I think basic programming and computer science should be considered part of basic computer literacy and should be part of common knowledge given how much computers influence us and how much their influence will grow. It should be taught in school to a basic degree as a required course.
I also think we should be taught one second language starting really early and have the option to add a second foreign language later in school. There’s no reason we should only be knowing one language.
Also life skills like financial literacy, actually good sex ed, and good mental and physical health information. School is supposed to teach us what we need to know to be successful, and those are arguably the most essential. Math doesn’t matter if you don’t know how to rent a place to live or you die of something preventable.
I think basic programming and computer science should be considered part of basic computer literacy and should be part of common knowledge given how much computers influence us and how much their influence will grow. It should be taught in school to a basic degree as a required course.
I also think we should be taught one second language starting really early and have the option to add a second foreign language later in school. There’s no reason we should only be knowing one language.
I think basic programming and computer science should be considered part of basic computer literacy and should be part of common knowledge given how much computers influence us and how much their influence will grow. It should be taught in school to a basic degree as a required course.
Yes, at least until high school. We’d like to send them to sex-segregated Catholic high schools so they can have academic, social, and extracurricular activities we wouldn’t be able to offer them at home.
send them to catholic middle + elem schools. homeschooling is social suicide my guy
Oh bugger off. I was homeschooled my whole life and I had a myriad of social opportunities. Scouting, daycamps, public service clubs, mission trips, historical field trips, prom, you name it. So tired of this ludicrous “hurr durr homeschooling is the same as raising your child in a cave and never letting them talk to other humans“ mentality.
I was homechooled until 6th grade and honestly I did better academically then than I ever did when I went to school. Homeschooling is absolutely NOT social suicide, it’s only social suicide if you keep your kid inside and away from EVERYTHING. I made friends at dance class, in church, with my mom’s friends’ kids, with the kids that just lived in my neighborhood. I mean maybe it’s not for everyone but it’s not social suicide lol.
You literally have way more freedom for social activities because you have a much more flexible schedule instead of being at school for seven hours a day and having to do homework for another 2-5 hours.
If I finished my course work for the day? I could have free time or even catch up get a head start on tomorrow’s stuff. Time to take a family field trip to Washington DC? No need to wait for spring break or arrange checking out of school, we could just pack up and go.
Not to mention there are tons of groups and social programs specifically designed for homeschooling socialization. It’s easier now than ever before to have the appropriate resources and opportunities to raise happy, healthy, well-rounded, socialized kids. Hell I WORK at a public school now and the “socialization“ the kids get there is minimal at best and usually plagued with drama, bullying, and the fact that the place is run like a damn prison. Miss me with it.
I wish my homeschooling experience had been like that.
To imply homeschooling is always good is really ridiculous. It depends on the parents, the kid, and the outside opportunities available to them. Bad homeschooling IS social suicide. Bad homeschooling is just as bad as any other bad schooling.
11-Year-Old has the audacity to support his President
This story is actually from a while ago so I’ll clarify what happened:
Daughter brings home the assignment, father refuses to let her answer it and leaves that note, also posting a pic of the question and note somewhere. Teacher docks 15 points for it and is disciplined and given a red flag in her file, during which the daughter is given her 15 points back. Father receives overwhelmingly positive support for his action.
Thank you. Glad to hear that ended well and as it should have. Teach was way out of line.
woah,great story!
Wow. It’s pretty fucked that the teacher would think this was okay in the first place.
I’m glad the teacher was suitably chided
Regardless of what your political convictions are, you should never try to impose that as an educator.
At work in one of my classes, I teach Korean middle schoolers how to argue and do debates and develop their points on certain topics. Many kids in Korea hold the same opinions as their parents, and are overwhelmingly conservative. I’m not. But you know what? It’s not my place to tell them what is right or wrong. My place is to listen to their arguments, no matter how idiotic they may sound to me, and help them develop them.
I don’t make comments on their opinions. I ask them to develop their statements and then help them articulate their thoughts more clearly, so that when they go on to actual debates or interviews, they’ll know how to express themselves in a compelling way, regardless of what they think.
Yeah, my aunt ran the linguistics department at a college. One of the professors was what could easily be referred to as a flaming leftist. At the end of each semester he had in his class review a question about if his students could tell him what his political leanings were. If too many guessed right he’s adjust his approach since he was teaching information and just wanted to fill minds with knowledge pertaining to the subject at hand and not politics.
More teachers and educators in general should do this, like all of them.
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