WHAT is the PURPOSE of SCHOOL? Talk with 7 teachers or school board members and you’ll get 7 answers, and the last one won’t count … SOCIALIZATION? I’ve read what some write about homeschoolers. They decry the lack of “socialization.” But being homeschooled has nothing to do with socialization. Those children still interact with others their own ages …
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Supernal Sunday – Nov 17, 2024 Edition
Today is National Unfriend Day, and I changed the original topic for this post because I needed to share something I was taught today. So this will be a different kind of Supernal Sunday I think. The purpose of National Unfriend Day is to take time to remove people from our social media lives. As …
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GUEST POST from Don: Public Schools, part III
PUBLIC SCHOOLS part 2 So, the underlying issue has to do with TRUST. How far can we trust public schools to educate kids and prepare them for their futures? ANSWER: NOT AS FAR AS WE COULD THROW THEM. Nothing seems to be off-limits in public schools, except education. A middle school in Texas had students …
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