Re: Science Education in America: Why I\'m Homeschooling My Kid in Science
 

I've sent my kids to both public and private schools and the private schools are much more sticklers for organization and base their grades much less on knowledge of the subject than on other issues.

Anyway, a good class should be about knowledge of the subject matter, but it should also be about more than that. Learning to be organized and to do what you need to in order to prosper are, IMO, much more important skills than knowing science. A parent shouldn't "care less about the state of their goddam notebooks."

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I've sent my kids to both public and private schools and the private schools are much more sticklers for organization and base their grades much less on knowledge of the subject than on other issues.

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I'd say the "private" school market is a sliver of what it would be if the government were entirely out of the way. The obvious explanation for what you observe is that the private schools are generally tied towards religious groups today.

In a truly free market with less barriers to entry, other people would be able to provide the service.

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Do you think that that article represents something that cannot be fixed?

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It can be easily fixed. End the government school monopoly.

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Another AC rant in disguise. Fabulous. Do you care to address the substantive point made in this thread - namely, that the objective evidence does not support your assertion that the private system is markedly better.

This is like your NASA thread [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Troll elsewhere.

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I don't see your point. The notebook thing is completely standard, organizing and conveying your thoughts clearly is crucial to good science. You can be against the public school system but the level of education you can recieve going to public school is very very good.

If the choices are between home schooling and public school public wins in a landslide imo. I didn't go to a private school until college so I can't comment on those.


Oh i guess you where talking about private schools. What makes you think that the same thing won't happen there?

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I don't see your point. The notebook thing is completely standard, organizing and conveying your thoughts clearly is crucial to good science. You can be against the public school system but the level of education you can recieve going to public school is very very good.

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80% of a science class grade? its absurd

maybe 10% or something

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Okay Borodog, what's your hidden agenda this time?

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It can be easily fixed. End the government school monopoly.


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Oh, nevermind.

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lol

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Do you think that that article represents something that cannot be fixed?

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It can be easily fixed. End the government school monopoly.

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Another AC rant in disguise. Fabulous. Do you care to address the substantive point made in this thread - namely, that the objective evidence does not support your assertion that the private system is markedly better.

This is like your NASA thread [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Troll elsewhere.

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Here it is again:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/19/op...mp;oref=slogin

This is a forum for evidence and rational discussion...not rants about the government.

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Okay Borodog, what's your hidden agenda this time?

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It can be easily fixed. End the government school monopoly.


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Oh, nevermind.

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Rduke55 asked the question. I answered it. I wish you morons would get a life and lay off the trolling.

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I didn't know the government had a school monopoly.

what about private schools and home schooling and home schools?

that disproves monopoly right there.

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I didn't know the government had a school monopoly.

what about private schools and home schooling and home schools?

that disproves monopoly right there.

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It's unpossible to not pay for the state schools. That seems like a monopoly to me.