Text 9461, 48 rader
Skriven 2005-03-01 00:32:05 av Ed Connell (1:379/1.6)
   Kommentar till text 9456 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Re: Another wonderful public
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Hey, Ed.

 EH> Ed Connell -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 EC>> Hey, Ed.

 EH>>> VERN HUMPHREY -> ED HULETT wrote:
 VH>>>>>> Yeah -- funny how the homeschooled kids always excel in the very
 VH>>>>>> things the schools can't do -- subjects that require discipline
 VH>>>>>> and drill.

 EH>>>>> And the left thinks all we need to do is throw good money after bad
 EH>>>>> at the problem.

 VH>>>> The other side of the coin is that the education establishment knows
 VH>>>> if you SOLVE the problem, they'll quit throwing money. :-(

 VH>>>>>> Of course the homeschoolers have an advantage -- they CARE about
 VH>>>>>> the ki

 EH>>>>> And that scares the left.

 VH>>>> Scares them for two reasons -- first they're afraid that with the
 VH>>>> continued success of home schooling people will see that when it
 VH>>>> comes to public schools, the emperor has no clothes, AND they're
 VH>>>> afraid that we'll produce an educated electorate.

 EH>>> Exactly so. And they feel they must try to discredit home schoolers
 EH>>> as much as they can. Their constant claims that home schooled
 EH>>> children are somehow deficient in intellect is bound to backfire.
 EH>>> Especially when the same tests are given children in public school.

 EC>> Those guys never like competition.  They might have to work.

 EH> Heavens! We can't have that, can we? :-)

I think it violates some union rule.  Actually there are some really good, 
dedicated people who teach in public schools.  They teach in spite of the 
beauracracy...

When I used to teach in Georgia, the big-wigs were just across town and we 
often saw them and even taught some of their kids.  (I should add that this 
was a church school, not public school.)  Whenever the big-wigs showed up 
with something extra for us to do, my remark was always that they just 
didn't have enough to do over there, so they had to make trouble for us. :(


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