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My concern is primarily around standards of education. If you gave your kids wonderful educations with excellent curriculum, more power to you. The issue I ha

My concern is primarily around standards of education. If you gave your kids wonderful educations with excellent curriculum, more power to you. The issue I have is that's not universal. It's that I've seen far too many examples of children that are illiterate. Examples of lazy parents doing things like taking a walk in the park and saying "see, we did biology today!". Examples of parents that "oops, forgot to do school this week/month". And, in the extreme, "girls don't need eduction, that's for boys". Perhaps for you, education is not hard and that's wonderful. Truly. But what about for the parents and kids where it is hard?

Hayvok 3y ago
I’m sure all the examples you listed have happened, and that sucks for those kids. Shame on those parents. > But what about for the parents and kids where it is hard? If it’s too hard, then public school is right there for you take advantage of. I went to public school and it was just fine.
YZF 3y ago
A walk in the park, identifying plants, studying birds and other wildlife, can be "we did biology today". I went to school and I basically learnt zero biology in all 12 years of school. I didn't have a ton of interest and I didn't have good teachers. You learn very little at school in general which is something you find out in your first year of university. I had to make up a final exam at school for a subject I didn't take. I covered the entire material for 2 years in a couple of weeks and passed the final. That's pretty much my experience of school- 2 weeks worth of material stretched over 2 years. A glorified daycare system. How can you teach a class of 25 young individuals where 90% couldn't care less, anything? That said I agree this (EDIT: homeschooling) is not for everyone and not everyone does it for the right reasons.
brightlancer 3y ago
My concern is primarily around standards of education. If your government school gave your kids wonderful educations with excellent curriculum, more power to you. The issue I have is that's not universal. It's that I've seen far too many examples of high school graduates that are illiterate.

Hayvok 3y ago

I’m sure all the examples you listed have happened, and that sucks for those kids. Shame on those parents. > But what about for the parents and kids where it is hard? If it’s too hard, then public school is right there for you take advantage of. I went to public school and it was just fine.

YZF 3y ago

A walk in the park, identifying plants, studying birds and other wildlife, can be "we did biology today". I went to school and I basically learnt zero biology in all 12 years of school. I didn't have a ton of interest and I didn't have good teachers. You learn very little at school in general which is something you find out in your first year of university. I had to make up a final exam at school for a subject I didn't take. I covered the entire material for 2 years in a couple of weeks and passed the final. That's pretty much my experience of school- 2 weeks worth of material stretched over 2 years. A glorified daycare system. How can you teach a class of 25 young individuals where 90% couldn't care less, anything? That said I agree this (EDIT: homeschooling) is not for everyone and not everyone does it for the right reasons.

brightlancer 3y ago

My concern is primarily around standards of education. If your government school gave your kids wonderful educations with excellent curriculum, more power to you. The issue I have is that's not universal. It's that I've seen far too many examples of high school graduates that are illiterate.