At HSA, somebody posted a thread fishing for bad stories on public schools. I posted the following reply, and I think it pretty well sums up my feelings on educational systems:
Given that there are many more public schools than any other kind, it only makes sense that there would be more negative stories about them as opposed to other schools. I do, however, object to public schooling quite adamantly on the grounds that uniformity usually turns out for the worse.
...and I do care a great deal how other people school(ed) their children because I live in a world that is dominated by such people and I don't like it. Furthermore, I don't even think that they like it. Even if they do like it, I strongly suspect that they would hold a different opinion had they been schooled differently.
That said, I am always disappointed with homeschooling when I meet homeschool grads who were dissatisfied with their own experiences, and I do meet a surprising number of them (not on this site though, the happy homeschoolers here usually scare them off Wink ). I refuse to follow the model of public schooling and grade on a curve (ie, suggest that we get an A+ simply because nothing better has come along yet). As a movement, I don't think we've made an A+ yet.
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ReplyDeleteRachel -
here here!
I think I'm coming to that conclusion myself. witnessing homeschooling first hand (not being the child schooled, but as an adult) for the first time, I'm seeing some things I never would have thought of before.
it's very true that a lot of people think home schooling is simply "bringing school home". I think more and more that perhaps a brand new system all together might be needed for a utopian education and to fully equip children to face the actual real world. not the real world of college. and possibly not even the "real world" of a typical american citizen.
not that I have an earth shattering idea. I just kinda hope a smart person figures it out one day. and then maybe I'll disagree with them. :)
2 years ago