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My jaw dropped at this point. It's more like "fuck being a well-rounded person". Or fuck understanding references that educated people make in everyday life.

atom-morgan 12y ago
Maybe it's just me (and I'm not defending OP here) but looking back on my high-school history classes at age 24, we essentially covered the same shit we had all the previous years. Slightly more detail and different styles of homework but that's about it.
- cmsmith 12y ago
  That's the entire point of history classes, and makes a lot more sense than saying "in your first class you will learn every fact between the year 0 and 1000, in your second class between 1001 and 1500, ...". It's much more effective to start off with by providing context, then as minds get more educated to get into details. The object of high school history wasn't to teach you the names of all the kings of England. It was to give you a context to understand the modern world. [1] [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/know.html http://www.paulgraham.com/know.html
Vendan 12y ago
So every homeschooled child is automatically ill-educated? Or maybe, a child with parents that actually care about their child and her interests is rather lucky?
- astine 12y ago
  I was a homeschooled kid whose father taught him programming. I still managed to learn the value of history.
- bvanslyke 12y ago
  I'll just say, even though public school history education may have its problems, at least generally its not taught by someone who considers studying history to be a waste of time. "Let's try and breeze past this useless mumbo jumbo as fast as we can; we have a LOT of web frameworks to cover!"
- esfandia 12y ago
  If one is home-schooled by parents who give the child a well-rounded education, why not. In this case, one parent is explicitly considering history to be a useless topic.
- tzs 12y ago
  No ancestor of your comment said anything about homeschooling.
  - Vendan 12y ago
    No, they implied that she was going to get a horrible education doing it at home and online, which I would consider to be homeschooling.
    - tzs 12y ago
      Yes, they implied (or outright stated that) she was going to get a horrible education, but they did NOT imply that it was due to being homeschooled, nor did they imply that every homeschooled person would get a horrible education.
GolfyMcG 12y ago
Don't be so incredulous. No where does he say "fuck being a well-rounded person." He thinks her time is being wasted in school which I think is certainly capable of being argued. Schools are designed to fit most people. By their very nature they're supposed to be good enough for everyone but rarely perfect for individuals.

atom-morgan 12y ago

Maybe it's just me (and I'm not defending OP here) but looking back on my high-school history classes at age 24, we essentially covered the same shit we had all the previous years. Slightly more detail and different styles of homework but that's about it.

cmsmith 12y ago
That's the entire point of history classes, and makes a lot more sense than saying "in your first class you will learn every fact between the year 0 and 1000, in your second class between 1001 and 1500, ...". It's much more effective to start off with by providing context, then as minds get more educated to get into details. The object of high school history wasn't to teach you the names of all the kings of England. It was to give you a context to understand the modern world. [1] [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/know.html http://www.paulgraham.com/know.html

Vendan 12y ago

So every homeschooled child is automatically ill-educated? Or maybe, a child with parents that actually care about their child and her interests is rather lucky?

astine 12y ago
I was a homeschooled kid whose father taught him programming. I still managed to learn the value of history.
bvanslyke 12y ago
I'll just say, even though public school history education may have its problems, at least generally its not taught by someone who considers studying history to be a waste of time. "Let's try and breeze past this useless mumbo jumbo as fast as we can; we have a LOT of web frameworks to cover!"
esfandia 12y ago
If one is home-schooled by parents who give the child a well-rounded education, why not. In this case, one parent is explicitly considering history to be a useless topic.
tzs 12y ago
No ancestor of your comment said anything about homeschooling.
- Vendan 12y ago
  No, they implied that she was going to get a horrible education doing it at home and online, which I would consider to be homeschooling.
  - tzs 12y ago
    Yes, they implied (or outright stated that) she was going to get a horrible education, but they did NOT imply that it was due to being homeschooled, nor did they imply that every homeschooled person would get a horrible education.

GolfyMcG 12y ago

Don't be so incredulous. No where does he say "fuck being a well-rounded person." He thinks her time is being wasted in school which I think is certainly capable of being argued. Schools are designed to fit most people. By their very nature they're supposed to be good enough for everyone but rarely perfect for individuals.