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Kempo Yellow Belt
Jan 5, 2012
Fun Shoe

...of SCIENCE! posted:



the faces of unschooling


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Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

nomadologique posted:

throughout the history of the world we have been on the brink of disaster, it is the productive space we live in

yes humans have had the same amount of power over their environment throughout history :allears:

GORDON
Jan 1, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

FreudianSlippers posted:

I don't understand how it can be legal to homeschool without a teaching permit and a degree.

I dont understand why if the kid passes the required tests why the credentials of the teacher matter.

I don't homeschool but I am also getting tired of the local teachers union doing a bunch of passive aggressive poo poo to the kids because they have a beef with parents not passive levies.

ColdReaches
Oct 12, 2013

Place : Detroit
Date : 4031 A.D.

GORDON posted:

I dont understand why if the kid passes the required tests why the credentials of the teacher matter.

I don't homeschool but I am also getting tired of the local teachers union doing a bunch of passive aggressive poo poo to the kids because they have a beef with parents not passive levies.

Nice AV, I should get one.

hrmm.

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002


yes in the 19th century it might have been acceptable to homeschool your children

Rubellavator
Aug 16, 2007

i was homeschooled until 6th grade and pretty much did 2-3 hours of school a day max up to that point. everyone was so dumb that i didn't have to put any effort into school again until college. might have helped that my mother was an actual teacher.

nomadologique
Mar 9, 2011

DUNK A DILL PICKLE REALDO

McDowell posted:

yes humans have had the same amount of power over their environment throughout history :allears:

so you confess we have unprecedented power over the environment but not power to survive whatever poo poo we make for ourselves

PUGGERNAUT
Nov 14, 2013

I AM INCREDIBLY BORING AND SHOULD STOP TALKING ABOUT FOOD IN THE POLITICS THREAD
homeschooling and unschooling are different things

Rubellavator
Aug 16, 2007

did i post in the wrong thread what is this poo poo

Justin Tyme
Feb 22, 2011


how else will children learn the true story of creation and the love of jesus if they don't get pulled out from the SECULARIST school system

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer
I was homeschooled grades 2 - 12 and ive had two goldminded gbs threads

Riot Bimbo
Dec 28, 2006


Humanity is treading in the dark off the face of a cliff... it's not what has come before... but is what's to come...

Kempo Yellow Belt
Jan 5, 2012
Fun Shoe

THS posted:

yes in the 19th century it might have been acceptable to homeschool your children

counter-point.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0

Kempo Yellow Belt fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Sep 7, 2014

ColdReaches
Oct 12, 2013

Place : Detroit
Date : 4031 A.D.

argondamn posted:

did i post in the wrong thread what is this poo poo

The kids you bear as children are weapons of mass destruction/saviors/heroes, in the future.

just saying.

Hobohemian
Sep 30, 2005

by XyloJW

Unhinged Vulcan posted:

counter-point.



Homeschooled children don't believe in modern dentistry either? Do you know what a counterpoint is or were you homeschooled so they taught you the wrong definition?

Kempo Yellow Belt
Jan 5, 2012
Fun Shoe

Hobohemian posted:

Homeschooled children don't believe in modern dentistry either? Do you know what a counterpoint is or were you homeschooled so they taught you the wrong definition?

ha.

no, I wasn't homeschooled. But I also didn't go through the public education system like some of you plebs. And if you thought that post was serious, as you seem to have, your mom must not have taught you sarcasm. she definitely taught you intolerance though. so that's cool, i guess.

Mc Do Well
Aug 2, 2008

by FactsAreUseless

nomadologique posted:

so you confess we have unprecedented power over the environment but not power to survive whatever poo poo we make for ourselves

It is smarter to take preventative action than just hoping for the best, but we only apply the precautionary principle when it suits the interests of arms manufacturers and security firms.

