Originally posted by pawnhandlerSorry! wow you mean now they actually teach children in school now.😲 When I went to school all I did was listen to teachers 6 hours a day tell people the cant wear hats, chew gum, or if they can go to the bathroom now or at recess... then I did all my learning with the homework they sent home for my parents to teach me or learn myself. I guess the 22 year old 2.3 GPA babbling highschool teachers are much better now.
When was the last time you were in an elementary classroom? What do you actually know about the teaching profession besides ignorant prejudices?
Originally posted by epic0002Sorry you went to such a crummy school and had such poor teachers. I'll bet you were a real joy to have in class.
Sorry! wow you mean now they actually teach children in school now.😲 When I went to school all I did was listen to teachers 6 hours a day tell people the cant wear hats, chew gum, or if they can go to the bathroom now or at recess... then I did all my learning with the homework they sent home for my parents to teach me or learn myself. I guess the 22 year old 2.3 GPA babbling highschool teachers are much better now.
Mark Twain once said that he never let schooling interfere with his education. Teachers work hard, are underpaid, and have to spend too much of their time dealing with bureaucrats. Every teacher I know is frustrated by the meddling of the administriation. Pay the teachers well, let them teach, and expel all of the malcontents, and the public school system would improve dramatically.
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Originally posted by epic0002I work in public education, I don't know any teachers that had a 2.3 GPA, quite the contrary, almost all of the teachers I know are among the best and brightest of their generation and are fine, wholesome, intelligent members of the community. It's a pity they are so unappreciated by people like you.
Sorry! wow you mean now they actually teach children in school now.😲 When I went to school all I did was listen to teachers 6 hours a day tell people the cant wear hats, chew gum, or if they can go to the bathroom now or at recess... then I did all my learning with the homework they sent home for my parents to teach me or learn myself. I guess the 22 year old 2.3 GPA babbling highschool teachers are much better now.
What was your GPA? Knew everything when you were 15, did you? Did you look down on them and treat them like they were a narrow minded pedagogue?
Originally posted by kmax87That'd be private schools that aren't parochial schools. Then again, at private schools that aren't parochial schools, I'll bet the teachers don't have to spend as much money on classroom supplies out of their own pockets that public and parochial teachers spend.
You mean like turn it into a private school?
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Originally posted by flyUnityI taught a third grader who had been home-schooled until then. He began third grade reading, spelling, forming letters, and writing at a beginning first grade level. His math skills were about the same. To his credit, by the end of third grade he was reading at a beginning third grade level. I was teaching the class to write in cursive and gave him the choice to learn to print or learn to write cursive, because he definitely needed one or the other. He chose to learn cursive. I don't think he'll thank his parents for educational neglect.
Or take responsibility for your kids and home-school them, believe me, they will thank will you when they get older.
On a home-school web site a mother said that her high school aged daughter complained that she wasn't learning science to the depth that her friends who went to school were learning. Mom's response was that she was working in a pet store part time and that was plenty of science and equal to what her friends were learning, if not better.
I researched home-school web sites after getting a series of undereducated students who had been home-schooled. Many also had behavior problems. One family liked the theater but the children were never picked to participate in children's theater because their behavior was so out of control. They had no clue that others had needs or had behavioral expectations of them because they had learned that they mattered to the exclusion of everyone else.
While there may be cases of children who thrived and entered college or "the real world" as equipped as their peers, I haven't yet heard of them. I do not deny the possibility that they exist, nor do I think school systems are perfect at meeting the needs of all students.
Originally posted by flyUnityIn order to even consider home-schooling a child, it seems to me that one of these conditions must necessarily be met:
Or take responsibility for your kids and home-school them, believe me, they will thank will you when they get older.
1. The parents have the time, patience, skills and knowledge to teach the necessary subject matter.
2. The parents can afford a private tutor.