Homeschooling
jackslash
A dancer, whom I've known for several years, told me that she is homeschooling her 10-year-old son because the schools in her downriver Detroit suburb are so bad. Hearing this, I was literally speechless (and I'm using the word "literally" correctly here).
I suppose homeschooling can benefit a child who lives in a stable home with two parents who are college graduates. But this dancer is a single mother with only a high school education. She is drunken and irresponsible. Her home is a mess, and it is dominated by a huge flat screen TV that is never turned off. She does not read books. She has a profound ignorance of history, literature and science. She has no discipline herself, and so it is hard to believe she will make sure her child does school work every day at home.
Would it be better for a child to be raised by wild dogs or be homeschooled by a stripper?
I suppose homeschooling can benefit a child who lives in a stable home with two parents who are college graduates. But this dancer is a single mother with only a high school education. She is drunken and irresponsible. Her home is a mess, and it is dominated by a huge flat screen TV that is never turned off. She does not read books. She has a profound ignorance of history, literature and science. She has no discipline herself, and so it is hard to believe she will make sure her child does school work every day at home.
Would it be better for a child to be raised by wild dogs or be homeschooled by a stripper?
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last commentGee, I would have never guessed that about your education, crazyjoe
Is the average stripper on the same level as a 10 year old? Heck, maybe with all her problems she can manage to teach him. Let's hope.
This is stuff that is hard to teach in a "home schooled" environment. Now they might know book smarts better. But the other stuff is what makes this world work IMHO.
Me two.
Blah, Blah. Look into my eyes.
Sometimes a dancer's work schpeel is her fantasy ideal life, not her real one. "I'm home schooling my son" could really mean "I wish I could home-school my son.".
"Doversity of thought"? When was the last time you were in a public school? Diversity of thought is the last thing you will find there. A teacher in Monroe,MI, not far from downriver, was suspended for showing historical photos of actors in blackface to illustrate how racist the culture was 60 years ago. The message was clear, don't expose kids to any politically incorrect facts.
http://www.washingtontimes.com…
public schools are cesspools of PC brainwashing. she’ll probably do a far better job educating the kid than the public school system