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originally posted by: dothedew
a reply to: Krazysh0t
So I guess I need to clarify, because I see the direction you're choosing to take with these statements.
Just because it is being taught, doesn't mean it is working in all cases.
Likewise, just because it isn't working in all cases, doesn't mean that it's not being taught.
originally posted by: nwtrucker
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: nwtrucker
Well hop to it.
In a sense, I have for years. My daughter went to private school and my grandchildren are home schooled.
originally posted by: dothedew
a reply to: Krazysh0t
Well, I went to school as well, so there's that. I worked for several years within a public school system, so I was privileged to see the ins and outs of their policies, decisions, reasoning, teaching methods, etc.
You're taught what is provided by textbook. Doesn't matter if it's incomplete, biased, outright lies, or whatever. If it's in the textbook, it's established truth. Can't ask too many questions either, because that would make you a disruption to a class.
Anti-bullying policies, emotional distress policies, etc are geared towards widening the range of victimhood, while making it impossible to stand up for yourself in any situation without fear of suffering the same consequences of the actual person committing the act of.... whatever is deemed "bad".
Have you ever looked up the Prussian school model that is followed by our country, as well as most others on the planet? You probably should.
The child's mind is a blank slate, to be written on and they are to be molded into what society needs. Schools teach uniformity, conformity, obedience (which is slipping a bit) and a narrow thought process. That was the idea years ago, it's still the idea today.
You can attribute kid's loss of attention, standing up to authority, etc., in the current time to many different things: Parenting (or lack thereof), more commonplace usage of drugs, movies and music, the list goes on.
originally posted by: Irishhaf
I would say the problem is not the teachers as much as the knee jerk legislation that has occurred at various times that force the teachers to put other things in front of writing, reading and Arithmetic.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
originally posted by: nwtrucker
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: nwtrucker
Well hop to it.
In a sense, I have for years. My daughter went to private school and my grandchildren are home schooled.
No offense, but I feel sorry for them. I'm glad I was never homeschooled. Doing such really kills social development in children.