parents, and 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 parents may have a lot of difficulty maintaining 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 blatantly making the reader aware of the negative aspects of homeschooling. 

Lastly, "Social Disadvantages of Homeschooling" 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 recognize 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, or the opportunity cost of homeschooling a child. While a child is taught at home, he or she is missing out on the opportunity to interact with peers, participate in state-funded sports programs, and learn from professionally trained teachers. 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 has 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. 

