teaching at home or at school Some people believe that teaching children at home has more benefits than letting them go to school while others think the opposite of them. In my opinion, both of the two methods of course have their positive and negative sides. The most recognized beneficial point for for individualized home lessons can be designed for each child. The traditional schooling put all children in a furnace and neglect the differences in terms of the stages of each child's intelligence development, either because of lack of public resources or the relevant legislation and regulations. Moreover, the variety of lessons provided by the public schools certainly are limited due to the reasons mentioned, for example, lack of professional teachers in music, sports, or even housing courses; shortage of instruments or equipment. However the education for a child is not only the responsibility of the parents', neither do the teaching at home is an ultimate solution for the child's lifetime development. Humans are social animals, children start to learn how to teamwork and get along with their fellow human beings from the age that they are in the kindergarten. It will certainly be the inevitable experience of everyone’s growth, and could not be replaced by the interactions with home teachers, parents and the elderly. Given the truth that either method may not be adequate to fulfill a child’s need of development in multiple levels, in order to be grown up a valuable person, a child should not escape from the common schooling, and he/she should seize the chance of being taught otherwise in their spare time. Thus the balance of learning among the peers and studying at home could be found to optimize the child’s potentiality and possibilities.