The Education Thread

Discussion in 'Politics & Current Events' started by saosebastiao, Jan 4, 2008.

  1. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

    Apr 20, 2009
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    They always are.
     
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  2. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    Well that settles it. I won’t be sending my kids to a Hasidic school.
     
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  3. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    #4078 usscouse, Jan 28, 2023
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    My daughter the teach got back to school in New Delhi this week, The American Embassy School. She says the nicest thing about her last two overseas schools is that the kids want to be there.

    She sets up time to meet all the parents over the course of the year just to chat and find what they’re hoping for and to gain insight on the kids.

    But then we’re talking about parent who spend (see below) to put their kids there and care.

    She texted last night to tell me she’s being sent to a seminar in 4 weeks time to Johannesburg, along with a couple of teachers she enjoys spending time with.
    She didn’t say what for, she was busy getting information on a one day Safari in Kruger Park.

    It’s a whole nuther world from teaching at public school USA. With Karen overseeing what is allowed … or not.

    Annual tuition rates are as follows: for grades K-5: USD 27,450. for grades 6-8: USD 31,880. for grades 9-12: USD 33,605.
     
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  4. The Jitty Slitter

    The Jitty Slitter Moderator
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    Bayern München
    Germany
    Jul 23, 2004
    Fascist Hellscape
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    Nazi homeschooling!

    Congrats everyone!

     
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  5. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
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    We should set up a “scholarship” program, aka “school choice” or “vouchers”, to help kids go to these schools, because public school is controlled by the woke mob of liberal Marxist’s!

    /s
     
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  6. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

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    The VICE article was quite the terrifying read.

    I had to check on Media Bias if VICE is generally considered factual or not, as I'm not overly familiar with them, and they do score well in that regard as "mostly factual".
     
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  7. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    Didn’t @Q*bert Jones III work with Vice?

    They are shopping themselves after their CEO took them public and then got wrapped up in scandal. They focus on punk and tech stories, a niche group that is quite accurate.
     
  8. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

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    No idea (and no offense to Q*bert).

    All I know is the Ohio folks were bad-mouthing Indiana Jones. That's blasphemy in my mind (unless they were solely bad-mouthing the Crystal Skull movie, which is understandable).
     
  9. Q*bert Jones III

    Q*bert Jones III The People's Poet

    Feb 12, 2005
    Woodstock, NY
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    I’ve done a few documentaries for Vice. IMHO they’re the gold standard for tv docs, keeping in mind that they lean toward their own audience’s interests. They’re not going to touch anything that will drive a baked 24-year old to look for snacks.
     
  10. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
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    20,000 American Nazis filled MSG in 1939.
    This gets filed under "not shocking".
     
  11. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

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    Apr 1, 2002
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    But the US was not yet at war with Nazi Germany, and the war crimes we all know about today were not yet public knowledge.

    Well, no, it's still not shocking...
     
  12. edcalvi

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    May 1, 2005
    US
    That's awesome, I always watch their documentaries on YouTube.
     
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  13. xtomx

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    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
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    Although I am not a baked 24 year old, I watch a fair amount of Vice TV.

    "Q-Anon: Search for Q" was entertaining.
    Their "Dark Side of" series (the 90's, Comedy, the Ring, etc.) are pretty well done.
    They have A LOT of white supremacy and fringe nation stuff, which I find fascinating.
    "While the Rest of Us Die" is pratty interesting.

    I liked "Gaycation" (Eliot Page going around the world looking at gay culture and gay repression, although I did not watch the Orlando special).

    I cannot stand their food shows, though.

    Also, "Most Expensivest" is incredibly stupid. It is a stomach turning look at really expensive crap that nobody needs or should be able to buy. One was $10,000 chicken wings, with "gold leaf"
     
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  14. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
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    That is the price to pay for letting parents "homeschool" they kids.....The whole concept is just a wack job.
     
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  15. russ

    russ Member+

    Feb 26, 1999
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    In their eyes,the public school is a hotbed of dangerous ideas such as human equality,kindness,gender equity,scientific awarenessand secularism.
     
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  16. Auriaprottu

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    Apr 1, 2002
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    That's why Black S-DAs homeschool. In their twisted little geechee pearl diver brains, a lack of Godt (trying out a fake Caribbean accent here) is the root of all evil within the school system. They have to be home to spout that 6,000 year Earth dreck. Nobody with an education degree has any business repeating it.

    We need a system where homeschoolers have to make up a year or two if they try to get into a regular school. Three if they try to circumvent by attending a private school in the middle.
     
  17. soccernutter

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    Aug 22, 2001
    Near the mountains.
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    As much as I really dislike homeschooling (I'm not 100% against, but close to it), it is far too easy to allow a child to be homeschooled. It is amazing that in my family, which has/had 3 teachers, two parents decided to homeschool their kids. Each for different reasons, but still.

    I'm actually moderately okay with homeschooling kids through elementary school. But once into middle school age, they need to be in a school with professional teachers. There are just so many benefits to having kids in a school population over homeschooling.
     
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  18. rslfanboy

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    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    As long as the little ones get plenty of opportunity to play and interact with lots of other kids, I agree.
     
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  19. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Mama took the opposite approach of these Karens. She was qualified to home school me, since she was an elementary school teacher, and she did that while I was in pre-school. I skipped kindergarten because she had me reading by age 5. But ... from that point on I was in public schools, because learning involves a whole lot more than just bookwork. She wanted me to exist in the world.

    Mama also had her views on my school teachers once I did enter public school, but never ever ever did she voice those views outside the house. It wasn't her job as a parent to meddle in how the schools were managed.
     
  20. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    I read “somewhere” last week that the QAnon organized faction are working on getting as many members as they can on school boards. they want to control what their kiddies larn.
     
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  21. Sounders78

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    Conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists stressed that in the 1990s as well.

    James Dobson's Focus on the Family had a big push to get people on school boards so that they could control the curriculum.
     
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  22. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    #4097 usscouse, Jan 31, 2023
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    Pity the kids lives.

    edit: those kids of the 90s are prolly the ones voting now. Wonder which way their heads got turned.
     
  23. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    They tried in my neighborhood, but word got out and people showed up for the school board elections, to vote against them.
     
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  24. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

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    Apr 1, 2002
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    Atlanta
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    Feel fortunate.

    In a lot of places, the race would be between two candidates trying to out-Christian the other...
     
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  25. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
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    DC United
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    United States

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