Sure kids may need a push, but if they're consistently uninterested; barely scraping by, and grow more and more resentful with each year that's not education that's torture and they will act like someone whose been tortured by society.
Con: because somebody else's kids can and will effect and you the rest of society. It is better for all involved if we invest in a future where those making decisions for society have cultivated minds.
Just look at some of the thread topics at DArt and it doesn't take much intellect to see where humanity is headed for and why.
...because that doesn't ensure future generations will be properly equipped to make informed decisions on societal issues.
That's because nine times out of ten the goal isn't for them to get a job it's for them to go to college.
Now college takes high schools place, except it sucks up four more years of adolescence and isn’t free or even close to free.
Don't burst my bubble - I like to think some of the more extreme threads come from members of a very loud minority!
Maybe it's because the sex is so good.
The state has no buisiness whatsoever indoctrinating our kids [...]
Let parents install their own values in their own kids.
The typical kid is in the 80th percentile by the standards of public school.
Just another example of the government screwing up.
Looks like an assumption to me. Plus, is it really any different if parents indoctrinate their children under the guise of education? The goal should be to prevent indoctrination rather than move to a system with less oversight and regulation where it is easier and more common.
I wonder if this 'abolition of public schools' conversation truly began when the 'social' issue of equality was implemented throug desegregation? Or maybe it was an earlier controversy or has been a constant companion of public schools since their inception? I suspect the latter and imagine the conversation is a little more firey than usually considering the highly charged political climate.
Either way, allowing LGBTQ students to be marginalized by pretending they don't exist or to withhold accurate historical information is not an option. Education is about telling the whole story as best we know it. Historical accuracy and most especially the recognition of a broader understanding of humanity should not be equated to a mere social or political issue. It is the denial of LGBTQ and historical accuracy that is the political touchstone which has no place in public schools
Parents aren’t objecting to LGBT kids existing, they’re objecting to stuff like teachers wanting to teach kindergarteners about anal sex.
What is it that you want schools to teach that you think they aren’t, or that you think (and have evidence that) right wingers want to ban?
This is an absurd objection since educators in general (if not across the board) aren't teaching kindergartners about anal sex or advocating for such a curriculum. The younger generations now have a much broader and fluid understanding of gender and sexuality. I think it is fair to say some parts of our society are uncomfortable with this and seek regressive legislation to prevent this from being true of future generations
As an example, I am certain parts of my historical education were distortions of what actually happened. An accurate account of our history, warts and all, would serve us better.
I will bet you money right now, literally any amount as I am that sure about this.In the next 2 years, there will be more predatory teachers (we'd need to really dig through every case file that gets remotely public) that are right-wing conservatives than left-wing liberals.
It’s not an absurd objection because I’ve seen videos of teachers talking about how they discuss homosexuality, gender identity etc with their very young students. I
I saw an email from a teacher boasting that after teaching her 4th graders about gay and trans issues 20 of the 30 “came out” to her as some kind of LGBT
As for the highlighted bit, it’s a free country and they can be uncomfortable with it if they want to. It goes back to my original point, you need to be very careful with how hard you want to push because conservatives control more states than you do and that’s only going to accelerate in the next few years.
Is teaching fifth graders about gay sex really an important issue?
Welcome to history sadly. It’s virtually impossible to teach history without pushing some kind of agenda even if it’s just picking the topics you teach or leave out. Could you be more specific? What do you think needs to be taught that right wingers want to get rid of?
