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Smerconish: What have we done to our kids? (CNN) (Original Post) ItsjustMe Jan 2022 OP
We had a polio problem Casady1 Jan 2022 #1
There's a hidden story with remote learning Shermann Jan 2022 #2
i agree. mopinko Jan 2022 #6
It's really something to focus on as a parent Shermann Jan 2022 #8
as a former homeschooler, i've heard that whole rant a million times. mopinko Jan 2022 #10
Yeah, and the 2021/2022 version has a teacher available via Zoom Shermann Jan 2022 #12
when i did i was completely on my own. mopinko Jan 2022 #15
Off topic... Mike Nelson Jan 2022 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2022 #4
He was a Pizzagate pusher. tblue37 Jan 2022 #5
He supported Obama twice. The Jungle 1 Jan 2022 #14
Just wondering yorkster Jan 2022 #7
as a former hs'er, every person you meet. mopinko Jan 2022 #11
i googled the org- national parents union. sketchy. mopinko Jan 2022 #9
I think remote learning and home schooling are two different Tomconroy Jan 2022 #13
most def. mopinko Jan 2022 #16
Definitely different Rebl2 Jan 2022 #17

Shermann

(7,360 posts)
2. There's a hidden story with remote learning
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 02:04 PM
Jan 2022

Some kids have done quite well with it. Students are essentially in competition with one another when it comes to their education. Those who do the best will go on to the best colleges and universities and, ultimately, the best careers. Covid and remote learning changed the rules. But we don't hear a lot about those kids who have thrived and have moved up the ranks since 2021. All we hear about are those moving down.

mopinko

(69,809 posts)
6. i agree.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 02:32 PM
Jan 2022

curious what the numbers for homeschooling look like.
i know a couple of the families on my block rly embraced it in 2020, but know at least 1 was ready to send her special needs kid back last year.
i think a lot could be learned by looking at the kids who are thriving.

Shermann

(7,360 posts)
8. It's really something to focus on as a parent
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 02:36 PM
Jan 2022

I think some parents have been lulled into a sense that all kids have been affected negatively in the same way. That is not the case. Homeschooling isn't anything new and works quite well in some cases, perhaps even most cases. There are no guarantees in life, however.

Shermann

(7,360 posts)
12. Yeah, and the 2021/2022 version has a teacher available via Zoom
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 02:53 PM
Jan 2022

Some schools around here use Microsoft Teams.

Back when I was a kid, it was common for a household to have a printed encyclopedia set. I'm probably dating myself. I was obsessed with mine, I would start with a topic of interest and randomly read other nearby subjects. Eventually I think I read the whole set. If you do that, you are already more educated than most of the other students (and adults?).

Wikipedia is great, but something was lost in the migration there.

mopinko

(69,809 posts)
15. when i did i was completely on my own.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 03:21 PM
Jan 2022

couldnt even get a set of books from the state. there's a lot of resources for these kids.
if we were smart, we'd start thinking about hybrids. figure out what kids do better online, in what subjects, and give them more options.

and yeah, didnt have encyclopedias at home, but my fave babysitting jobs did.
my kids inherited that. autodidacts. homeschool worked, cuz i just hand to feed their curiosity, take them to the library, on field trips, and they just sucked it all up.
the classroom setting doesnt leave much room for that.

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The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
14. He supported Obama twice.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 03:15 PM
Jan 2022

He is a republican but he is no rush limpballs.
I will LISTEN to anyone who tries to unite us.

yorkster

(1,421 posts)
7. Just wondering
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 02:35 PM
Jan 2022

if any such questions/worries have been expressed about homeschooling? I realize there are significant differences - for one thing remote learning because of covid affects children who have attended school in the past. Also. I realize there are many cases where homeschooling works out well. But, the idea of years of school with no other children and parents as teachers holds little appeal.

I hope that remote learning remains an emergency fallback and that schools can safely reopen wherever possible and soon. That said, there are times when it's required and the necessary infrastructure, broadband etc., should be there to support it.

mopinko

(69,809 posts)
9. i googled the org- national parents union. sketchy.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 02:44 PM
Jan 2022
This is all to say that the National Parents Union seems to have been constructed rather specifically to oppose the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, millions-strong member organizations that have historically opposed charters, citing the fact that they serve a small group of students and don’t meaningfully address larger inequities in the public school system. This seems to also explain why an organization built to represent parents is cosplaying as a union. The National Parents Union won’t collect any worker-paid dues o or engage in collective bargaining. It will not, in short, be or behave like a union in any way.




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