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Home Schooling is becoming the new wave for education.

In the early 1800's acquiring an education was challenging for low income families. Low income families had to teach their children at home as the school system only accepted the wealthy. Fortunately, Jefferson and Washington along with several others formed an idea that later would become a school system that would be accessible to the public regardless of income level. By the 19th Century education was widely available to families of any social status. It didn't take long for the government to make new laws to educate all children. Each state voted and passed a law that required all children to attend elementary school by the year 1918. People who already were schooling their children at home or in private schools opposed the new law using excuses of religious beliefs and practices that were not allowed in the public school system. Catholics were at the top of the lawsuit that opened the door for private schools to be separate from these public schools. By the year 1925 the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Catholics allowing for a choice of private school or public school. Over time the law that allowed Catholics to choose their method of schooling also allowed parents the choice to educate their offspring at home or in private schools at their own expense (Thattai, 2009). Mitchell Stevens, an assistant professor of sociology at Hamilton College commented about home school and the religious movement to teach at home. "It suggests that by 1999, we had a movement that had come of age. It's a testament to the growing viability of home schooling as a practice. It's not just for fundamentalist Christians anymore" (Gewertz, 2001). Although the government found a solution to educating the youth of America it developed another situation with behavioral problems of the said students.

The growing culture of students in public schools allows for each student to bring forth the lifestyle in which they endure at home. Many students have lifestyles that involve wrestling, fighting or pulling pranks on siblings for fun. When these children get together in social climates they tend to form friends or enemies over time. Many of these social groups tend to be specific with their groupings. The higher income class usually forms a clique as cheerleaders or football players often do. Among these groups or cliques are also the trouble makers and bullies. Although these children cause hassle and pull pranks there is

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