If children are learning in the so-called successful schools it is because their parents and the children are AFTERSCHOOLING!
I would like to see the **proof** that the “successful” schools have anything at all to do with the academic success of the children attending. I would bet my entire 401K that if looked at carefully, nearly all of that success happened IN THE HOME. The schools had LITTLE to do with it.
Think about it. Ask successful homeschoolers and institutionalized children about what they are doing IN THE HOME. Anecdotally, you will find that both sets of families have very similar home habits. Both the successful homeschoolers and institutionalized children are spending the **SAME** amount of **TIME** in study IN THE HOME at the kitchen table or child's desk!
So?...If it is really parents and children who are doing the hard work IN THE HOME, why are we spending THOUSANDS of dollars a year per child on schools that are ALL failures??? Huh?
If every government school in this nation were to close tomorrow the **same** children who are getting an education today, would get one tomorrow. Why? Answer: Because all of the REAL work is being done IN THE HOME!
I just wish the school system didn't have a monopoly on daytime hours.
I gave up on public schools a long time ago. And we have some of the better ones in the country here in northern Colorado Springs.
I agree wintertime that anything learned by a child is IN SPITE of public school not because of it.
Homeschooling is the only choice we have as concerned parents. My 15 y/o is doing great, and she is able to make such better decisions that her private schooled and public schooled sisters.
She has never been inside a public classroom her whole life and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
“If every government school in this nation were to close tomorrow the **same** children who are getting an education today, would get one tomorrow. Why? Answer: Because all of the REAL work is being done IN THE HOME!”
Yes, that pretty much nails it. A large part of educational mythology is the belief that any gains that students make are a direct result of what goes on in the school. Educrats can’t fathom that people can learn anything on their own.