Lisa Jones
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Karnal wrote on Oct 13 th, 2015 at 8:55am: mariacostel wrote on Oct 13 th, 2015 at 8:20am: Karnal wrote on Oct 12 th, 2015 at 8:21pm: mariacostel wrote on Oct 12 th, 2015 at 6:02pm: aquascoot wrote on Oct 12 th, 2015 at 6:42am: the academic stuff taught at schools is not as important as the "real social dynamic"
i havent used algebra or calculus in the last few days, but the main thing schools teach is hopefully how to "think"
and hopefully the teachers are not caught up in "group think"
i would be wary of home schooling , if for no other reason then that you want to expose the child to as many "independant' thinkers as possible and to try to get them out of group think.
2 parents probably cant do that .
but are the private school teachers more "independant" then the public school teachers.
again , probably not, but a private school parent is "invested' in the outcome.
he's got his money on the line and that always leads to a better outcome.
if you spent $2 on a diet , you probably wont do as well as someone who spent $800 on a gym membership, $1000 on new clothes, $200 on diet pills, $500 on a nutri-bullett.
once people front the cash, they mentally enter a space where results become more important to them. It's important that students are taught how to think, but rather worthless if they also cannot read, write and master the basics. And that is before we prepare kids for actual careers. With subjects that don’t exist anymore. Perhaps we can bring back jobs that don’t exist anymore too, eh? How about, instead of funding pensions for rich retirees, we fund tea ladies and telex operators and typing pools? Remember, dear, Australia is open for business. Are you still seriously trying to suggest that Maths, Physics and Chemistry are not taught in schools now, troll? No, dear, I'm suggesting that a subject called calculus and random archaic formulas (Maxwell's principle?) are not currently taught in schools. I'm also suggesting that someone who would propose such archaic topics would have no idea of schools or education. It demonstrates that they don't teach and they don't have children who are learning. Most importantly, it demonstrates a very poor knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry. I'd say such a person shouldn't be commenting on the subject of education, wouldn't you? Total unadulterated bovine faecal matter!
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