tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post258615742455602859..comments2024-02-15T11:55:02.998-08:00Comments on Why Homeschool: P. J. O'Rourke calls for the end of public schoolsHenry Catehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-28078109579766147482010-09-15T06:47:21.422-07:002010-09-15T06:47:21.422-07:00S - yeah, $28,000 per student, each year, is a lot...S - yeah, $28,000 per student, each year, is a lot of money. I'm sure most of us could use a fraction of that and produce better results.<br /><br />Sebastian - I do think comparing the cost of public school and homeschool is like comparing apples and oranges. There are a lot of differences.<br />I think a big part of the cost of government schools are fundamentally rooted in how we view public schools. Over the last couple decades we asked public schools to solve all of society's problems. It used to be that we only expected schools teach teach children how to read, write, master math and so on. Special education is part of the new responsibilities government schools have. <br /><br />justyns25 - I agree there are good schools. But where I live the good schools only seem to be good as the result of huge involvement by the parents. For me one of the problems is after paying out high taxes to fund these government schools, parents shouldn't also have to spend hours each week, after paying so much in the way of taxes. Normally in economics a high price comes with better services.<br /><br />Robert - Yeah, I think he is right, our country would be better off if we could get the government out of public education. I'd be overjoyed if we just got the Federal government out of education, and had true vouchers.Henry Catehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03097237237859928969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-65237018016849589842010-09-14T08:46:47.660-07:002010-09-14T08:46:47.660-07:00Love P. J. O'RourkeLove P. J. O'RourkeRobert M. Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04859539802875463995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-10851463258801974622010-09-14T05:16:16.790-07:002010-09-14T05:16:16.790-07:00What about the public schools that are working? Sc...What about the public schools that are working? Schools are as strong as the community around them. <br /><br />Believe me I work as a security officer at a public school in an urban area. I would not send my kids there. However 30 miles south where I live our schools are top 5%in the state of Kansas. In fact in my county our schools are really good.justyns35@hotmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08440982978241434500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-84732822335591489102010-09-13T18:54:29.448-07:002010-09-13T18:54:29.448-07:00It's hard to compare the cost of a public scho...It's hard to compare the cost of a public school with a homeschool. I don't count a portion of our mortgage, utilities or landscaping efforts toward out school cost.<br />Nor do I tend to add in the cost of the income in the career I gave up to become a mother and eventual homeschooler. <br />But even if you compare public schools to private schools (as in the DC example) you can't help but wonder at where the money goes.<br /><br />Special education requirements take up a lot of the money, especially when you consider that you may have to pay for a teacher, teacher's aide and then a special ed teacher to cover an entire classroom. Then there is the cost of dealing with various kids who don't have an interest in being their, cause discipline problems and detract from other students' learning.<br />Myron Liebermann suggested that school reform should include dumping both compulsory education and the minimum wage.Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04009107720601931341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-36542942442511448052010-09-13T14:30:47.679-07:002010-09-13T14:30:47.679-07:00Some of the schools have just gotten too big and s...Some of the schools have just gotten too big and student count day has become a contest with i-pod raffles to get kids to school where I live. <br /><br />If the school spent the money wisely all the students would leave with a great education. <br /><br />I am believe every child deserves a great education - and have even just started a small shop that small schools can use to start and promote their sports, events, etc. <br />check it out at <br /><a rel="nofollow">http://www.zazzle.com/YourSchoolStore</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18436046.post-5159181041261897222010-09-13T13:23:52.493-07:002010-09-13T13:23:52.493-07:00Oh, what I could do with $28,000 per student... Ma...Oh, what I could do with $28,000 per student... Makes you think.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138265644852526120noreply@blogger.com