Originally Posted by Birdwatcher
Originally Posted by deflave
It's usually a good idea to be a success, and then dish out advice.


You ever hear me dish out advice about money? or credit? or AC? People do come to me for advice about birds tho.

OTOH, ain't no flies on my record of success among many of my former students, and the credit they give me as part of that, tho in truth I was just part of a team and its ALL on the parents anyway. Can't do it without 'em. Its ALL on the parents. Once again its ALL on the parents, for producing a child secure and stable enough to even want to learn in the first place, then checking that kid's work/class content most every friggin' day. Do all that and your kids will most likely succeed whatever school you send 'em to.

No matter WHAT school you send your kids to, ain't no one handing out secret socialist atheist dogma that know one knows about. Ain't no secrets in a classroom, specially not in the age of the internet. Some great Christians graduate from public school, and some Christian schools are notorious for the behavior of their students.

The MAJOR threat to your kids these days; their phones and what they can access....

....and I ain't talking websites where guys write obscene words to other guys all day.



You're either blind or ignorant if you don't see the socialist / social engineering slant of public schools. All three of our kids went K-12 public schools, the left lean of the teaching staff isn't even remotely hidden and it's just getting worse.

From my stint as an adjunct professor my observation is that the students on the top end of the bell curve are going to be there no matter who their teacher is. The really don't need to go to class and pick up the material from the text book and just need an occasionally clarification. ~60% of the class really benefits from a good teacher, and suffers with a mediocre one. Those lagging behind either simply don't care, or are so far lost that they need extensive tutoring far beyond what a teacher has the time for.

Couldn't afford private schools for three kids on a single salary, so I'd say two out of our three kids suffered for it, the third is excelling in spite of it.

I can see how those with low standards or who are easily placated figure it's good enough.