This is a dodge. The issue isn't teaching skill, it's what's in the curriculum, beyond the basics.a fan wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:39 pmNot at all! I'm 100% supportive of homeschooling. Engaged parents are shown to do a pretty good job of it. But much of that is: it's a one on one interaction. Easier to teach one than 35, obviously.cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:05 pm Point of order a Fan. There is a large number of parents who choose homeschooling because they have lost faith in the ability of "trained professionals" to properly educate their children. It might be that they are unimpressed with the curriculum being offered to their children. It takes a huge investment in time and dedication to teach your child at home. No need to be concerned about what your child is learning at school. The downside is your childs interaction with kids their own age becomes limited
What I'm reacting to, and what you and I have discussed before is for PUBLIC schools.
A. parents aren't trained to teach. Teachers are.
B. if we're going to let untrained parents decide what and who kids are taught: who are the lucky parents that get to make that call? Do I get to make the choice for ALL the other parents in my daughter's school?
In short, it's impossible to let parents choose how and what we teach our kids. You have to ELECT someone to do that, and/or APPOINT a rep. Which is exactly what we have been doing.
2023 RightWingers have been taught that among other enemies, teachers are their enemy. Read that out loud. Tell me you think that's right.
My head maltster's wife just left teaching after just 3 years in. Why? Piddly Denver pay coming from Colorado's right wingers, coupled with an unsafe work environment coming from left (and right, believe it or not) wingers.
A kid bit a teacher at her school last week. Know what happened? Nothing. Police weren't called. Kid wasn't expelled or suspended.
We are asking teachers to be the ONLY workers in America who aren't entitled to a safe workspace. And until we fix this? America will continue to circle the drain.
The teacher's unions' political influence on curriculum has made them the enemy.
They should have stayed neutral in the culture wars & not supported, or endorsed, either party or any candidate.
The Hatch Act should apply to Teachers Unions & their members, just as it does to the military, imho.
You're trusting them with shaping your children's minds & characters.
This just in : the NEA is threatening to un-endorse Biden until there is a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.