I always see this idea that parents in a bad school district will move to a better school district for the sake of their children. But, I would like to see someone define a “good school district.”
I can guarantee that there are massive failures in every public school district in this country. I am not saying this to be an attack on parents who have their kids in those schools, but I am saying it out of realism. Be willing to admit there is a problem and address that with your kids ASAP and regularly if you are in those systems.
Indoctrination is happening, whether subtly or blatantly The destruction of traditional morals, the demonization of parents, holiness of the state, and the inability to be an unique individual are overwhelming results of these institutions.
In regards to homeschooling through highschool, these have been my most enjoyable years schooling with my kids. And I have found many weaknesses of my own in regards to knowledge that have sent me scrambling. But I have enjoyed every moment of it.
And, kids can go to a community college and get the experience of the teachers you desire. But reality is, public highschools are not going to provide you with a calculus teacher who is an applied mathematician, or a spanish teacher who has lived in Mexico, etc.
You are right about once kids get out on their own, they do some odd things. But I think if you talk to homeschooled children and their parents, you will see a much higher success rate in overcoming those pitfalls. When you build on a much stronger foundation, for a longer period of time, that stays with the child as they go out and discover the world.
hmm i’d say a good school district is one in which
1. discipline is present; strictly enforced. bullying is rooted out and punished.
2. the teachers know a fair amount with respect to their individual subjects and care about teaching it
3. there are classes segregated by ability and work ethic
4. classes are reasonably small and there is a small community feel
My highschool was decent on all three accounts. true there were some odd liberal professors who tried to fill out head with nonsense but my parents cancelled out the effects of this. and my US government teacher was conservative! i won’t deny that teachers sometimes have a political slant.
I did have a spanish teacher who had spent a good amount of time in mexico and was fluent. and i always felt like most of the teachers were enthusiastic and competent in their subject area.
I got to do things like look through a really powerful telescope in night time astronomy labs, have access to a photography dark-room, etc etc.
and AP classes are a great feature too. I even joined the track team at one point and i’m glad i had that experience.
I guess public school wasn’t all fun and smiles but i had a decent time. Alot of people really really love their highschool days though so not all highschools are so bad.
I have similar good things to say about public universities. I think they are great value for the money.
A good school district is like your congressman, all of them are crooks except yours. Parents tend to believe schools in general are in real trouble, but not their school.
you want a definition of a good public school district? Google lenape regional in NJ.
These are the kind of posts that tick off some of us, not that any of you care.
Do you think every parent is stupid? I know I’m not. My kids attend a fantastic public high school in a wonderful regional public high school district. I have two Master degrees. And my BS degree wasn’t in education so don’t go there.
Do your own research and google lenape regional in NJ. Pay close attention to the AP/honors classes and BCC involved.
Ummm, do they have a homo/hetero club? Sure they do. But my kids are secure enough in their faith not to be influenced by the homo or lib agenda.
Indoctrination is happening. And it’s happening in grade school to k, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. graders. And it shouldn’t so parents have to fight it. It’s happening because parents refuse to parent and have given this power to the schools. Also, it doesn’t really matter, because the home is what counts, and none of these kids, if they aren’t weak anyway, will fall for this crap.
It’s the parents job to make sure they don’t and to change what’s happening.
There were failures in public and catholic and private schools back in the 70’s and 80’s when I was in school. This isn’t a NEW thing.
Homeschooling is a wonderful and viable alternative to public and private/catholic schooling. It’s ONE of the alternatives. Public schools have been taken over by liberals and their agenda and conservatives are to blame for not doing anything before now.
Oh and I’m sure there is massive failure in homeschooled kids too. But that’s not gonna be posted, right? Somebody that cares should post impartial articles and stats (and stats can be manipulated as we ALL know).
There is failure and success in education and the bottom line is parents, homeschooling, public or private have to be involved and kids need to be held accountable for their behavior and eduation.
Life is hard. Beer helps.