These families want better education for their kids and so they are doing something about it, having given up on getting the superintendent and the rest of the politicians in the city to do it for them. They are the spirit of DIY!
It's not about scores or tests, it's about education for real life. Mainstream schools are designed to produce "good workers who take orders well". Many parents don't want that for their kids (or anyone's kids really!). You might be happy to let your kids go to such a school, but don't force someone else to, and seriously don't expect the citizens to have to pay for such a thing if they believe it's bad.
And you've entirely missed my point about making the schools MORE useful, MORE alive, MORE valuable rather than letting them "die". I want to see schools being used all the time, by anyone who wants to learn, explore, and share ideas and information about living a great life on this planet and beyond. You might not want that, but I do!
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The school system is failing the families of those who are working to create this new school.
Date: 2011-12-08 10:00 pm (UTC)It's not about scores or tests, it's about education for real life. Mainstream schools are designed to produce "good workers who take orders well". Many parents don't want that for their kids (or anyone's kids really!). You might be happy to let your kids go to such a school, but don't force someone else to, and seriously don't expect the citizens to have to pay for such a thing if they believe it's bad.
And you've entirely missed my point about making the schools MORE useful, MORE alive, MORE valuable rather than letting them "die". I want to see schools being used all the time, by anyone who wants to learn, explore, and share ideas and information about living a great life on this planet and beyond. You might not want that, but I do!