tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4842066001729407287..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Government Education: No Child Allowed to Advance Too MuchRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33336856829044839662012-05-18T15:16:23.812-04:002012-05-18T15:16:23.812-04:00Bob, I had nearly the exact same discussion about ...Bob, I had nearly the exact same discussion about my daughter at a PRIVATE school here in LA. Because they follow the curriculum for the public schools in LA Unified School District (the infamous LAUSD that occasionally pauses from molesting your kids to half-ass educate them) and my daughter was born in December, after the September cut off for any grade level, they said they'd have to havenicknerohttp://www.icanhazliberty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83786164207259511542012-05-18T09:20:44.452-04:002012-05-18T09:20:44.452-04:00The brilliant research done by John Taylor Gatto a...The brilliant research done by John Taylor Gatto about the origins of the public education system show that this dumbing down is anything but accidental. http://www.johntaylorgatto.com/DwightJohnsonhttp://governmentbycontract.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-81383139046823802312012-05-18T08:40:32.061-04:002012-05-18T08:40:32.061-04:00Free online education will undo any damage inflict...Free online education will undo any damage inflicted by public education:<br /><br />https://www.coursera.org/<br />https://plus.google.com/114424163811716070551/posts/bnLpsUq7rhd<br />http://www.khanacademy.org/<br />http://www.unz.org/<br /><br />As good as free:<br />http://www.libertyclassroom.com/<br />http://robinsoncurriculum.com/<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/technology/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22323014925418524262012-05-18T08:37:43.109-04:002012-05-18T08:37:43.109-04:00My youngest son is in the same situation. He lives...My youngest son is in the same situation. He lives in the God-forsaken middle of the San Joaquin Valley in Ca., and there are NO private school alternatives.<br />The school (high school) could be worse, but it's basically a benign baby-sitting facility.<br />Fortunately, he inherited a voracious thirst for learning from his parents and has been a autodidact from day one.<br />May I add Capn Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-17027227818927278892012-05-18T08:32:27.082-04:002012-05-18T08:32:27.082-04:00I don't have any kids of my own yet but THIS i...I don't have any kids of my own yet but THIS is what concerns me the most. And ironically my significant other is a public school teacher.<br /><br />Needless to say, topics of privatizing education and the indoctrination that goes on in public school are taboo subjects in our household. And before anyone accuses her of being part of the problem, she's a language and reading teacher. Not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-17594000600768822402012-05-18T08:14:23.556-04:002012-05-18T08:14:23.556-04:00problem: can't see the forest for the trees
...problem: can't see the forest for the trees<br /><br />recommendation: focus more attention on the tree branches<br /><br />result: re-entrenchment; absolute certainty that there is no point in looking for the ever-elusive forest.<br /><br />michaelDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63291986168402230022012-05-18T07:52:41.387-04:002012-05-18T07:52:41.387-04:00Capn Mike
Your comments are always welcome and I ...Capn Mike<br /><br />Your comments are always welcome and I consider them as always adding value to the EPJ discussion.Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-16151482029807534292012-05-18T01:44:04.479-04:002012-05-18T01:44:04.479-04:00Mr. Wenzel, can your friend homeschool? God knows ...Mr. Wenzel, can your friend homeschool? God knows our children need all the protection from the state that they can get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-32038839794638090222012-05-18T00:22:24.894-04:002012-05-18T00:22:24.894-04:00My daughter is in public school by no choice of mi...My daughter is in public school by no choice of mine ( divorce) and she is far and away the most advanced kid in her class.<br /><br />I don't worry about the stunted curriculum because I have taught her to educate herself. She does stuff on Khan Academy, and just reading whatever interests her. I don't care more about what she IS learning in the public school than what she's NOT Difsterhttp://difster.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-18446860850924053332012-05-17T22:43:14.574-04:002012-05-17T22:43:14.574-04:00Thanx for that, Bob. I was a little hurt.Thanx for that, Bob. I was a little hurt.Capn Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12556687027689746232012-05-17T22:34:16.495-04:002012-05-17T22:34:16.495-04:00guy should home schoolguy should home schoolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-8901729409766212932012-05-17T22:30:56.145-04:002012-05-17T22:30:56.145-04:00Yeah, I got you Capn Mike,
I just copied and past...Yeah, I got you Capn Mike,<br /><br />I just copied and pasted my response to an emailer who attacked the anonymity of the emailer much more harshly. It wasn't meant to be as harsh on you.Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-15807499230037124732012-05-17T21:46:30.274-04:002012-05-17T21:46:30.274-04:00Move to Arizona. We may have our faults, but we a...Move to Arizona. We may have our faults, but we are definitely supporters of education freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57534069200873283022012-05-17T21:45:14.360-04:002012-05-17T21:45:14.360-04:00Hey, I didn't say mess with the kid's life...Hey, I didn't say mess with the kid's life.<br />I respect his choice to remain incognito.Capn Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-55933118740390353292012-05-17T21:42:00.143-04:002012-05-17T21:42:00.143-04:00This emailer is well known to me. He did not want ...This emailer is well known to me. He did not want any further details out because it involves his son. Sorry.<br /><br />Maybe you would put your kindergartner on the firing line, he has obviously chosen otherwise. If he identified the school anymore directly, I am confident he would be identified.Robert Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-73376487568685950902012-05-17T21:23:42.373-04:002012-05-17T21:23:42.373-04:00This post deserves much more elucidation. We need ...This post deserves much more elucidation. We need DETAILS. If this is accurate, this should be a Stossel Special.<br /><br />If true, it's OUTRAGEOUS!!Capn Mikenoreply@blogger.com