we tried/planned this approached a few years back when we coudn't find a suitable school - both academical teaching and budget issues.

it turned out manila would be the best place...kaso wala kami sa manila.

there is one in las pinas and one somewhere in alabang area...which a friend of mine homeschooled their kids (all 5 of them).

most of the opinions and perceptions above ay MALI.

1) Social interaction - initially starts at home. Homeschooling is a supervised procedure (supervised ang curriculum and well guided ang parents ng magh-home school on the issues and how to resolve this/these issue/s) that actually DOES NOT render the kid socially incapable or poor in interaction. Ang tutuo niyan, properly homeschool kids tends to be more independent such that they don't get intimidated or bullied by another kid. BTW most bullies are KSP (kulang sa pansin) kids that are actually the one's with social behaviour problems.

2) One parent or both parents doing the homeschooling is an option. Yes a teacher to do this homeschooling technique is always an option. But the teacher herself must be qualified or have the patience (like the parents) to undertake this role.

3) Smart parents - NOT A REQUIREMENT. Although it helps, minsan nakakasama pa nga ang sobrang matalino kasi they TEND to impose things. What is needed is a parent that is willing to learn and teach their kids in properly in the homeschooling ways.

4) FREAKS - depends on what does freak means, probably this notion only comes to people who doesn't know what homeschooling is. 99% of the time, homeschool kids turn out to be more normal and independent and wise kids and the schooled kids (specially from yuppy schools) turn out to be more prone to become "FREAKS" - mga takot sa peer pressure, insecure and could not decide on their own properly. Eto yung magyoyosi, madaling ma-sway sa drugs and other vices kasi their mind is very weak to handle peer pressures - hindi ba mas FREAK yung ganito?!?

5) Homeschooling does not require the kid to be doing "school work" everyday...sometimes the kid can come to work/tag-along with one of the parents and this becomes part of the "learning process". In the end, the kids are less prone to becoming stress-out at school. Example building a kit car (say from tamiya) is already part of the homeschool process, whereas, sa regular schooled kids, their home economics project could be different and less enjoyable for the kid. Both are doing the same stuff---the home school kids enjoys the project, but the regular kid sees this as work.

6) No pressure - medal or becoming a first honor is never an issue with homeschoolers....funny thing is, if you try to match a homeschooler with a regular schooler, mas mataas ang chance that the homeschooler will out do the regular schooled kid kahit na valedictorian or first honor kid pa ito.

If I were in manila, I would have homeschooled my kids...

If I have the chance to talk to my kakilala who was home schooling their kids, i will try to get more info.