All children in the USA have to get education, but they don’t have to be educated at school．A number of parents prefer not to send their children to school．About 300 000 children who are educated at home are known as “home scholars”．

　　Some parents prefer teaching their children at home because they believe that they can give a better education by teaching them at home．Home schooled children quite often do better in the maths and reading exams than the ordinary school students．

　　Jim Green and his wife teach their three children at home．Jim says that his children learn very differently from children in school．Learning starts with the children’s interests and questions．For example, when there is heavy snow on a winter day, it may start a discussion or reading something about snow．Or a spring evening when the family is out watching the stars is a good time to ask questions about satellites and the space programme．If the rain forests are on the TV news, it could be a good time to talk about how rain forests change the weather．

　　Home schooling is often more interesting than formal schools, but some critics(批评家)say that home scholars are outsiders who might not get on well with others when they grow up．They also say that more parents are not good enough to teach their children．Most parents don’t have the time or they don’t want to teach their children at home, so schools will still be where most children get their education．

问题导入：到了学龄去上学，在大多数人看来是天经地义的事，可是也有这样的孩子，他们不去学校接受教育而是在家里由父母亲自教，其中也不乏有所成就者。你在上学吗？你喜爱你的学校和学校里的学习生活吗？你觉得哪种教育方式更好，是去学校上课，还是在家里接受教育？