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Skriven 2007-08-19 22:49:47 av Dan Ceppa (1:138/666.0)
     Kommentar till en text av TIM RICHARDSON
Ärende: Homeschoolers Score High
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-> On 12 Aug 07  08:36:00, TIM RICHARDSON got back to JOHN MASSEY 
-> Re: Homeschoolers Score High

 JM>My view is any parent that sends their child to a government grade school
 JM>is committing child abuse.


 TR> Where the government school system is kaput.....and growing worse
 TR> every year, there are some serious downsides to home schooling.

It's really not the gvt school system.  It's the public school 
system.  Yes, there is a difference.  Schools such as those in 
Communist Russia were government schools.  

 TR> It would depend entirely on what sort of home schooling environment it
 TR> is, and what, exactly, the curricula is.

There is appears to be no way of knowing just what curriculum is 
being used in a homeschooling environment.  

 TR> I know some who were home schooled, and I wouldn't give two cents for
 TR> the result I see. I certainly wouldn't want one of my kids to have been
 TR> schooled in the sort of environment I'm talking about.

The primary problem is that the teacher needs to keep up with 
every subject that is tought.  Lower levels that are primarily 
rote learning, such as the basic Three R's are one thing.  Higher 
levels, starting it what is now called middle school, is in 
a more dynamic situation.  

 TR> Two of the kids I know who went through home schooling maybe got a
 TR> `scholastic' education that allowed them to pass all the tests.

Passing tests, especially multiple guess tests, can be taught.  But, 
that is no guage as to what is actually to be learned.  I know 
kids that can solve an algebraic problem presented them.  However, 
they cannot construct the necessary equation from a word problem.  
Conversely, I've seen some that solve a word problem yet they 
never learned algebra.  

 TR> But there's more to an early education than just keeping your nose in
 TR> books. 

Yes, there is.  

Simply throwing money at it is not the answer.  The real solution 
is to use the money wisely.  One is reducing administrative 
overhead.  Another is to attract and keep good teachers and keep 
them teaching.  

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