Galt's Gulch

John Taylor Gotto on Public Education

Posted by MattFranke 11 years, 10 months ago to Education
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This guy has some interesting observations. Wish there were more teachers like him. We personally want to home-school when the time comes. We might check into Ron Pauls online home-school program that he is endorsing. It should be getting going by next year starting at K and working up to 12 in a couple years. They are going to try and make it free for K-5. Looks like a viable option I hope.
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
    I like some of his quotes. I disagree on with one of them. It had to do with capitalism. If he had re-worded the quote to say "consumerism" I would have agreed. If we look at the history of the way schools are structured-they were designed to to teach you to work in a factory-think bells, moving from place to place as a group. It is efficient in theory but ineffective to blossoming genius for sure. The families that have been able to homeschool that I know personally, their children complete grade levels quicker and with better scores. They are better able to communicate with others and seem unfazed by fads and gossip. Their self esteem appears to be stronger. I would have said one might wonder about the experience of team sports or even individual sports-but there are so many club sports now-this appears to not be an issue. If I had to do it all over again (my children are both grown and around the gulch occasionally) I would homeschool.
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    • Posted by MattFranke 11 years, 10 months ago
      I know the quote and I thought the same thing when I was posting this. "Materialistic-consumerism" is what I would personally replace Capitalism with, even if the term is redundant, as they both imply each other. However, it maximizes the concept that we are not talking about a free-market Capitalist society; but instead a society that places a higher value on materialism(stuff) and getting it (cheaply and easily), rather than on living(life)and earning(and creating value).
      I agree with you on every one of your points about homeschooling.
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      • Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
        good luck. My nieces and nephew were lucky enough to choose a great charter school in their area. Michelle Malkin's kids go there and one of the main advisers used to work on Reagan's economic team. seriously look at charters in your area. " we have the world to win." wdonway
        http://www.thevanguardschool.com/our_sch...
        btw, my niece is the homecoming queen 2013. I am posting pictures when I get them!
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        • Posted by LetsShrug 11 years, 10 months ago
          I've decided...about a month ago...that I do not like large group classes...no class should be larger than 8 students. Smaller the better. Individuals and individualisms get suffocated in larger groups. Small groups ALL day not just sometimes. I also don't hear teachers encouraging students to ask ASK ASK ASK questions when you have them...and if you get an answer that you do not understand...ask again. I've been saying that lately in my small group times. Or, of course..HOME SCHOOL.
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