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Public Education vs. Home Schooling
By William O'connell
My daughter, approaching the eighth grade, complained that she was bored to tears in school. We asked her, half seriously, do you want to be home schooled? She jumped at the chance. I couldn't believe the bureaucracy and hoops I had to jump through to get it approved. I had to write a massive education plan, even though we were guided by a great online school program K-12. Despite all the requirements placed upon us, the school couldn't really care less about the quarterly reports I was legally required to file. The next round of bureaucracy came when she wanted to return to school, mostly for the socialization. I had to file papers, present them to the school and brief the school on what she had done for the last year so that they would let her enroll in the ninth grade. When I discussed it with the head of curriculum, they said, "Wow, that was a pretty impressive program." The education bureaucrats don't care about education. With some few exceptions they only care about preserving the union monopoly and protecting jobs. The drive for smaller class sizes is really a drive for more jobs and thus more union members. Think about it. If you cut the classroom size in half you need twice as many teachers. If you have to go twice as deep into the labor pool to find those teachers, how do you think that will affect their ability and dedication? When I grew up the average class size was 28-33 students. My friends who went to Catholic school said it was not uncommon to have 50 in a class. We learned. They learned. When I see the output from today's schools, I just have to shake my head in disbelief.
This intel first appeared on: http://reinkefaceslife.com/2008/11/22/rant-edcuation-for-the-hard-t...
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