RE: The Cost of Public School Bullying
Bullying is a sensitive subject for most people.
Bullying is not something that's confined to schools though, you can find instances of bullying here.
How much better would the educational system be if those who didn't want to be there, were allowed to opt out? Compulsory attendance, in this case does more harm than good.
Has anyone done a cost/benefit analysis to see what the overall effect would be, not just in monetary terms, if school was allowed to be attended only by those children whose families were involved enough that they chose for their kids to be there?
I can speak from experience that the current anti-bullying crap that comes from schools is totally ineffective. I have 2 teenage children, and in my opinion, that money might just as well be flushed down a toilet.
Good points, be free to opt out. But that's child abuse in some "laws" lol. The programs don't do much at all like you say. Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for posting thoughtful content that spurs dialog.
You're welcome ;)
Opting out directly translates to not graduating. In our world, kids who don't graduate have a limited future ahead of them. Until post-secondary institutions start accepting students based on other forms of merit/employers disregarding formative education as a requirement nothing will change.
Homeschooling isn't an answer for most families either before anyone brings that up. I've got several friends who were homeschooled by uneducated parents and failed at life (one in prison, two whores, only one made it = that's one out of four).
I see a lot of people with college degrees fighting for those server jobs at Applebees.
And those Guaranteed Student Loans that were dangled in front of them for college NEVER go away.
@dwinblood had a great post about Education the other day.
There are fatal flaws in the educational system currently in use, unless it really is their intention to create compliant & obedient workers. Then it's functioning perfectly.