I'm not saying humans are guaranteed to go extinct in the foreseeable future, I just think the handwringing over 'I want my kids to be productive and self-supporting members of society' is laughable with the poo poo that is on the horizon. Unless you live in a self-sufficent compound and don't use fiat currency you aren't 'self-supporting' and productivity is completely subjective.

TEAYCHES
Jun 23, 2002

Unhinged Vulcan posted:

ha.

no, I wasn't homeschooled. But I also didn't go through the public education system like some of you plebs. And if you thought that post was serious, as you seem to have, your mom must not have taught you sarcasm. she definitely taught you intolerance though. so that's cool, i guess.

:cheers:

Costello Jello
Oct 24, 2003

It had to start somewhere
I too listened to a guy talk about "unschooling" his kids, on NPR while driving to work yesterday.

I was hoping it would just be a buzzword for teaching better than public schools, but the guy literally just doesn't make his kids do anything but do farm chores and build bird houses and poo poo with their unschooling goof troop.

Those kids will be hosed if they ever want to go to a good university, unlike dear old dad who dropped out of high school at 16 and everything happened to work out great for him.

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib
man i can't wait to homeschool my kids - whatever i don't know, they don't know, that's how knowledge grows right

Rubellavator
Aug 16, 2007

we're not going to go extinct, we're just gonna create awesome ruins for future re-primitivized people to explore.

Costello Jello
Oct 24, 2003

It had to start somewhere

Unhinged Vulcan posted:

But I also didn't go through the public education system like some of you plebs.

counterpoint: I still went to a good university AND I got to learn how to walk all over people like you.

ColdReaches
Oct 12, 2013

Place : Detroit
Date : 4031 A.D.

Unhinged Vulcan posted:

ha.

no, I wasn't homeschooled. But I also didn't go through the public education system like some of you plebs. And if you thought that post was serious, as you seem to have, your mom must not have taught you sarcasm. she definitely taught you intolerance though. so that's cool, i guess.

I scored 1370 on the old SATS out of a 1500 possibrue. I told the G.E.D test drunk and hungover and got 1430 points out off 1500. Public eduacation is a joke, hell I still get letters from "schools" to be a lecturer.

Real life is much much better.

Tuxedo Gin
May 21, 2003

Classy.

i actually encourage more parents to unschool their children because the employment market is diluted by too many people with college degrees and if more people unschool their kids there will be more jobs available for me when the baby boomers finally all die

ColdReaches
Oct 12, 2013

Place : Detroit
Date : 4031 A.D.

Tuxedo Gin posted:

i actually encourage more parents to unschool their children because the employment market is diluted by too many people with college degrees and if more people unschool their kids there will be more jobs available for me when the baby boomers finally all die

Most US companies are offshore outfits these days, just teach your children how to speak another language, instead of american, easy 20k upgrade.

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Chris Christie posted:

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See, this right here folks is what happens when you send your kid to Commie Camp errrr, "Public School"

is that the fucker from horrible history?

Kempo Yellow Belt
Jan 5, 2012
Fun Shoe

Costello Jello posted:

I too listened to a guy talk about "unschooling" his kids, on NPR while driving to work yesterday.

I was hoping it would just be a buzzword for teaching better than public schools, but the guy literally just doesn't make his kids do anything but do farm chores and build bird houses and poo poo with their unschooling goof troop.

Those kids will be hosed if they ever want to go to a good university, unlike dear old dad who dropped out of high school at 16 and everything happened to work out great for him.

Every home-schooled person I have every met is just like anyone else who has come up through any education system in american, public or private.

They could be perfectly well adjusted, on par intelligence, and just all around normal. Or they could be a gently caress up. I don't see one trend dominating the other.


e: just so this doesn't devolve into a flame war. some of you are getting really upset over my previous post which was not to be taken seriously.

