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This. Public school has to be catered to the bell curve. How much of that bell curve is covered depends on the budget of the school and how flat the bell curve
by explorigin 3y ago
This. Public school has to be catered to the bell curve. How much of that bell curve is covered depends on the budget of the school and how flat the bell curve is based on other factors. Because of this, much of school is repetitious, boring and unnecessary. Classroom management amounts to "babysitting" according to my teacher friend.
Homeschool kids can learn in 30/min per day what public school kids take all day to learn. Then they have more time to play or develop healthy interests.
Yes, the lack "kid-tracking" creates more room for abuse and brainwashing. That problem can be answered in ways that don't require kids to sit in a windowless room for 6 hours a day.
- blantonl 3y agoOr you could just devote your parental time and effort to supporting your children in the educational environment that 95% of the rest of the world participates in and ios available to them in society, so they learn the value of succeeding in a challenging environment vs sheltering them from the real world. Challenging environment might be public school, private school, whatever.
- voisin 3y ago> learn the value of succeeding in a challenging environment vs sheltering them from the real world. School is supposed to serve our kids, not act as an elaborate hazing ritual.
- Whoppertime 3y agoKids who are in the bottom 20% of public schools would just be better off being schooled at home