bionicarm
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Originally Posted by Darthtang AW
http:///forum/post/2919868
So you would rather see your children pouring soup at a soup kitchen for the homeless than ensuring they learn the basic educational needs needed to succeed and learn the history of this country and the foundations of its laws and such. So basically you would rather them prepare for a job flipping fries than learning the stuff needed to code new computer programs or the math skills needed to be an accountant. Nice.
When's the last time you've spoken to a high school student? Virtually every college admissions form for any higher institution of learning asks about what extracirricular and COMMUNITY SERVICE projects and time has a student performed while attending school. If you leave it blank, you might as well not apply. My daughter's high school allows juniors and seniors to use their study periods to plan their community service projects. It has nothing to do with being 'forced' to assist with your community. If you raise your children properly, it should be something expected from them. Doing community service doesn't interrupt or interfere with a child's education. 95% of community service is done after school hours. My daughters always do theirs during the summer break. You'd rather have your kids become one of the obesity statistic, spoiled lazy brats in this society that would rather spend the day at the mall, or go tagging some wall instead of taking a couple hours out of their day helping someone else besides themselves. Those are the kids who WILL be flipping the burgers all their lives, because no decent college will let them in. I can see where your priorities in life are.
As far as getting an education?
Have you looked at your state's requirements for graduation and grade promotion? Texas has the glorious TAKS test. They require kids starting in 3rd grade to pass at least the Reading and Math portion of the test. Teachers from grades K - 12 no longer teach traditional cirriculum. They spend the entire day 'Teaching the TAKS'. They have 'TAKS DAY Pep Rallys' on test day. 3rd grade kids refuse to go to school because they're afraid they won't pass and get held back. Some get physically ill worrying about it. My daughter's high school denys juniors and seniors their off-campus lunch periods if they fail even one of their TAKS test. Both my daughters are A/B honor students in the Top 5% of their classes. Both take AP and Honor classes. But if they fail even ONE of their TAKS tests, they don't get promoted or can graduate from high school. I worry about this with my older daughter because she has always stuggled taking standardized tests. Don't know if it's a mental block, or her ADHD. She just has a hard time taking them. So even though she excels in her classwork, making 90's or higher in all her tests, she could potentially be refused to graduate because the Federal and Texas State Government says she has to pass some stupid test. The educational system in this country has gone down the tubes ever since Bush and his cronies enacted No Child Left Behind. The government forces my kids to take some test to prove they know the basic skills, yet the teachers don't even teach those skills any longer. Tell me again how great THIS socialized program is?
http:///forum/post/2919868
So you would rather see your children pouring soup at a soup kitchen for the homeless than ensuring they learn the basic educational needs needed to succeed and learn the history of this country and the foundations of its laws and such. So basically you would rather them prepare for a job flipping fries than learning the stuff needed to code new computer programs or the math skills needed to be an accountant. Nice.
When's the last time you've spoken to a high school student? Virtually every college admissions form for any higher institution of learning asks about what extracirricular and COMMUNITY SERVICE projects and time has a student performed while attending school. If you leave it blank, you might as well not apply. My daughter's high school allows juniors and seniors to use their study periods to plan their community service projects. It has nothing to do with being 'forced' to assist with your community. If you raise your children properly, it should be something expected from them. Doing community service doesn't interrupt or interfere with a child's education. 95% of community service is done after school hours. My daughters always do theirs during the summer break. You'd rather have your kids become one of the obesity statistic, spoiled lazy brats in this society that would rather spend the day at the mall, or go tagging some wall instead of taking a couple hours out of their day helping someone else besides themselves. Those are the kids who WILL be flipping the burgers all their lives, because no decent college will let them in. I can see where your priorities in life are.
As far as getting an education?
