Richter, Please Fasten Your Seatbelt and Observe the No-Smoking Signs.

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This, and all the bullshit people get for parenting like PARENTS makes me think twice about spawning.

Yes, but you also get a pretty badass cape and chains:



Did I mention glowing eyes?

[Richter]

This, and all the bullshit people get for parenting like PARENTS makes me think twice about spawning.

Yes, but you also get a pretty badass cape and chains:



Did I mention glowing eyes?

In that case we'd go nontraditional.  The world needs more dark warriors, so by forbidden acts of dark congress, my mate and I would fuse our dark energies and bring forth a new fully formed, fully trained hero to fight alongside us, and learn about the nature of life or hold down a hillarious minor job with wacky cohorts the rest of the time.

[Dr. Paes]

 

[Freeky]

I'm gonna homeschool.

I totally agree.  Ive got a pretty good idea how well public schooling works, and I think I (and maybe tutors here and there) can do better.  Not only can I do better than most algebra teachers (partly due to their split attention), but homeschooling would be a good way to bond with my kid (in theory; no existing contingencies exist).

I don't know how well I'd be able to teach upper level math, but I can do reading and writing skills like nobody's business.

[Dysnomia]

our school districts are doing it to.  Not my old one, but another local one is doing furlough days. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm gonna homeschool.

I totally agree.  Ive got a pretty good idea how well public schooling works, and I think I (and maybe tutors here and there) can do better.  Not only can I do better than most algebra teachers (partly due to their split attention), but homeschooling would be a good way to bond with my kid (in theory; no existing contingencies exist).

I don't know how well I'd be able to teach upper level math, but I can do reading and writing skills like nobody's business.

When your kid gets to that point, send him to community college.

[Juana]

I'm gonna homeschool.

I totally agree.  Ive got a pretty good idea how well public schooling works, and I think I (and maybe tutors here and there) can do better.  Not only can I do better than most algebra teachers (partly due to their split attention), but homeschooling would be a good way to bond with my kid (in theory; no existing contingencies exist).

I don't know how well I'd be able to teach upper level math, but I can do reading and writing skills like nobody's business.

When your kid gets to that point, send him to community college.

*IF* your state allows for that. Mine doesn't. You have to 18 or have graduated to go.

[Jenne]

I'm not saying isolation in the "Only USA for ever and ever", mindset.  We're overextended, and ought to pull back for awhile to get our own house in order. 
Humanitarian aid, by all means should still happen, but who's the priority?

You ain't gettin' no argument from me, Son.    I wish we had the REALLY FOR REAL Democrats in power, and not these assholes who are continuing the chimera of hegemony.

[Jenne]

I'm gonna homeschool.

I totally agree.  Ive got a pretty good idea how well public schooling works, and I think I (and maybe tutors here and there) can do better.  Not only can I do better than most algebra teachers (partly due to their split attention), but homeschooling would be a good way to bond with my kid (in theory; no existing contingencies exist).

Yeah, homeschooling SOUNDS good in theory, not always the best way to go socially for a kid, though.  If you socialize them elsewhere, not always so bad.  I'm also willing to bet this pendulum will swing the other way eventually, too.  Just not soon enough to suit anyone who gives a shit is all.

[Richter]

I'm not saying isolation in the "Only USA for ever and ever", mindset.  We're overextended, and ought to pull back for awhile to get our own house in order. 
Humanitarian aid, by all means should still happen, but who's the priority?

You ain't gettin' no argument from me, Son.    I wish we had the REALLY FOR REAL Democrats in power, and not these assholes who are continuing the chimera of hegemony.

I'm convinced that a step is to make politicing less lucrative.  More community service, less country club.

(Key word there: SERVICE.  it should be a service a person is doing for their view of the betterment of the nation, not a way to make money.)

[Suu]

This all goes back to NCLB, standardized testing and the costs thereof. I got fucking LUCKY because I graduated high school, in Florida, with Honors, before all that shit went down. My brother was pretty much forced to drop out of high school in Rhode Island and my sister took the smart way out and went Vo-Tech.

I really want my brother to get his diploma or at least a GED, because his brain is more than college-worthy (he took the SAT prior to the addition of writing and got almost a 1400, the kid is near-genius but SEVERE textbook ADHD), but I think he knows that he's better than all that bullshit and is one day going to hit it big as a chef, so no worries there.

My sister, she cuts hair for Major League Baseball players and will be eligible to join the MLB union in a couple of years, after which she will be set for life.

Me? Well, we all know what bullshit I'm going through right now.

As much as I'm against school actions these days, sometimes I wonder how valuable that piece of paper is anyway.

Also, I don't agree with homeschooling, I've seen end results and they aren't always good. Part of going to school is the social interaction, if you take that way from your child, he/she may not have the skills necessary to even deal with job interviews, and often turn into spoiled brats who don't understand why they can't get what they want when they want it. I'm not saying this will happen to everyone, but it's disheartening.

If I have kids, they're going in public school, and I will chain to them kitchen table until homework is done, and I will check it over, and I will do everything my parents did to make sure that as students they are successful. If the school can't do it, then the parent has to. When the parents care little about their child's education, that's when even the most reputable of school can't help. Be the parent to drive your kids through school, they will hate you, but then be VERY thankful in the end.

[Jenne]

I'm not saying isolation in the "Only USA for ever and ever", mindset.  We're overextended, and ought to pull back for awhile to get our own house in order. 
Humanitarian aid, by all means should still happen, but who's the priority?

You ain't gettin' no argument from me, Son.    I wish we had the REALLY FOR REAL Democrats in power, and not these assholes who are continuing the chimera of hegemony.

I'm convinced that a step is to make politicing less lucrative.  More community service, less country club.

(Key word there: SERVICE.  it should be a service a person is doing for their view of the betterment of the nation, not a way to make money.)

Hear hear! 

Agreement, 169%, yo.  Hard to legislate, but man, we could use the promotion.

[Jenne]

This all goes back to NCLB, standardized testing and the costs thereof. I got fucking LUCKY because I graduated high school, in Florida, with Honors, before all that shit went down. My brother was pretty much forced to drop out of high school in Rhode Island and my sister took the smart way out and went Vo-Tech.

I really want my brother to get his diploma or at least a GED, because his brain is more than college-worthy (he took the SAT prior to the addition of writing and got almost a 1400, the kid is near-genius but SEVERE textbook ADHD), but I think he knows that he's better than all that bullshit and is one day going to hit it big as a chef, so no worries there.

My sister, she cuts hair for Major League Baseball players and will be eligible to join the MLB union in a couple of years, after which she will be set for life.

Me? Well, we all know what bullshit I'm going through right now.

As much as I'm against school actions these days, sometimes I wonder how valuable that piece of paper is anyway.

Also, I don't agree with homeschooling, I've seen end results and they aren't always good. Part of going to school is the social interaction, if you take that way from your child, he/she may not have the skills necessary to even deal with job interviews, and often turn into spoiled brats who don't understand why they can't get what they want when they want it. I'm not saying this will happen to everyone, but it's disheartening.

If I have kids, they're going in public school, and I will chain to them kitchen table until homework is done, and I will check it over, and I will do everything my parents did to make sure that as students they are successful. If the school can't do it, then the parent has to. When the parents care little about their child's education, that's when even the most reputable of school can't help. Be the parent to drive your kids through school, they will hate you, but then be VERY thankful in the end.

TITCM.

[Doktor Howl]

That's my method.

[Jenne]

Mine, too.  That and we moved heaven and earf to move to a neighborhood with the awesomest schools in the county.