if you have not seen the film you should, if you have what did you think of it.
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if you have not seen the film you should, if you have what did you think of it.
I also see it at universities: students write worse, read less, know less, and yet somehow imagine that technical advancements have put them on the cutting edge of human intellect. The self-esteem part of the education has worked, even if the rest has failed. It's sad to see.
--fantasm
America's education system is failing. I see more parents pulling their kids out to homeschool because the school is not meeting their kids educational needs. Which is better? Who knows. However, when we make kids sit still and stay with the class instead of teaching each child to their full potential, challenging them, well we breed mediocrity.
I do agree though parental involvement is a must, but there is much more to the problem than meets the eye. Just my
o, and we elected GWB President -- How did he make it though English 101? Shame shame shame. lol
They're being held back and it's a shame. If you have parents who will give them supplemental materials and work more with them at home, great, but they will still be doing addition with the rest of the class when they know all their multiplication tables. Or, if they are reading on a second grade level in Kindergarten, they will still have to sit and learn letter sounds with everyone else.
I know people who have decided to home school because their kids are not being challenged whatsoever and are too far ahead of the curriculum.