[CindyDawg]

Yeah, I said there were drawbacks. Schools are overrated IMO though. It has only been in the last century that we started all this. Does that mean people before weren't able to be productive citizens? If a disaster happened, and schools shut down, would our kids still learn to read and write? It's dedicated parents and not where the learning takes place that is important.

[Warren_Piece]

If a disaster happened, and schools shut down, would our kids still learn to read and write?

You have to ask yourself, "Is our children learning?"...

Sorry, I couldn't help myself.

[Chanticleer]

CindyDawg, don't you know? It takes a professional to teach. I once read an editorial by a college professor who was commenting on the idea of having adult volunteers help bring up literacy in the schools. He stated that laymen are incapable of teaching a child to read.

I thought this was hilarious, as I was taught to read by my grandmother, who never got passed the eighth grade.