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Originally Posted by Barefootsies
I think Vendzilla will be in this thread shortly to o'pine.
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Sure, I've raised a kid and did it right
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Originally Posted by directfiesta
like: if there were no wetbacks , we could educate the real americans....
( Naturally, he will not point out that during his "school years " , he was riding in the back of a red pick-up truck - his own words btw ... ) ... )  |
If you would have been raised under Eric's idea, your parents would have been fined
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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Our schools teach memorization to a tested standard... like math, it's 1-2 ways to solve a problem, do it wrong and you fail... even if you have the correct answer.
Other than basic fundamentals that are tested... our kids aren't being taught much of anything useful.
We won't let schools be correctly funded, besides old knowledge that is often 20 YEARS out of date, our kids eat total trash, man made, packaged, death 'corporate made' food that kills our kids brain processing power, injects them with hypoactive dyes and preservatives that fire up ADD.
We, Americans want better education but refuse to pay for it.. or fight for changes, they just bitch it's not right, then send the kids to the same school. Welcome to America....
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We refuse to pay for it because of the cost of educating illegal aliens, see prop 187, at least in California.
My daughter is a vegetarian
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Originally Posted by kristin
Kinda what TheDoc said, if you aren't taught the way you learn best, it can be demotivating, hard to achieve goals/grades, etc. And any learning disabilities just amplifies that even if they aren't normal ones. My epilepsy led to a learning disorder which I had to overcome. On top of that I'm a hands-on learner, and not many schools are. It's sad actually, there aren't many times in life you can't ask a buddy next to you how to do something if you don't know.
And I'm not a parent who defends my dipshit children. That drives me nuts, be a parent, not a friend.
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I have a lot of respect for those that overcome adversity, great going!!
I raised my daughter as a friend and a parent, she's my best friend, graduated from high school on the principals honor roll, had a year of college done by then, then joined the Navy to be an Avionics Electronics Calibration Tech, got 5 medals while she was in, two for humanitarian efforts in the Philippines, then got out and is now pre med in Washington state. Best part, still my best friend. And one of the happiest people I know.
Problem is that most parents only know what they learned from their parents. I kinda did things differently, I was raised by my mother and step father, didn't really get close to my dad, because of that, when I spilt from my daughters mom, I took charge, got custody and did the right thing. I got involved, I interacted with teachers and scared a few. I think one thing that some over attentive parents forget is to let your kids be kids. Raise them to be in control of their world. At age eight, I taught her to boil an egg in the micro wave using a coffee cup, after that, she got a little more responsibility and is in charge of her life.
Eric, the main problem with your idea, (and I would love to see more parents involved) is that we are way too PC for it to work. Illegal aliens would complain they don't benefit from it because they don't pay taxes and should be paid cash, and a line of lawyers would back them up. And that would just be the start. Some would laugh, but think about it , it would actually happen.