Public Schools

How many of us at one time attended public schools

  • I was home schooled

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ginwilly

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what about home school ?
Man I guess they should have opened more public schools. you know for the kids like you.
Both parents worked, who would do the homeschooling?

I guess you don't understand that we were told which school to attend by our address, more schools wouldn't have given us more choices, they would have still assigned which school we could go to.

Have I mentioned that yet? That our school was decided by address not by families?
 

ginwilly

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I guess we need more public schools.
But if I could only attend the one I was assigned, how could more schools help with choice?

Not sure I mentioned this yet, but we were assigned exactly one choice and that was by address. Can you explain how more schools matters?
 

ginwilly

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and you should say thank you.
I'm thankful for post high school education, but I can honestly look back at K-12 and say we are doing it wrong. You feel the same way, you just can't seem to bring yourself to say it. Teach by ability, not by age. That little tidbit right there completely blows up the K-12 mentality.
 

londonfog

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I'm thankful for post high school education, but I can honestly look back at K-12 and say we are doing it wrong. You feel the same way, you just can't seem to bring yourself to say it. Teach by ability, not by age. That little tidbit right there completely blows up the K-12 mentality.
so you did it wrong to your kids too ?
 

ginwilly

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so you did it wrong to your kids too ?
No other choice. Couldn't home school because of work. Private school entailed indoctrination into Catholicism and no school would be jail time.

No charter schools in the area at the time. Charter schools still operate under the flawed premise of at 8 you learn this, at 9 you learn this, at 10 you learn this and everyone moves on together.

The future is in online schooling where kids advance at their own natural pace, not the pace the government deems a child at that age should advance at.
 

UncleBuck

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I'm thankful for post high school education, but I can honestly look back at K-12 and say we are doing it wrong. You feel the same way, you just can't seem to bring yourself to say it. Teach by ability, not by age. That little tidbit right there completely blows up the K-12 mentality.
kids can skip grades. that completely blows up your stupid fucking talking point.
 

londonfog

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No other choice. Couldn't home school because of work. Private school entailed indoctrination into Catholicism and no school would be jail time.

No charter schools in the area at the time. Charter schools still operate under the flawed premise of at 8 you learn this, at 9 you learn this, at 10 you learn this and everyone moves on together.

The future is in online schooling where kids advance at their own natural pace, not the pace the government deems a child at that age should advance at.
With you graduating from Michigan cum laude... why you elect to stay ?
My oldest went Catholic school from 2nd to 5th. Had no problem separating home, life, any religion, and school
 

ginwilly

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With you graduating from Michigan cum laude... why you elect to stay ?
My oldest went Catholic school from 2nd to 5th. Had know problem separating home, life, any religion, and school
Stay where? You think I raised a family in the same district I grew up? Are you one of those "if you don't like it my way you have to move, instead of improve" people?

Don't forget, my family is off limits on talks here because of my stalker. He makes me nervous.
 

UncleBuck

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Aren't you the guy who said you dropped out of ASU because there was nothing else they could teach you you didn't already know? Yeah you bring a lot of credibility to the conversation.
no, i said i dropped out because wasn't learning anything anymore.

i learned a lot in sociology, psychology, economics, business writing, statistics, probability and the like.

when it came time to prove that the square root of 2 is irrational for a semester just to round off a degree, i said fuck it. i had everything i needed to pursue an actuarial certification at that point, and a job that was paying almost $17 an hour which i decided to do full time.

I can't believe you still bother with me blowing up my alert box daily. Didn't you say you hated me and I should leave? Ignore me dude, we'll both be better off.
i don't ignore racists, i humiliate them.
 

UncleBuck

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Stay where? You think I raised a family in the same district I grew up? Are you one of those "if you don't like it my way you have to move, instead of improve" people?

Don't forget, my family is off limits on talks here because of my stalker. He makes me nervous.
lol.

are you being bullied on the internet and fear for your life?

better track my IP and call the FBI.
 

londonfog

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Stay where? You think I raised a family in the same district I grew up? Are you one of those "if you don't like it my way you have to move, instead of improve" people?

Don't forget, my family is off limits on talks here because of my stalker. He makes me nervous.
nothing is off limits in politics...you can refuse to answer.
You yourself could only pick one school in your district and still managed to graduate from Michigan cum laude...ok, and you still sent your successful children to a public school. Man you are a wonderful example of public schools. Thanks
 

ginwilly

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nothing is off limits in politics...you can refuse to answer.
You yourself could only pick one school in your districtand still managed to graduate from Michigan cum laude...ok, and you still sent your successful children to a public school. Man you are a wonderful example of public schools. Thanks
You too man, you too.

And thanks.

Still don't understand why you champion a system that you agree is flawed by it's very design.

Don't listen to the idiot who says a kid can skip grades. That just means that now the 10 year old learns what 11 year old's learn instead. What if his math is at a 15 year old's level, but his English is at a 9 year old's and his science is at a 12 year old's?
 
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londonfog

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You too man, you too.

And thanks.

Still don't understand why you champion a system that you agree is flawed by it's very design.

Don't listen to the idiot who says a kid can skip grades. That just means that now the 10 year old learns what 11 year old's learn instead. What if his math is at a 15 year old's level, but his English is at a 9 year old's and his science is at a 12 year old's?
seems like we need to work on the kids English:hump:
 

ginwilly

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seems like we need to work on the kids English:hump:
Do we put the kid with 12 year olds? or keep him with his age even though he's doing the math of a present 15 year old?

Face it man, we are not doing the education thing as well as we should be doing.
 
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