My Mother got sick of the schools (both private and public) and said, I could do better.
The thing is I really love the idea of public schools in theory. The government offering free public education for 12/13 years is a fabulous idea and novel in some respects but it is all the dogma (like with a lot of organized religions) that puts me off. It is bull-shit, no one gets the funding they really need, no one pays attention to what really goes on. I worked in the public school system a few different times and I was just horrified by how many burned out teachers there were and they openly told me they got into the job because of the vacation time and they were waiting for their retirement which offered a pension. So if you have someone who is just cruising along many times they won't really put any effort into it.
Of course the education really isn't free. If you want to do any extra activities (especially in high school) it costs. So if a kid is poor often they are shit out of luck. The idea of making some kid's parents put out 1,000 dollars an activity seems so messed up.
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Date: 2005-04-30 04:18 pm (UTC)The thing is I really love the idea of public schools in theory. The government offering free public education for 12/13 years is a fabulous idea and novel in some respects but it is all the dogma (like with a lot of organized religions) that puts me off. It is bull-shit, no one gets the funding they really need, no one pays attention to what really goes on. I worked in the public school system a few different times and I was just horrified by how many burned out teachers there were and they openly told me they got into the job because of the vacation time and they were waiting for their retirement which offered a pension. So if you have someone who is just cruising along many times they won't really put any effort into it.
Of course the education really isn't free. If you want to do any extra activities (especially in high school) it costs. So if a kid is poor often they are shit out of luck. The idea of making some kid's parents put out 1,000 dollars an activity seems so messed up.