Discussion»Questions»Education» Maybe we should just abolish schools? Just have people home schooled and if you cannot do it, you don't get to procreate?
I don't think it will be his supporters who will take their kids out of school to teach them at home. They probably think having a gun in school is a good idea. It's the ones who don't like the idea that will home school their kids.
I don't like the idea of parents being in control. I am smart. I cannot teach grade school. Imagine someone stupid teaching their children. There are a lot of stupid people that don't like guns. I shudder to think of the kind of education I would have gotten if my parents or one of the neighbors taught me.
If they have professional teachers, maybe. But that will be insanely expensive.
I don't think I could have home schooled my kids either, even if I didn't need to be in the work world. Teachers are a special kind of smarts and patience. You have to be. I know my limits.
The school where my son would have had to go to was worse then me teaching him at home. I was lucky that he was very smart and picked up things very easy. Plus if I got stuck I had the teachers books with all the answers.
Your son was very lucky to have you. There are many schools that do little good for our kids. It's a huge commitment to become a full time teacher for our own. I know your son turned out very well for it too.
It wasn't always easy and we had days where it was a struggle for both of us to get the work done. But when you are on your time you can take it to do what needs to be done. If he was having a hard time in the morning, we would wait till a little later to do the work. It didn't matter as long as the work got done.
Each case is different. I'm sad my son wasn't diagnosed earlier. He could have gotten the intervention he needed. I was a painfully awkward kid myself, so I assumed my son would "shake it off". Looking back on it, he frustrated over things I never did like doing homework. It would take hours to get things done with him at night.
THAT is what I saw where I live; conservative fanatics that never wanted their kids around other kids. They homeschooled for exclusion. They didn't like blacks moving into the area either or kids that weren't part of their religion. I saw a lot of hate coming from these mothers. And not all the schools in my area are bad. Some are ranked the top schools in the state. I attended one myself.
Several of us did home school for the 7th and 8th grade. It was very popular where I used to live. We even took them on field trips and made it fun for the kids.
That is why I pulled my son out. He was socially awkward have Asperger's and the middle school was in a bit of a rough area. It was when I had my starter home and could not afford to live in a better area. It was awful having to drive to the school and watching other boys taunt and shove my kid. I wanted to smack a few of them myself.
Sadly, by the time I tried the cyber school thing, which costs nothing to a parent, my son was too depressed and unfocused to succeed with it. He eventually managed to get his GED after I paid for private tutoring and scored in the top 98%.
Every child deserves to go to a good school, regardless of income. It's a crime we support a school system on property taxes instead of federal taxes. It's the one place I believe all kids should have the same opportunities.
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