The Broken Public School System (with Matt Beaudreau)

[@goldenknightsfanatic]

I worked at a public high school for four years. The third year was the covid year which proved my theory that public school is just for babysitting and giving poor kids food. Once they closed schools the only thing they cared about was how to get free food to the poor kids and that teachers put in grades. I was praised for giving every student a 100 that semester while they had to deal with the craziness. The next school year I gave every kid a 100 even though most didn't do anything all year. It was my only year with no issues because I had no complaints from parents or administrators. I was blessed to be able to leave that profession and now volunteer at my church. I am now able to help kids in the children's program, coach sports, and start a mentorship program.

[@emilymiller1792]

Why in the world did you give them all 100s they didn't earn?

[@goldenknightsfanatic]

@@emilymiller1792 you've never worked at a public school have you?

[@emilymiller1792]

@@goldenknightsfanatic Yes, I have. That sort of nonsense doesn't fly at my kids' school either.

[@g.eeducation251]

Great work.

[@gypsysoul279]

My son is who is homeschooled...he has ADHD and still struggles to read, built 3 computers from scratch and has created his own car washing business and is making his own money at 17....and he already has a savings account....I don't know too many kids who have that at 17.....

[@keara4893]

You should really add links to your guest speaker’s sites and social media pages.

[@gypsysoul279]

My son is who is homeschooled...he has ADHD and still struggles to read, built 3 computers from scratch and has created his own car washing business and is making his own money at 17....

[@g.eeducation251]

Home schooling!

[@emilymiller1792]

Traditional education does not have to equal "conveyor belt". It depends on what is taught and how it's taught. "Traditional" can equal classical, the Great Works, Great Ideas, and include opportunities for group work, as well as individual exploration.

[@emilymiller1792]

Funny. My public schools growing up worked to get us thinking, thinking about our thinking, and encouraged and engaged us in asking questions. Of course, that was before NCLB and Common Core made education about uniformity and test scores of things easily measured.

[@alexlongsworth]

Making these charter schools would be great, some states are more welcoming to charter schools than others.

[@emilymiller1792]

They are not great. Unelected parents make decisions with their neighbirs' hard-earned tax dollars. Charter schools = taxation without representation.

[@Vern1985]

Any thoughts on private schools?

[@emilymiller1792]

A single teacher can give her students the keys to the kingdom, so to speak, by engaging students with a wide range of the best and most significant of everything said and done. They gets the keys to the kingdom from Socrates, Cicero, Aurelius, da Vinci, Shakespeare, Plutarch, Mendel, Galileo, Newton, etc etc etc.

[@W81Researcher]

That is if they want to invest in it but if they just want a grade or want to manipulate the process so they have time for other things, they can't give the keys to anything.