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.

[@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.....

[@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....

[@texasnewt]

We Americans have, very sadly, missed the mark in public education! Why are people surprised or puzzled by the failure of American public education: the socialist paradigm was adopted, instead of choosing a capitalist model. We Americans -- very unfortunately - have adopted the wrong public education paradigm, and we need to re-think that paradigm. Public education has espoused "individualized instruction" and "programmed instruction," for decades -- certainly, since the late 1950s! And, despite most public schools having "computer labs" as part of their curriculum, they have failed abysmally to bring the student individualized instruction through programmed instructional curricula. With such a track record of failure and, consequently, wasted tax payer money, we need to reject public schooling -- which is based on a communist/socialist paradigm, Instead, envision a capitalist inspired paradigm for education. Let’s allow companies or corporations to institute educational subsidiary schools for public education. Imagine the Elon Musk Science and Technical Institute, the Microsoft Educational Institute of Internet Technology and Computer Programming, the Intel Educational Institute of CPU and Firmware Technology, and the Apple Educational Institute of Silicon and Communications Technology ... get the idea, the vision? Then envision students being permitted to work part time or intern with these corporations for real world OJT/experience. The students may even be granted stipends for their on-site part-time work and internship. You can be sure of three things: (1) Educational subsidiaries would be much more relevant and cutting edge; (2) Educational subsidiaries would be managed much more cost-effectively - no more wasted school tax; and, (3) Educational subsidiary school curricula would be actually relevant, because it would be created by those competitive companies, companies who have succeeded in dominating the industry marketplace. I can envision, educational subsidiaries being staffed by instructors, who have acquired decades of experience working on the floor of a manufacturing plant, or perhaps designing products as an engineer, or working as an account manager or certified public accountant. Outstanding employees of a corporation, upon reaching retirement, could be offered a teaching position at a corporation's educational subsidiary school. Students at these subsidiary schools would benefit greatly from their instructors' real-world, on-the-job, competitive marketplace skills and experiences! Because each student can choose to attend the educational subsidiary school (that has the best proven track record for the curricula), educational subsidiary schools must employ top-drawer, high-caliber, industry-seasoned staff, and they must continuously upgrade the school's curricula to ensure cost-effective relevance! It is time for government to stop carving out public education as a socialist enterprise. It is time to permit public education to enter the market place, and to have free market competition via corporate educational subsidiaries! More to the point: our republic adopted the wrong public school model, the socialist model. Public schools are owned and operated by the state. What America needs is to adopt, instead, the capitalist model. Adopt a paradigm where public education reaps the benefit of corporate educational subsidiary schools competing in a free market environment. The future can be bright, let's do it right!

[@g.eeducation251]

Home schooling!

[@keara4893]

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

[@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.