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I want my kids infused with my "deep biases," and not the deep biases of a corrupt public school system, thank you. Homeschooling is a feature, not a bug.

lm28469 4y ago
You're free to want what you want, it doesn't make it an objective positive thing > corrupt In what way ?
- smegsicle 4y ago
  in what way is it not corrupt? what forces are in place preventing it from being corrupt? it goes without saying that there would be a lot of money and power invested in infusing the future voting public with certain biases not necessarily in their best interest
- kennend3 4y ago
  let me google taht for you? https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/im-former-teacher-heres-how-your-children-are-getting-indoctrinated-leftist https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/im-former-teac... https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/feqtuo/teachers_who_push_their_political_opinions_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/feqtuo/te... Parents send their kids to school to get an education, not be pushed propaganda.
  - lm28469 4y ago
    - lazyeye 4y ago
      Simply because some group advocates something, doesnt mean its not true. Implying this is a non-argument. Maybe youre part of the problem?
      - kennend3 4y ago
        Honestly right? No comment from them on the reddit post calling for these teachers to be terminated? Imagine that.
      - lm28469 4y ago
        Like the sugar industry ? Chemical lobby selling "harmless" pesticides or big pharma ? Lobbies are like ideologies right ? You only hate the ones you don't agree with ? I'm open to anything but don't come to me with a pro trump conservative lobby as if it was god's truth lol... talking about biases and coming up with these really isn't advancing your point
        lazyeye 4y ago
        So this is another silly point. What has sugar got to do with this? Or pesticides? Or pharmaceuticals? The truth exists independent of your need to assign things to an ideological bucket.
    - kennend3 4y ago
      As the other guy said.. Simply because a lobby group is behind it doesnt change the message.. "your kids are being indoctrinated" - this is what is taking place in schools these days. These groups were created because a number of parents are getting upset with what is taking place in the classrooms. when i went to school teachers never spoke about their political views. They have a DUTY not to do this. These days, math teachers are SJW's in a classroom with a captive audience. it is unfortunate you opted to post and state that calling out indoctrination for what it is "is part of the problem".
    - kennend3 4y ago
      Here: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lau-math-teachers-should-teach-math-not-social-justice https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lau-math-teachers-... is the Toronto sun (a news agency) some "conservative think tank" as well? Is this why parents send their kids to school, to learn this instead of math "Whether or not teaching children about microaggressions and colonialism is a good idea, infusing mathematics with such collateral issues inescapably detracts from the learning of real mathematics." > This is exactly your type of persona I had in mind when I was thinking about failed homeschooling. you should step back and question your assumptions. I was NOT home schooled, nor were my three kids. You could not have been more wrong if you tried.
- willcipriano 4y ago
  The US spends more per student than every other OECD nation save Luxembourg[0], but it's students are not anywhere near the top of the list when it comes to academic achievement[1][2]. Where did the money go if not corruption? [0]https://data.oecd.org/eduresource/education-spending.htm https://data.oecd.org/eduresource/education-spending.htm [1]https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-students-internationally-math-science/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-student... [2]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/us-students-continue-to-lag-behind-peers-in-east-asia-and-europe-in-reading-math-and-science-exams-show/2019/12/02/e9e3b37c-153d-11ea-9110-3b34ce1d92b1_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/us-students-c...

lm28469 4y ago

You're free to want what you want, it doesn't make it an objective positive thing > corrupt In what way ?

smegsicle 4y ago
in what way is it not corrupt? what forces are in place preventing it from being corrupt? it goes without saying that there would be a lot of money and power invested in infusing the future voting public with certain biases not necessarily in their best interest
kennend3 4y ago
let me google taht for you? https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/im-former-teacher-heres-how-your-children-are-getting-indoctrinated-leftist https://www.heritage.org/education/commentary/im-former-teac... https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/feqtuo/teachers_who_push_their_political_opinions_in/ https://www.reddit.com/r/unpopularopinion/comments/feqtuo/te... Parents send their kids to school to get an education, not be pushed propaganda.
- lm28469 4y ago
  - lazyeye 4y ago
    Simply because some group advocates something, doesnt mean its not true. Implying this is a non-argument. Maybe youre part of the problem?
    - kennend3 4y ago
      Honestly right? No comment from them on the reddit post calling for these teachers to be terminated? Imagine that.
    - lm28469 4y ago
      Like the sugar industry ? Chemical lobby selling "harmless" pesticides or big pharma ? Lobbies are like ideologies right ? You only hate the ones you don't agree with ? I'm open to anything but don't come to me with a pro trump conservative lobby as if it was god's truth lol... talking about biases and coming up with these really isn't advancing your point
      - lazyeye 4y ago
        So this is another silly point. What has sugar got to do with this? Or pesticides? Or pharmaceuticals? The truth exists independent of your need to assign things to an ideological bucket.
  - kennend3 4y ago
    As the other guy said.. Simply because a lobby group is behind it doesnt change the message.. "your kids are being indoctrinated" - this is what is taking place in schools these days. These groups were created because a number of parents are getting upset with what is taking place in the classrooms. when i went to school teachers never spoke about their political views. They have a DUTY not to do this. These days, math teachers are SJW's in a classroom with a captive audience. it is unfortunate you opted to post and state that calling out indoctrination for what it is "is part of the problem".
  - kennend3 4y ago
    Here: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lau-math-teachers-should-teach-math-not-social-justice https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lau-math-teachers-... is the Toronto sun (a news agency) some "conservative think tank" as well? Is this why parents send their kids to school, to learn this instead of math "Whether or not teaching children about microaggressions and colonialism is a good idea, infusing mathematics with such collateral issues inescapably detracts from the learning of real mathematics." > This is exactly your type of persona I had in mind when I was thinking about failed homeschooling. you should step back and question your assumptions. I was NOT home schooled, nor were my three kids. You could not have been more wrong if you tried.
willcipriano 4y ago
The US spends more per student than every other OECD nation save Luxembourg[0], but it's students are not anywhere near the top of the list when it comes to academic achievement[1][2]. Where did the money go if not corruption? [0]https://data.oecd.org/eduresource/education-spending.htm https://data.oecd.org/eduresource/education-spending.htm [1]https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-students-internationally-math-science/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-student... [2]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/us-students-continue-to-lag-behind-peers-in-east-asia-and-europe-in-reading-math-and-science-exams-show/2019/12/02/e9e3b37c-153d-11ea-9110-3b34ce1d92b1_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/us-students-c...