dumbing down

Broompilot

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My daughter announced she has had it with school. So she insisted on never returning (dropped out). She decided that the dumbing down was a complete waist of any of her time and being in classes that were nothing more than babysitting classes.

She convinced my bride, who than convinced me or that is the polite way of saying you always have your truck to sleep in when you come home. So I stand behind this young lady that she is gona home school herself, I am very dissipointed the liberal views of your educational system, the NO Students left behind I think Bush was nuts for ever bowing to this program. But it has left our brightest students being bored to death at school and aceing every assignment given to them.

There is no way a College would every grant my daughter a scholarship, or even admission as she is just not prepared with less than two years to go before graduation, into a great school. The students that are being accepted are taking and learning on their own and thats percisley what she intends to do. She has assigned herself all of the requirements, plus learning about commonsense issues like renting an apartment, purchasing large ticket items, figuring out the price of food items per ounce as advertised, how credit actually works, etc... She also has volinteered to do community work, and holds a part time job. And to top this off my niece has decided to join her and another nieghborhood young girl.

Dissipointed Yes I am, I had always wanted H.S. to be one of the best times of her life, I guess this will be just without going to the bricks and mortor. Glad she had the courage to see all the way through this. I went into her school and sat down the with the Vice Principal last year (I could tell stories) but nothing had changed at the start of this year, her science class after one month still had no perminate teacher assigned to her class thus babysitting hour. People this is our educational system, even when we contacted the school we were told she is not the only one in the class and we are working to find someone. Yeah right if no one complains and most of the students found this to be way to cool than nothing is gona happen. If you have kids in school LISTEN to what they are telling you cause I did not believe this until I went into her school last year myself and everything she was saying was TRUE it is unbelievable, if business runs like this we would all be out of a job. Or maybee we are on the way.........
 

bruchar

Expert Expediter
Broompilot, My dad is a GED teacher in our small town in Missouri. He has dealt alot with kids in the justice program where it is a requirement to their probation to obtain a GED. However, it's the kids that were failed by the local school system he enjoyed tutoring the most. He had kids that were told they were slow learners (when they weren't), or were tortured by other kids in class that made learning anything impossible. Yet, ironically the school system hated to see him get kids through the GED program and made sure he had substandard materials and computers. After his students obtained their GED, he would then would walk them through the process to obtain grants for college and the entrance exams. Many of his students have gone on and become successful. While the disappointment of not witnessing the whole "graduation ceremony", all is not lost. Your daughter sounds like a bright kid that will probably excel beyond your wildest dreams. My dad has a plaque on the wall in his office...
"Success is not about income...but by what we overcome" kind of fitting. Best to you and your family.
 

greg334

Veteran Expediter
Broom,
I worked with several scholarship programs in 2002 ans 2003, GEDs are acceptable but I would make a suggestion that my sister suggested to one of her freinds; if you home school her then go through the process of graduation instead of a GED. I think that there are some laws that give you the right to have her graduate and get a real diploma, not a 'second chance' piece of paper.
 

Broompilot

Veteran Expediter
Thanks, no she will not be getting a GED, my home is now also a Charter School. I believe my wife filed the papers as Cross Roads School. This has all happened real FAST.

Diplomas will be in order.
 

cheri1122

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Driver
Broom, your daughter is already showing more brains, and potential, than 99% of the others her age! Good for her!! :)
 

bruchar

Expert Expediter
Broom, The home schooling is the absolute best way to go. Unfortunately for alot of kids in our area their parents don't give a hoot about their kids education which leaves many of them resorting to their only option of a GED. Your daughter is fortunate to have you and your wife as parents. Best to you all.
 

Broompilot

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Cheri, your always so pleasant in your writings and complimentive.

Now for Nudity, I have no problem with nudity in its place. I have a problem with Porn. It is usually tasteless, I just erased every E-mail I had on my mail site cause of all of the make it five inches longer or bigger, junk and if you even let them know you looked at it according to my wife it will double or triple the amount of mail. How do these people find us?

As for Violence, it is not necessary in our culture but its here on video. The world we live in, I am at a loss to moral values but I am told by some its Freedom of Speech go figure.
 

cheri1122

Veteran Expediter
Driver
>Cheri, your always so pleasant in your writings and
>complimentive.

Uh, I think you might have missed a couple of my writings, Broom, ROFL, but thanks.:D
When I mentioned people getting upset over occasional nudity, porn wasn't what I had in mind - one has nothing to do with the other. As to how they find you, that's easy: they write a computer program that sends their offensive spam to every other computer on Earth...Your wife has the right approach: DELETE without opening!
 

Broompilot

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This brought a thought to me as well. You know how some including on this site always want to put blame on our Govt, and I kinda did also.

Well instead of letting the govt come up with the solutions for our problems which I do not believe in. I guess in a way we came up with our own solution. I do not want my Govt. figuring out to solve MY PROBLEMS.... Thanks but no thanks Uncle Sam.

If one has to depend on Sam to solve your problems I wish I could say I feel sorry for you. Less dependency from Sam the better off WE WILL ALL BE, just my opinion.......
 

bruchar

Expert Expediter
Maybe it deserves another new post.

Name one program the government runs effectively?
Education, social services, social security and the fiasco in New Orleans just to name a few...God help us if they get ahold of health care!!
 

greg334

Veteran Expediter
The Presidential Retirement Fund - it is run so well that the reciepients never need to complain.
 

Broompilot

Veteran Expediter
Good one Greg, does that also include Congress, Senate, and the likes? Would it not be nice to just go into a doctor without a check book? Its bad enough when I usually go I am feeling bad enough but the thought of the deductable OUCH!
 

highway star

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Owner/Operator
The poor state of public schools goes back a ways. When I was a high school freshman, oh so MANY years ago, they had no books for my social studies class. It basicly became a free form discussion/study hall type of situation. Those of us that used the time wisely got A's, the kids that slept got C's.
 

theoldprof

Veteran Expediter
Did I miss something? First it was home schooling and GEDs, then it jumped to nudity. But, it gives me a chance to inject this: Do you know the difference between naked and nekkid? You are naked when you get in the shower. You are nekkid when you get in the shower with the neighbor.

:+ :+
 

mrgoodtude

Not a Member
Broom,
I don't think you would give my opinion much consideration (wouldn't blame you) but have already dealt with your scenario and have no badges on my chest, that being said if the youth in question is that capable then private school may be in order. There is no substitute for higher education by qualified, caring, involved mentors.
You hold yourself to a higher standard so why should you cheat your own blood of the same.
Ghetto or Condo she will thank you later if you stand your ground.
Mike
 

Broompilot

Veteran Expediter
K-8 she went to private school. Charlotte Catholic is approx 28 miles from the house. To far and since I am Catholic the Private Baptist schools in the South are not accepting Catholics.

We only have two choices that are affordable ones to far and the other wont accept. I will not deny it I will not spend 12K a year for tuition at the high dollar private schools and getting in being a truck driver well.......just not gona fit in with Doctors, Lawyers, Cheats, and High Earning Financiers.


This is a decision that she and we are satisfied with.
 
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