This is talked about so much that I almost hate to do it myself, but I just need to get these thoughts out there.
Graduating from high school:
For kids, this is supposed to be a great milestone and the adults congratulate them. They also talk to kids that are wanting to drop out, and encourage them not to, telling them that graduating and getting a high school diploma is such an important thing to do. Then, later in life (and having not furthered their schooling) people murmur that they 'only' finished high school. So, which is it? Graduating is a great thing or simply not that much of an accomplishment? How much of an accomplishment is it?
I ask that, because once I was asked if I was qualified to teach my kids. That is such an ignorant question. So, most parents can't teach their kids anything? Is this what some people really think?
I graduated from high school. I don't see why I wouldn't qualify to teach my children what I was taught. That's true in anything, isn't it? Anything that you were taught, you should be able to teach.
I don't have anything against teachers in the public school, generally speaking. I had a few good ones. So people who ask the question "with only a high school diploma, how do you qualify to teach your kids?" are really belittling the teachers in the public schools. Which brings me back to the question..Is graduating from high school a great thing, or not really much of an accomplishment?
I think that it's a great accomplishment. If someone thinks that a high school grad can't teach anything, then they must think that it's not, and so why worry if someone else's kids graduate? (A little irony here?)
Socialization:
Are they kidding? We were always having to shut up! What social skills are being taught in public schools? How to pass notes, and talk behind the teachers' backs? Social interaction can't happen in great measure in the five minutes between classes, how are they supposed to socialize without skipping class? That's what happened in my schools.
Maybe that should be a different post, there is so much to be written on that, and this post has been long enough!
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Posted by onecrazymom How 'bout them apples? ( :
Thanks for posting this-
Mandi
Posted by onecrazymom How 'bout them apples? ( :
Thanks for posting this-
Mandi
Posted by siviy I've thought about it for a while and I don't think it's the parents' education they don't trust -- it's the parents they don't trust. Silly them :) [Especially when their kids get to college and our kids' test scores blow the curve :)
Posted by Jade