School absenteeism
This article goes into great detail about "incentives" to get kids to attend school. What happened to consequences for missing school? What has happened to parenting that this is allowed to continue?
I believe this is a significant indicator of the decline in the US. These kids are not going to have a clue about the national debt, dangers of socialism, or how to even think logically. These kids who have gotten used to skipping school whenever they feel like it are going to turn into workers that skip work when they feel like it. That won't end well, for them or their employers.
I believe this is a significant indicator of the decline in the US. These kids are not going to have a clue about the national debt, dangers of socialism, or how to even think logically. These kids who have gotten used to skipping school whenever they feel like it are going to turn into workers that skip work when they feel like it. That won't end well, for them or their employers.
Law enforcement has become sympathetic to the parents' dilemma, and less inclined to penalize them for their children's absenteeism. We're seeing a society that has abandoned personal responsibility.
Instead of affording women more choices, it has merely eliminated the choice of being a stay-at-home mom.
One of my daughters has a good career [engineer] and this is the right choice for her. the other daughter would have been very happy as a stay-at-home mom, but in order to afford a house, she has to work [special ed teacher].
Fortunately both bought houses years ago. These days, I'm not sure they could afford it even on two incomes!
can't have that!!!
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selves. Even in private, free-enterprise schools, this would not be guaranteed. But there would have to be intervention in the case of physical
abuse, etc. (for instance, Dotheboys Hall in "Nicholas Nickleby".)
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Intervention by whom? Government? Private security companies? Armed teachers?
Harrumph! You'd think these days we'd have social workers making sure kids never miss being to be indoctrinated in public schools.
sailant should rightfully be punished physically.
Punishment is when you inflict damage (at your own expense I might add) to retaliate against the infliction of damage.
It is a lose-lose-lose proposition:
1. The victim loses because they don't get paid back for the damage.
2. The assailant loses but not as much as they should.
3. The punisher spends valuable resources to apply the punishment (such as wasting money on a jail facilities, etc).
This is the stupidest thing I have observed humans do.
Why not make the assailant actually REPAY the damages AND costs of justice. Most of the time, this would be much worse for the assailant but it would also be fair for all parties involved. When I compare the loss to the offender that your punishments inflict, its is only a small part of what they should be be losing. However, in some cases it is the reverse. You are causing way more damage to the assailant than what they deserve to repay. So, your 'justice' system is all out of whack.
I'll give you some examples.
1. Person A kills person B that has a family with children. You put person A in jail where they waste their life doing busy work and nothing of any use, meanwhile, you spend other people's money on jailing person A (taxes) while person B's children and wife go hungry and suffer financially. Why don't you kill two birds with one stone and transfer the estate of person A to person B's family and put person A into a labor camp of sorts so that they work, earn a salary and have the remainder of that salary (after expenses) go towards repayment of the remaining debt person A has to person B's family? It is a win-win-win.
2. Person A builds a black market website (silk road). You put person A in jail FOR LIFE!! What was the damage that they inflicted? Nothing. Only that they disobeyed made up laws illegitimately decreed by the state. Person A must be released immediately and be allowed to contribute to society as it is clear that they have great potential to do so. Punishing this person is actually a crime. You are stealing their life from them and you are depriving society of great deal of wealth that has the potential to be generated.
I completely agree with your misgivings concerning this issue, but I see no solutions. Administration has no power, because this is all about the money. Yes, students in the seat equals money, so attendance is a big issue but if graduation rates fall, the money falls. Yes, the student should not receive credit if they miss too much school. What else can they do?
School is an assembly line. New students are coming in every year and if the ones that should fail failed it would back things up to be worse than that old I Love Lucy candy line scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3axU...
Of course they will never admit this but just think about it. A new class is coming every year. If we failed more than about 2% it makes the next year much worse and 2% isn't enough to make an impression on the students. I would estimate that over the last 5 years that I have taught that more than 30% should have failed. (mostly for attendance) Numbers like that would make the system collapse.
Yes, if we were to clamp down and force the issue many would straighten up but...most of the offenders are minorities so you know what would be said. The whole system is racist or some other liberal BS. People would be fired and honestly most people (school staff) care more about paying their bills than the long term effects. So we go along to get along.
The system is broken and I an insider do not believe that there is any real solution.
In most cases, the parents either don't care or blame the school. There seems to be a sub-culture of parenting that basically gives birth, then turns their backs.
Don't get me wrong I am part of the problem as well. I need a pay check so I rubber stamp these grades to ensure that I don't lose my job.
50 years ago.
If my daughter were 12 today. I would 100% homeschool her. I would find (and work to create) Socializing opportunities. I would teach her about Mind, Body and Spirit. How to harmonize energy.
I know how to teach her how to learn.
I would enable her to go through AND COMPLETE various online courses.
And I would have her volunteering to help others.
But there is NEAR ZERO chance I would LET her go to a University in this day and age.
The hard part is helping her find either the movers and shakers or the family oriented people.
Because at some point... I have to PREPARE her to leave and be on her own. The last one is doing quite well... (And I admittedly may not have the skillset to help a fresh one as well as I helped the other one).
Voting should be restricted to those above 25. Or even 30.
The other side of the issue is the basic concept of just learning to be where you need to be, on time and ready, whether that's school (for the children) or work (when those children grow up). These kids are being taught that 'it's ok' to be late or just skip a day.
A combination of private schools and home schooling would be a good option, but it still comes down to parents - either teaching the right things or sending them to a school that does.
I'd like to think that all parents would do anything to do what's best for their children. Unfortunately I no longer believe that. I see too much evidence to the contrary.