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November 26, 2006, 3:59 pm PST
 Quote From: manda7 I graduated last year from public school. I had excellent grades and am now doing well in college where I am studying to be a nurse. I think that people are making excuses by blaming public school when students don't do well. With any type of school, you get what you take out of it. Most kids today are lazy. Why don't we call it what it is! I do not think it is the school's fault. I was raised by a single, disabled mother, and I was able to take advanced classes while working and doing internships. So when I hear public schools being blamed for students not passing even the most basic classes, I think maybe we should look at how much effort the student is putting in. I went to school, payed attention, studied, and passed the classes. There were also students who cut school, did not pay attention, did not study, and (surprise surprise) did not pass. It seems very simple to me, each person is responsible for their own success. We just don't like to take responsibility for our own actions (laziness), so we blame the school (laziness). Life is not like private school or home school. You get what you are given in life and you choose to either work hard for success, or be lazy and blame something else for your failure. As for the people who are choosing not to educate their children at all, I hope they feel good about crippling them for life. Regardless of their opinion about education, it is necessary in our society. The best job you can get without some kind of higher education is at McDonald's. They are sentencing their children to a life of almost certain poverty. They should be ashamed of themselves. You should be ashamed of yourself! For someone who apparently feels so strongly about education, you have a lot to learn! Is everything in your life so black and white? Are you this opinionated about everything without really learning anything about the topic or the people you are so quick to bash?
Not everyone learns the same way. Some do not do well because they just learn differently. You were fortunate to "fit the mold". Not all kids do. I do not blame the schools. I feel for school teachers and I think they have a very tough job, trying to teach classes of 30 to 40 kids, with different learnings styles, and even language barriers. I can provide an education for my son, make it personalized to his learning style, make it less tedious and more interesting because I am not trying to cater to all those other kids and their parents. I pulled my son out of public school at the beginning of middle school. It took us a year to get to the point where he would do anything that even smelled like it might be educational during that time, he was so burned out by the school system. (And, no, he was not lazy! He had was the school decided was a learning disablity. He does fine now because I have found other ways to get the information to him-and-funny thing-his learning disability seemed to disappear). The only subject we struggle with is math but that is coming along. He is in a chess club, fences competitively with hopes of making the Olympic team, and one day wants to coach. He is a bright, happy kid that is now thriving, has many friends and a terrific girlfriend. Truly, people such as yourself who so quick to judge others and their situations based on their own really have a lot to learn. Apparently, you learned a lot a facts in your school, but not much about other people, other philosophies or ways of life, or tolerance. This may cripple you for life. I feel sorry for you and others like you. |
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November 26, 2006, 4:15 pm PST
Quote From: catsigh I have taught at every age level, taught public school, alternative school, substitute taught, night school, high school, preschool, 1 on 1 lessons, taught my own 3 kids at home for 6 years. I really enjoyed homeschooling. It allowed our family to be really close and it was a good balance to housekeeping. We only had one income but it was very worth it. There's nothing magic about "educational training" or public school. People only learn what they're interested in NO MATTER WHAT. Homeschool is better I feel just because kids can get more attention. Mine had two parents/adults to 3 kids. In other places the ratio is way lower, sometimes 30/1, sometimes more. That simple fact is important. The other reason I think homeschooling is superior is because the parents LOVE their kids. When the day is full of hassling, adults are more motivated by love of their kids more than a teacher is by their paycheck. It does take a brave person to teach their own kids. It's a never ending job just as it is in the public system. I found it extremely rewarding but none of my kids is doing it with their kids yet. (Only one of them has kids, none school age yet.) It's a very individual thing but the system we have seems woefully inadequate. Computors will help people educate themselves and then give them access to recreation centres where they can plug into group activities. We need lots of alternatives to suit the needs of our very diverse population. What I'm "surprised" about it how many people have an opinion on this who don't have children or who have never tried teaching. ..XOXOXO
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