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I'd like to hear a good discussion about education. I'm certainly concerned about it. I don't bother with debates about public education though, because the ans

I'd like to hear a good discussion about education. I'm certainly concerned about it. I don't bother with debates about public education though, because the answer is so obvious: privatization. I have a 15 month old: http://flickr.com/photos/abbyalexandra/2617520542/in/photostream/ http://flickr.com/photos/abbyalexandra/2617520542/in/photost... I think I can teach him everything he needs to know about math, science and computer science. It would make sense to do this with others, because learning is a collaborative beast. I have more education than the majority of science and math teachers (except coursework in education itself - though I tutored for 10 years). Why don't more adults get together in loose organizations to teach their kids? I'm talking about the technorati here, not the average person who is less capable than the teachers I've had. Do people avoid this because of the time it would take? Do they think the socialization process of schooling is too important to miss?

bokonist 18y ago
I've wondered the same thing. I suppose it's difficult for people to take off from work. But if you had a group of 10 parents/20 kids, you could have each parent take one day off every two weeks to be the teacher for the day. It might work quite well. You'd miss out on the clubs, sports, field trips, etc. that are probably the best part of public school. But perhaps those could be made for with organizations outside of schools.
- ivankirigin 18y ago
  Club sports are easy to find. AYSO. Field trips are what my family does when we have time off. There would certainly be a large time requirement.
- lief79 18y ago
  I've been wondering about the same thing. How hard would it be to create this group? Practically speaking, how do you sort through the parents? Background checks? Live video feeds? I have some time to worry about this, but I'd be very interested in the possibilities.
rodrigo 18y ago
I have a 8 month old girl too, and I loose a fair share of sleep at nigth on account of raising/education matters, feel free to email (see my profile) if you want to share ideas about it; Ive posted here about this before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=127711 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=127711 Having such a resourceful/talented bunch of people with common concerns, one could expect to see us grow something to adress this concerns, at least a forum kinda place where we could replicate HN news to parenting related stuff, what do you think? (all concerned)

bokonist 18y ago

I've wondered the same thing. I suppose it's difficult for people to take off from work. But if you had a group of 10 parents/20 kids, you could have each parent take one day off every two weeks to be the teacher for the day. It might work quite well. You'd miss out on the clubs, sports, field trips, etc. that are probably the best part of public school. But perhaps those could be made for with organizations outside of schools.

ivankirigin 18y ago
Club sports are easy to find. AYSO. Field trips are what my family does when we have time off. There would certainly be a large time requirement.
lief79 18y ago
I've been wondering about the same thing. How hard would it be to create this group? Practically speaking, how do you sort through the parents? Background checks? Live video feeds? I have some time to worry about this, but I'd be very interested in the possibilities.

rodrigo 18y ago

I have a 8 month old girl too, and I loose a fair share of sleep at nigth on account of raising/education matters, feel free to email (see my profile) if you want to share ideas about it; Ive posted here about this before: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=127711 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=127711 Having such a resourceful/talented bunch of people with common concerns, one could expect to see us grow something to adress this concerns, at least a forum kinda place where we could replicate HN news to parenting related stuff, what do you think? (all concerned)