Anyone?

[Unkotare]

Real talk though there are some pretty cool and interesting people here. Also I continue to be impressed by the moderation.

True, the mods are fair.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

True, the mods are fair.

They generally do seem to make an effort. But there is one...

 

[Colin norris]

Does anyone really want to discuss education? Not rehashing one dead horse talking point endlessly, or decrying all teachers as monsters? Unions tend toward sucking, ALL racism is bad, and every profession has some nut jobs working in it. Ok? Do we have that out of the way now? Anyone interested in really discussing methodologies, challenges, teaching/learning experiences, or possible changes? We have established by now that some people are advocates for home schooling, vouchers, or charter schools. Some people want cameras surgically implanted in all teachers, rigged to explode if a parent sitting on the sofa at home sees something she doesn't like. Got it? Now, how about discussing education?

Those last couple of outrageous comments clearly indicate education was wasted on a fool like you.

But if you it's so bad, why don't all the republicans take their kids out of that communist infested environment.
Because they dont mind bludging on the socialist system when it suits them.

 

[MisterBeale]

I could probably do that for 90% of this forum.

You're a pretty stupid kid.

Mine was brilliant. He loved R&M. I bought him this book.

https://ia800309.us.archive.org/5/items/TheUndergroundHistoryOfAmericanEducation_758/TheUndergroundHistoryOfAmericanEducation.pdf

Apparently the point of that show sailed right over your head.

 

[Anomalism]

You're a pretty stupid kid.

Mine was brilliant. He loved R&M. I bought him this book.

https://ia800309.us.archive.org/5/items/TheUndergroundHistoryOfAmericanEducation_758/TheUndergroundHistoryOfAmericanEducation.pdf

Apparently the point of that show sailed right over your head.

I was homeschooled. lol My parents aren't insane Jesus cultists though, so they didn't poison me against public education.

 

[DGS49]

What I think about education, in no particular order:

(1) Students should be divided and taught by ability level, and challenged to achieve as much as possible. Ideally, this can be done on a per-subject basis, to allow for the fact that students who might be a whiz in math may have marginal language skills. It should go without saying, but I'll say it anyway: race, gender, age, and other irrelevancies should not be considered.

(2) The U.S. Department of Education has no actual right to exist (under the Constitution), but since it does exist, it should fund studies on learning/technology. Studying how children learn, what helps and what impairs progress. The findings should be made available to anyone that wants the information.

(3) The universal U.S. school day and school year are ridiculous. I am not equipped to say what would be best, but (1) 10 weeks off in the Summertime, and (2) a six-hour day with mandatory homework (often not done), are - wait for it - stupid.

(4) Teachers should be well compensated, including incentives for extraordinary performance. Poor performance should have the same results in Academe as it does in the real world. Enough said.

(5) Each State should have ONE (1) school district, one union contract, one school board. Teacher compensation should be adjusted in accordance with local cost-of-living variations. Teaching resources should be assigned according to need; that is to say, the "best" teachers should be assigned to teach in the schools where they can provide the greatest value to the taxpayers. School funding should come from a combination of sales taxes and income taxes, with funds allocated to regions according to need.

(6) Yoot sports should be universally transitioned to the "club" paradigm, with zero connection to schools. If kids want to play jai alai, fine. Let the neighborhoods form a Jai Alai Club, fund a team, and compete against other club teams. In many if not most regions, there are already club hockey teams, club soccer teams, baseball and football teams, and basketball teams. These piggyback on top of school teams, adjusting their schedules when possible because they share many of the same players. The school teams are superfluous.

If you are not familiar, ask around about your local American Legion, Colt, Palomino baseball programs, where the first 1/3 of the season is played with half rosters because the high school players are still playing for the schools. No other civilized country has anything like our school sports regime. It is perverse and has no academic benefit, which, if you are paying attention is the purpose of SCHOOLS.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

I was homeschooled. lol My parents aren't insane Jesus cultists though so, they didn't poison me against public education.

My son just graduated from a public school and entered university as a sophomore from the credits he obtained through high school classes and testing. Clearly it is what a family decides to make of it. Some parents cannot see past their own childish political fetishes and addictions to misinformation.

 

[MisterBeale]

I was homeschooled. lol My parents aren't insane Jesus cultists though so, they didn't poison me against public education.

IOW? You don't know shit about the topic, not really. You didn't live it, and yourself were unschooled.

 

[Anomalism]

My son just graduated from a public school and entered university as a sophomore from the credits he obtained through high school classes and testing.

That's not an easy thing to do. You must be very proud.

 

[Anomalism]

IOW? You don't know shit about the topic, not really. You didn't live it, and yourself were unschooled.

Somebody get this man a fake red nose and some oversized shoes ASAP.

 

[MisterBeale]

That's not an easy thing to do. You must be very proud.

Mine did it too.

It isn't that rare.

The college magazine that came out just announced he got another scholarship.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

That's not an easy thing to do. You must be very proud.

I am proud. But it was actually not too hard for him. Most kids are perfectly capable of performing well in a school.

 

[Anomalism]

Mine did it too.

It isn't that rare.

The college magazine that came out just announced he got another scholarship.

I was just trying to be nice. I won't do it again.

 

[MisterBeale]

I was just trying to be nice. I won't do it again.

You are very smart kid.

Don't blow it.

 

[Unkotare]

Those last couple of outrageous comments clearly indicate education was wasted on a fool like you.

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What the hell are you talking about?

 

[Unkotare]

......

(5) Each State should have ONE (1) school district, ....

Why?

 

[Unkotare]

......

(6) Yoot sports should be universally transitioned to the "club" paradigm, with zero connection to schools. If kids want to play jai alai, fine. Let the neighborhoods form a Jai Alai Club, fund a team, and compete against other club teams. In many if not most regions, there are already club hockey teams, club soccer teams, baseball and football teams, and basketball teams. These piggyback on top of school teams, adjusting their schedules when possible because they share many of the same players. The school teams are superfluous.
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Stop beating this stupid dead horse. If you dislike American culture so much, move to another country.

 

[Unkotare]

.......Then my family moved to the 'burbs, primarily to put my brothers and me into better schools, and they sucked just as badly as the urban hell hole institutions we fled.

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Hmmmm.......all the schools "sucked," huh? It never occurred to you that YOU were the problem? Don't blame the lipstick, pig.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Hmmmm.......all the schools "sucked," huh? It never occurred to you that YOU were the problem? Don't blame the lipstick, pig.

Yeah, they tried to make him read and do mafs and stuff.

But he got an A+ in meme steal 101. Gotta hand him that.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Our education system has been largely unchanged since the 1950s.
It is amazingly tragic that this is the case.
Perhaps getting private industry involved would be the best solution to both get the unions and the government out of education.
We need to treat students as individuals. With an effort especially on identifying gifted students. As well as identifying students who simply cannot learn well in a "normal" class sitting... but blow other students out of the water in testing.
Our education system treats kids like little robots. As if every "model" is the same. Same lessons, taught the same way, at the same speed with ZERO regard for how well/poorly individual students do.

Do you realize that Colin Powell was a "C" student in college?