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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody's stopping you six-figure crybabies from home-schooling your children.[/quote]

Nobody is stopping you from attending your neighborhood school.

And I'll let you in on a secret:   We are already home-schooling our children.  We used to do so full-time when they were toddlers, but now we home-school in the evenings and on weekends.  Why do you think our children do so well in school?

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This comment is key -- an educator once told me that supplemental education (that is, education at home in addition to the core school hours) correlates strongly with culture.  Crudely and generally speaking, white and asian cultures in the U.S. are driven to educate at home because they do NOT expect the school system to do the whole job; whereas other cultures in the U.S. tend to expect "full service" from the school system.  I would like to see some more studies on this; but if true it would support the belief that it is culture, not race or strictly speaking SES, that predicts for high academic achievement. [/quote]

Education is a two way street.  There are two key verbs in education:  Teaching - the part that the teacher helps with, and studying - the part that the student has to do.  Ultimately a big piece of the responsibility is on the student to do the learning, and on families to support that learning.  But unfortunately a lot of families don't hold up their end of the bargain and abdicate their responsibilities.  There's a lot more to success in school than just showing up.  Yet, with policies in school that give kids passing grades even when they didn't work for them and didn't deserve them, and when they advance and graduate kids that couldn't be bothered to do the work, it sends a bad message.

And that applies to all other areas of life as well.  You have to do your part in order to succeed.  Merely showing up but then doing nothing should not entitle anyone to a meal and a roof over their head.  The rest of us have to work hard for those things, the rest of us have to be responsible, have to plan, and have to fend for ourselves.  The societal safety net is only supposed to be for those who truly have a compelling reason beyond their own control why they cannot support themselves, like the disabled or elderly.  Needing support because you were an irresponsible teenager who got knocked up isn't a terribly compelling reason.  Needing support because you can't hold down a job and keep getting fired because you can't manage to get yourself out of bed, have a bad attitude and are lazy at work isn't a terribly compelling reason.

We are cynical for a reason.  The rest of us in the hard-working middle class are deeply fatigued when we have to witness this kind of thing day in and day out, and when we end up footing the bill for the irresponsibility of others.  I have very little tolerance and sympathy for this kind of thing.[/quote]

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