[ale] schooling -- WAY, WAY, WAY OT now!!!

[Geoffrey]

As the guilty party who pretty much initiated this whole thread, can we 
let it die.  Please.

Glenn C. Lasher Jr. wrote:
> 
> Let me propose an anaolgy:
> 
> Public school is like Windows.
> Private school is like MacOS.
> Home schooling is like Linux.
> 
> Linux, like home schooling, is ultimately configurable to the needs of the
> persons involved.  It requires, however, that you know what you are doing.
> 
> MacOS, like private school, is of a higher quality than its more-common
> counterpart (windows/public school), is more user-friendly, but is also
> far more expensive.
> 
> Windows, like public school, does work, but just barely.  It is cheap in
> the short run, but ultimately very expensive, thanks to the extra effort
> required to make it do what you really want.
> 
> How's that for a geeky analogy?
> 
> On Fri, 28 Jun 2002, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> 
>>Charles Marcus wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Home-schooled children *consistently* score higher on all of the government
>>>tests, and consistently win national spelling bees, etc.
>>>
>>This is utter bullshit and propaganda.  Many home school 'systems'
>>intentionally take the 'government tests'  at a later date then the
>>public school systems, hence the comparison is apples to oranges, or
>>rather, apple blossoms to apples.
>>
>>I'd be glad to see your documentation proving otherwise.  I've had a
>>number of discussions with home school folks and what I've said has
>>applied in all cases.  Home schooling is not the answer to all.  They
>>work for many folks, but not all.
>>
>>
>>>And I guarantee you,
>>>a child who is home-schooled costs the mother/father paying for it *much* less
>>>than they would if they had gone to the public fool system.
>>>
>>Ah, are you considering the lost in income by the home school 'teacher'
>>as well?  My biggest problem regarding home schooling is that there are
>>no requirements whatsoever.  You can home school your child and they can
>>sit in front of the TV all day.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>I would gladly suffer a tripling of my property taxes
>>>>if it was used to hire people who had a college degree
>>>>in something other than education to replace those who
>>>>took the easy route and majored in education.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Since I am in complete agreement with the supreme Court of the United States,
>>>and believe that the taking from one to give to another is nonetheless
>>>*theft*, regardless if it is called 'taxation', I cannot disagree with this
>>>more.
>>>
>>Ah, then how would you propose a solution?  Forget taxes, forget medical
>>insurance, car insurance...
>>
>>
>>>The only people who should have to pay for schools/teachers should be the
>>>people who use them.  Anything else is communistic in nature (one of the ten
>>>planks of communism is *mandatory*, free, public education (controlled by the
>>>government) for all children.  Hmmm, sounds suspiciously like what we have
>>>now, with the exception that we still have private schools and are still
>>>'allowed' to home-school our children, as if the government had the powe to
>>>*deny* this Right.
>>>
>>Again, the same should apply to hospitals, roads, police and fire services?
>>
>>
>>--
>>Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
>>
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>>to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
>>
>>
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> 
> glasher at nycap.rr.com
> You've been programmed by the Illuminati not to see the word "".
> 
> 
> 


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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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