Things that make you go.......WTF?

Post by **stui magpie** » Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:23 pm

swoop42 wrote:
stui magpie wrote:Absolutely we don't need more nanny state bullshit. There will always be outliers no matter what you do, making laws and rules for them just messes with the 99% of people trying to do the right thing.
New avatar I see.

Almost there.

That reminds me, I need to buy some super phosphate and nitromethane.

Cheers

Post by **think positive** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:22 am

K · Post by K » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:36 am

Just a note: home schooling seems to be much more common (among regular folk) in N. America than in Oz. Not sure about e.g. UK...

Mugwump · Post by **Mugwump** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 7:51 am

Post by **Pies4shaw** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 8:33 am

Wokko · Post by **Wokko** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 9:45 am

Home schooled kids do better on pretty much every metric and test available. You'd think there'd be at least some accountability or testing though that would pick up when "home schooling" means abuse or neglect; like having to report test results or something.

Mugwump · Post by **Mugwump** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:21 am

Post by **Pies4shaw** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:01 pm

Better than what, at what and controlling for what variables?

Wokko · Post by **Wokko** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:29 pm

A couple of articles:

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/homeschooled- ... mlgu9.html

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/why- ... ?r=US&IR=T

Statistics

https://www.nheri.org/research-facts-on-homeschooling/

Post by **Pies4shaw** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:03 pm

Post by **stui magpie** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 6:40 pm

Is there any assessment of the capability of the "teachers" at home schools?

Just because you've been capable of reproduction doesn't mean you have the smallest fkn clue on how to raise or teach children.

Post by **David** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:29 pm

Mugwump · Post by **Mugwump** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:44 pm

Bruce Gonsalves · Post by **Bruce Gonsalves** » Tue Jan 23, 2018 10:59 pm

We home schooled our youngest child during primary school after total disillusionment from Catholic and government school education. Our system wasn't structured but our child learnt a helluva lot of stuff that is not taught in mainstream.

She completed secondary school at a state secondary college, attained a Diploma and today she was handed the keys to her first property at the age of 22. Quite proud of her in fact.

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