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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Education is run by progressive liberals who don't understand the consequences of their soft teaching.

We need to be focused on educating our kids with math and reading. And discipline, consequences. For all kids. We are too focused on feelings, making kids feel good.

As the saying goes, the worst preparation of adulthood is a stress free childhood. [/quote]

How can we get back to actually educating our children as a society? I don’t mean a return to rapping kids with rulers, just telling kids they are WRONG when they say 2+2 =5 or spell “said” as “sed.” Right now they are complimented on their thinking and creativity and asked how they got there and to please show everyone else how they did it. No! Don’t teach 20 kids the wrong way! Tell the 1 kid that he is wrong and here is the correct answer. [/quote]

Please find me a teacher who lets a kid believe 2+2=5. The reason why a teacher might ask them to explain how they got there is to see where they are making a mistake so they can better correct them. Surely you can see why that's more beneficial than simply telling them "nope, wrong." I don't completely disagree that there are aspects of public education that have become too soft, however, I certainly don't think they need to be run like boot camps either.

I'm a grown adult who needs to take occasional breaks and walk around or grab a snack. I don't think it's unreasonable to recognize that most kids aren't being a distraction because they are trying to cause trouble. Sometimes they simply need a break. The goal is to eliminate the distraction. If a teacher can do that quickly by giving a kid a break instead of punishing them, I'm all for it.[/quote]

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