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Everyone wants them open, but mostly to eliminate the nuisances associated with child-care while working. I think a lot of parents hadn't realized just how mes

by mbg721 6y ago

Everyone wants them open, but mostly to eliminate the nuisances associated with child-care while working. I think a lot of parents hadn't realized just how messed-up their kids' schools actually were until now. (Edit: So, there are two separate problems: "Get my kids out of here so I can work and keep the lights on" and "Really?? That's all they've been getting all this time?")

sokoloff 6y ago
My 4th grade son can crush his entire day of actual work in 30-45 minutes. I very much value the additional hours of socialization and fun that come from traditional schools, but it’s not a very efficient mechanism of scholastic/academic achievement.
- throwawayboise 6y ago
  > My 4th grade son can crush his entire day of actual work in 30-45 minutes. Sounds like he's ready for an office job /s
watwut 6y ago
I want my kids in school, because they actually learn more in school then in home school. And they enjoy that learning more. Homeschool did not made me realize how messed up school is. It made me realize teachers do more then I assumed. And the stuff that is missing at home, even with video calls, is the more intersting stuff around communication. At home learning is slower and more composed of those less fun activities. That is also what my kids were telling me about what they miss from school. This whole "now people see how horrible schools are" is not sentiment I an getting from people I know. They worry about kids learning less and are trying to figure out how to offset it, they worry about kids not socializing and so on. Maybe your school was horrible place, but the covid situation does not seem to prove that. Instead, it seem to make everyone including kids idealize the school. I have two kids so they played together and they could play a lot more on tablets, so they were onle little bit more distractive then in person office gets.

by mbg721 6y ago

sokoloff 6y ago

My 4th grade son can crush his entire day of actual work in 30-45 minutes. I very much value the additional hours of socialization and fun that come from traditional schools, but it’s not a very efficient mechanism of scholastic/academic achievement.

throwawayboise 6y ago
> My 4th grade son can crush his entire day of actual work in 30-45 minutes. Sounds like he's ready for an office job /s

watwut 6y ago

I want my kids in school, because they actually learn more in school then in home school. And they enjoy that learning more. Homeschool did not made me realize how messed up school is. It made me realize teachers do more then I assumed. And the stuff that is missing at home, even with video calls, is the more intersting stuff around communication. At home learning is slower and more composed of those less fun activities. That is also what my kids were telling me about what they miss from school. This whole "now people see how horrible schools are" is not sentiment I an getting from people I know. They worry about kids learning less and are trying to figure out how to offset it, they worry about kids not socializing and so on. Maybe your school was horrible place, but the covid situation does not seem to prove that. Instead, it seem to make everyone including kids idealize the school. I have two kids so they played together and they could play a lot more on tablets, so they were onle little bit more distractive then in person office gets.