Comments on: Clashing Cultures; Priorities Diverging http://www.californiaconservative.org/miscellania/clashing-cultures-priorities-diverging/ Speaking Out For The Silent Majority (TM) Sun, 27 May 2012 00:18:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Carlos http://www.californiaconservative.org/miscellania/clashing-cultures-priorities-diverging/comment-page-1/#comment-108077 Carlos Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:39:41 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/?p=2560#comment-108077 Being a country boy, I could never understand the argument that, if home-schooled, a child would miss out on socialization. Seems to me that ever since the pinhead ivory towers started thinking in terms of what they would like to see as reality in education must in fact be reality (imagine that it is so, then it becomes so) in the 50's & 60's, public education has been headed toward disater at 100 mph or more. The "innovative teaching techniques" conjoured by any socialist/communist/moron that could be foisted upon an unsuspecting public (any argument against such innovation was met with derision) would not only be tried, but kept long past obvious refutal of any useful purpose. Home schooling at this point is the only option for most parents not locked into poverty. Someday maybe we'll see a system where the payment for the child stays with the child, not with the school district, so school choice can be based upon accomplishment, not bureaucracy. And finally, I still wonder what business it is of the federal government to be in the business of education? Being a country boy, I could never understand the argument that, if home-schooled, a child would miss out on socialization.

Seems to me that ever since the pinhead ivory towers started thinking in terms of what they would like to see as reality in education must in fact be reality (imagine that it is so, then it becomes so) in the 50’s & 60’s, public education has been headed toward disater at 100 mph or more. The “innovative teaching techniques” conjoured by any socialist/communist/moron that could be foisted upon an unsuspecting public (any argument against such innovation was met with derision) would not only be tried, but kept long past obvious refutal of any useful purpose.

Home schooling at this point is the only option for most parents not locked into poverty. Someday maybe we’ll see a system where the payment for the child stays with the child, not with the school district, so school choice can be based upon accomplishment, not bureaucracy.

And finally, I still wonder what business it is of the federal government to be in the business of education?

]]> By: Michelle http://www.californiaconservative.org/miscellania/clashing-cultures-priorities-diverging/comment-page-1/#comment-108076 Michelle Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:30:07 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/?p=2560#comment-108076 I practically homeschooled myself. I went to school in Oakland and the schools were worse that useless. The classes were completly disrupted by juvenile delinquents. You were in danger of losing your life! Especially if you were Caucasian. I quit in the 8th grade. I took the proficiency exam and graduated at 17 and went straight to college. I think I would have been stupider had I stayed in school. I practically homeschooled myself. I went to school in Oakland and the schools were worse that useless. The classes were completly disrupted by juvenile delinquents. You were in danger of losing your life! Especially if you were Caucasian. I quit in the 8th grade. I took the proficiency exam and graduated at 17 and went straight to college. I think I would have been stupider had I stayed in school.

]]> By: The Gentle Cricket http://www.californiaconservative.org/miscellania/clashing-cultures-priorities-diverging/comment-page-1/#comment-108070 The Gentle Cricket Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:41:49 +0000 http://www.californiaconservative.org/?p=2560#comment-108070 The concept that homeschooled children are socially inept is backwards. Homeschooled children learn social interactions with people from all age groups, not simply those of their same age. In a world where we see blatant disrespect to authority (remember the giggle incident with Scalia a few weeks ago?) by my generation (I'm 24), it is evident that so-called social benefits of public education are something to question. The concept that homeschooled children are socially inept is backwards. Homeschooled children learn social interactions with people from all age groups, not simply those of their same age.

In a world where we see blatant disrespect to authority (remember the giggle incident with Scalia a few weeks ago?) by my generation (I’m 24), it is evident that so-called social benefits of public education are something to question.

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