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emptypepsi · 10-08-2007, 08:57 AM

Public Schools are not supposed to be about making kids free thinkers (primarily). Ice has it right in that it is towards such a diverse and large group of people. How would that ever be an attainable goal?

I think we are living in a country where parents have forgotten their role as teachers. I think most parents think teachings stops at some point and then it becomes the problem of the State. Public Schools are not going to mold kids into free-thinkers on their own. It takes discipline and other lessons from the hands of the parents to accompany that. Teachers in schools are there to facilitate the learning process. The previous post is right in that it takes a parents (or some sort of involved adult's) involvement with their child to ensure a healthy and educated mind. This is really the key that is missing today in many situations.

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emptypepsi DoubleplusgoodMod Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Planet Vulcan Posts: 2,847 Country: Country:	Public Schools are not supposed to be about making kids free thinkers (primarily). Ice has it right in that it is towards such a diverse and large group of people. How would that ever be an attainable goal? I think we are living in a country where parents have forgotten their role as teachers. I think most parents think teachings stops at some point and then it becomes the problem of the State. Public Schools are not going to mold kids into free-thinkers on their own. It takes discipline and other lessons from the hands of the parents to accompany that. Teachers in schools are there to facilitate the learning process. The previous post is right in that it takes a parents (or some sort of involved adult's) involvement with their child to ensure a healthy and educated mind. This is really the key that is missing today in many situations. __________________ "The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." Isaac Asimov http://www.politicsforumpoliticalwor...ion-forum-rule Last edited by emptypepsi; 10-08-2007 at 09:03 AM.