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>The inner city schools? I could comment this with my own perspective fairly extensively, but quite honestly every time I give some kind of personal experience
by justinlaster 10y ago
>The inner city schools?
I could comment this with my own perspective fairly extensively, but quite honestly every time I give some kind of personal experience in this thread it's just met with snark, and every time I ask for objective evidence I get some "why trust some jackass's study" type of response. But, in my own experience, schools, even in the "inner city" (which just seems to be kind of key word for an aggregate of poorly functioning schools, or a poorly functioning student population), can still offer a bit of refuge from home life. Even poorly funded schools will have some great teachers/mentors.
So let me just ask this: How is home schooling going to fix such "hellholes"? You're effectively blaming an institution on the failings of the society around it; even when that institution actually provides a constructive outlet that most likely would not have ever been provided at home. And for all it's tasked with doing, this institution by the way, continues to be constrained by people who seem to hate it.
- throwaway729 10y ago> But, in my own experience, schools, even in the inner city, can still offer a bit of refuge from home life I've volunteered in the south side schools your parent mentioned, and I can think of some cases where this was definitely very true. Of course, it's also true that all of those kids also would've been much better off in better schools. > How is home schooling going to fix such "hellholes"? If a family has an adult in the house hold who can stay home and educate the children, then they're definitely not living in these neighborhoods in the first place. And in any case, that family would be much better off if the second parent works so that the family can move to a better neighborhood.