Kempo Yellow Belt fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Sep 7, 2014

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Unhinged Vulcan posted:

ha.

no, I wasn't homeschooled. But I also didn't go through the public education system like some of you plebs. And if you thought that post was serious, as you seem to have, your mom must not have taught you sarcasm. she definitely taught you intolerance though. so that's cool, i guess.

so did you kiss any dudes at your private boys only christian school or what

Costello Jello
Oct 24, 2003

It had to start somewhere

Unhinged Vulcan posted:

Every home-schooled person I have every met is just like anyone else who has come up through any education system in american, public or private.

They could be perfectly well adjusted, on par intelligence, and just all around normal. Or they could be a gently caress up. I don't see one trend dominating the other.

Home-schooling is not unschooling.

ColdReaches
Oct 12, 2013

Place : Detroit
Date : 4031 A.D.

Unhinged Vulcan posted:

Every home-schooled person I have every met is just like anyone else who has come up through any education system in american, public or private.

They could be perfectly well adjusted, on par intelligence, and just all around normal. Or they could be a gently caress up. I don't see one trend dominating the other.

43 students to a class is welcoming failure.

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer

ColdReaches posted:

I scored 1370 on the old SATS out of a 1500 possibrue. I told the G.E.D test drunk and hungover and got 1430 points out off 1500. Public eduacation is a joke, hell I still get letters from "schools" to be a lecturer.

Real life is much much better.

Its posts like these this make me glad I still read gbs

Edgar
Sep 9, 2005

Oh my heck!
Oh heavens!
Oh my lord!
OH Sweet meats!
Wedge Regret
Few of my neighbors home school their kids. I asked them why and the answer was either they are polygamist or common core.

Gaunab
Feb 13, 2012
LUFTHANSA YOU FUCKING DICKWEASEL
School is just a daycare for anyone under the age of 18

EXTREME INSERTION
Jun 4, 2011

by LadyAmbien

ColdReaches posted:

I scored 1370 on the old SATS out of a 1500 possibrue. I told the G.E.D test drunk and hungover and got 1430 points out off 1500. Public eduacation is a joke, hell I still get letters from "schools" to be a lecturer.

Real life is much much better.

That isn't that high

ColdReaches
Oct 12, 2013

Place : Detroit
Date : 4031 A.D.

a starwar betamax posted:

Its posts like these this make me glad I still read gbs

I got accepted to like 13 swchoools all around the country, but me with my broken brain, i went to florida into the lions den.

Bio-electrical engineer you say, youre fighting the pharma corps they says,

I was like yes once, now all my maths and stuff are locked away nevr to be seen.

wanna walk with a broken spine thats on you now, academics hosed me over.

ColdReaches
Oct 12, 2013

Place : Detroit
Date : 4031 A.D.
besides i like getting drunk and rubboing it in your faces sdaying youre doing it wrong.

youll get there

the question is though im do myself in cause i got a lump on my neck and i hate doctors, i could die sleeping

thatd be funny, also, all the stuff in my will is burned

except the accounts.

all accounts g to people, is money.

nothing more nothing less.

EXTREME INSERTION
Jun 4, 2011

by LadyAmbien
I don't care I just wanted to point out that my SATs were way higher than yours

Tubgirl Cosplay
Jan 10, 2011

by Ion Helmet
Who cares pre-K STEM-crunching ivy league track is a rube's game and your little overspecialized angel will be replaced by a chinaman before he hits 18. Homeschool your kids in running basic religious cons, selling oxy, and coaching folks to sign for a payday loan with an X and they will never go hungry so long as there are other homeschool kids.

Kempo Yellow Belt
Jan 5, 2012
Fun Shoe

EXTREME INSERTION posted:

That isn't that high

pretty sure he was joking since the old SATs were 1600. Not 1500.

e: also 1370 on the old SATs is actually pretty good.

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ColdReaches
Oct 12, 2013

Place : Detroit
Date : 4031 A.D.

EXTREME INSERTION posted:

I don't care I just wanted to point out that my SATs were way higher than yours

and?

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