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Originally Posted by hot dragon
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no, why should it be ? a crummy hospital is not an inherent fault with the concept of hospitals. a corrupt judge is not an inherent fault with the concept of the rule of law. a school has to operate with the resources they have. if you do not think it is good enough, better to boost their resources than condemn them for trying.
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In this case, part of the problem is not with the concept of schools but certainly with the way school is done. The one-size-fits-all, teacher lectures while students listen traditional methodology doesn't work very well.
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no, the concept of home schooling is safe. but the reality is that most parents do not have sufficient skills of their own to teach the next generation, nor are they naturally good educators. if the parents can, good on them, and the home schooling resources are available to help them out when they need it. for many home schooled kids, however, their education is not good. their parents lack the basics of many topics themselves, they have little idea of how to teach, do not know what kids are capable of learning and at what ages. home schooling is often used as a way of preventing their kids learning rather than education. keeping their children in the dark about subversive things, like evolution or other peoples religions.
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Since education is the responsibility of the parents, it's none of your damned business what they teach or don't teach!
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home schooling works well with a small number of parents. in order to make it work for everyone, you would need a system to monitor standards, ensure variety and opportunity and exposure to different points of view, keep parents up to date and trained in the areas they are not competent, give access to social contact as well as academic contact. then again, that is what school is for.
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The marketplace would accomplish this on its own. Government needs to keep its nose out of it!
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alternatively, you can allow many parents to fail their kids and hope the pattern doesnt repeat itself. because, you know, human beings never repeat the same mistakes.
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Eventually, the marketplace would correct this.
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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
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