Too many government schools are soooooooo bad that it would be better for the children **never** to set foot in one. This is true even if they were completely illiterate and innumerate.
True, soooo true. Our country was not founded with a govt run school system, and did not become the greatest nation in the world with one. Many of our hero’s were self educated or homeschooled. Those who weren’t attended schools regulated only by the school itself.
Not everyone is meant to have a scholarly education. Learning the basics of reading, writing, arithmetic, and history, as well as basics of science can and should be taught in the elementary stages- up to 6th grade or so. After that, open it up to reality. Some go on to college prep school, those with a calling to a field that requires higher education. Open up vocational/apprenticeship training for other paths to knowledge. Enough with required courses, mandated federal testing and subjects. Lets stop wasting our young peoples time already!
High school has become nothing more than a sexual melting pot. All these kids do in HS anymore is date, have sex, experiment with sex, drugs, drinking, and gang membership. They are frustrated and treated as babies.
It is high time to give an academic diploma to those exiting the 6th grade (mastered the basics)and then allow them to enter the secondary school of their choice; college prep, vocational/apprenticeships, or certification in a field of their choice. At 18, they will be productive, well trained members of society. Enough with the BS they force on these kids already. To those who say that kids this age are too young to know better what they should do forever, I say bull. They know what they want, adults are just too busy telling them they are too young to decide which color pants to wear that day much less make real decisions! All the way through history, men and women were considered such at about age 13. Almost every religion has a rite of passage at this age to confer adulthood at this age. In most other countries, they are considered adults at this age. They come into sexual maturity at this age, so they are even God ordained to be adults at this age. I hardly think that God made a mistake when the Holy Spirit overshadowed Mary at this age and had her become the mother of Jesus. WE have made the mistake here, WE are the ones who do not treat our children as God intended. THEY are the ones who suffer from low self esteem because we have told them time and again they are not capable of making good decisions or right choices, they are too young. Well, as time has gone by, they certainly have lived up to that expectation, haven’t they!