[quote]Rookie21 wrote:
The worst evil can come from the best intentions [/quote]
^ oh so true.
School gives the chance to expose you to all the things you could want to do and a way to make it to that goal. Sitting around all day playing tag and watching tv doesn’t do that. Basic math or even complex math and a high reading level are needed in the world today…the whole give them whatever they want thing is ridiculous. The whole Q&A thing was bs…oh what about this? nah. Well don’t they need to know this? Nah…
That infuriated me. I was happy to see that the reporter herself was incredulous.
What schooling does is teach focus and discipline. The mother is right that you might not have to know who
George Washington is or the works of Mark Twain. But that’s really not the point of school. School isn’t about what you learn, it’s about teaching you how to learn. This sets up your future ability to do what you want and learn what you need to. A kid might be able to bake, but if he can’t do arithmetic, plan inventory, run a cash register and apply for a business license, can he ever be a real baker?
I work in an afterschool program for inner city youth. These kids are also “un schooled” and pretty much do whatever they want. Kids don’t have foresight. They used to have the option of plain, strawberry and chocolate milk. No one took plain until we made it the only choice. Kids don’t know that sweetened milk is going to make them fat and give them diabetes. That’s why it’s up to adults to give them guidance and make the right choices for them.
Not planning for the future of your kids is negligent. I think this mom’s in for a rude surprise. Her kids may seem adjusted now, so she probably thinks she’s doing well. But I’m sure real life isn’t going to be so kind to them.
[quote]Mikaj wrote:
I hope all of these ignorant children fail horribly in life.[/quote]
I’d say that’s guaranteed. The only thing they won’t fail at is being annoying and self-centered.
I must say I’m surprised they had a TV. Those parents seem like the kind of hipsters that would shun TVs. On second thought, maybe their kids told them they wanted one.
[quote]Mikaj wrote:
I hope all of these ignorant children fail horribly in life.[/quote]
I’d say that’s guaranteed. The only thing they won’t fail at is being annoying and self-centered.
I must say I’m surprised they had a TV. Those parents seem like the kind of hipsters that would shun TVs. On second thought, maybe their kids told them they wanted one.[/quote]
Well, you never know. I believe that some people would be pretty pissed off if all of them become millionaire idiots.
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
I honestly thought that “Free Range Children” would mean we have resorted to eatting kids. But then again,these lil bastards are going to be only useful for just that;meat.[/quote]
[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
And public schools do not coddle kids now? [/quote]
Not nearly to the extent that the parents in the video do. Did you watch the scene where the mother from MA ended up giving the kids as many cookies as they wanted? Mrs. Martyn said “i like to avoid rule setting and limits.” There were definitely rules and limits when I went to school. If schools were anything like the homes portrayed in the video, maybe Devin would actually want to go. As it is, he feels that at school he wouldn’t be free to do whatever he wants.
Based on the video it seems like these kids don’t really run into situations where they can’t get their way, and so I think they’re in for a pretty rough dose of reality when they try to function in a world where not everyone will acknowledge and acquiesce to every last one of their “needs” (i.e. whims). For the record, I’ve got no problem with traditional homeschooling, and I’m sure that the kids you described who grow up on ranches end up knowing how to work pretty fucking hard.