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Re-opening schools in the fall....
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My parents sent me to Sunday school twice when I was 5.
And I was like a wild animal trying to get out.
Even at 5 I knew it was BS.
We don't have to close down the public school campuses in order to get a better return from them. All we need to do is convert the facilities from being daytime incarceration centers into being an all-volunteer student body. Put the basic education materials online at govt expense for the masses, and reserve the physical facilities as an opt-in enhancement. The students and/or their parents have to choose for the kid to be there. The kid has to conform to the expectations for conduct in order to stay, or they're out. The teachers will bend over backwards for a kid whose conduct is acceptable but is struggling academically. It's immoral to allow a kid to LARP as a prison convict on the one hand and expect to be treated the same as the kids who are conforming to the code of conduct.
One facet about our education system that I seldom see people comment on are the non-academic elements. Part of the job description for a student is to become acclimated to the expectations that they'll be where they're supposed to be when they're supposed to be there; they'll do what they're supposed to do even if they don't enjoy it or find it stimulating, and they'll get along with everyone else there even if they don't like each other.
The fixation on test scores to the exclusion of all the other elements of our education system is not working. Stop wasting resources on the unwilling. If they reform themselves later on then all the resources remain open to them, so we're not refusing them any opportunities.
Let the failures fail. They're going to do it anyway.
One facet about our education system that I seldom see people comment on are the non-academic elements. Part of the job description for a student is to become acclimated to the expectations that they'll be where they're supposed to be when they're supposed to be there; they'll do what they're supposed to do even if they don't enjoy it or find it stimulating, and they'll get along with everyone else there even if they don't like each other.
The fixation on test scores to the exclusion of all the other elements of our education system is not working. Stop wasting resources on the unwilling. If they reform themselves later on then all the resources remain open to them, so we're not refusing them any opportunities.
Let the failures fail. They're going to do it anyway.
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lve heard people starting to talk about moving their families to where they think schools will reopen in the fall if the parents are working remotely
seems a bit extreme to me but some are pretty concerned about the lack of schooling
My wife and I have talked about the same thing. Realistically, California is not going to get better even if this COVID madness goes away at some point. It takes a lot of money to live here for very little return from the state's bureaucracies and a lot of meddling.
Good point - head injuries way more dangerous in motor vehicle accidents.
Another strong argument for automobile helmet laws!
It was mostly the employment which drew them here; if the employment moves it can take a lot of people with it.
100% liablity based thinking
good news i will be teaching ESL for my school while surfing in Indo - victory
also the war on drugs and the war on terror still haven’t been won. Let’s keep throwing more money at those.
My wife has family in Iowa. We are ready to send the boy for a semester if there’s no wrestling season here.
It’s entirely up to him but he seems game.
will that be a big step up in the wrestling world? I have a vague sense that wrestling is a big deal in Iowa
Anytime families are looking to leave, your society is circling the drain. Almost every philosopher of every religion and tradition has agreed that family is the building block of society.