10 Reasons why PS is better than HS--Hilarious!!

CrazyRED · 08-05-2005, 08:58 AM

A friend sent this to me and I thought that I would share.

Why Public Schooling Is Better Than Homeschooling:

10. Most parents were educated in the underfunded public school system, and so
are not smart enough to homeschool their own children.

9. Children who receive one-on-one homeschooling will learn more than others,
giving them an unfair advantage in the marketplace. This is undemocratic.

8. How can children learn to defend themselves unless they have to fight off
bullies on a daily basis?

7. Ridicule from other children is important to the socialization process.

6. Children in public schools can get more practice 'Just Saying No' to drugs,
cigarettes and alcohol.

5. Fluorescent lighting may have significant health benefits.

4. Publicly asking permission to go to the bathroom teaches young people their
place in society.

3. The fashion industry depends upon the peer pressure that only public schools
can generate.

2. Public schools foster cultural literacy, passing on important traditions like
the singing of 'Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg...'

1. Homeschooled children may not learn important office career skills, like how
to sit still for six hours straight.

lilyka · 08-05-2005, 10:12 AM

hehehehe

tboroson · 08-05-2005, 10:47 AM

:LOL

The sad part is, numbers 8&7 are actually implied, or evey explicitly stated, by the idiots to try to tell us that kids need school to learn how to "survive" in the "real world" where "people can be mean".

And number 2, well, a friend who's a college professor (i.e. a career educator) likes to tell me that my kids will be missing a certain cultural understanding that will allow her to fit in to social situations if she doesn't watch television. I'm sure all those goofy school things fit that argument, too. Well, how about folks who are immigrants to this country? They don't know what we're talking about when we say "mahna mahna doo doo dee doo", and somehow they lead fruitful lives with lots of friends

ShannonCC · 08-05-2005, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by tboroson

They don't know what we're talking about when we say "mahna mahna doo doo dee doo"

I am *not* trying to be funny but . . . . what does this mean? :LOL

#10 is the first thing I think of when people say they don't know enough to homeschool. Now, I dont think it's *true*. I mean, I was public schooled and I think I'm perfectly capable of homeschooling my kids. I just think it's sad that these people *believe* that they don't know enough/arent smart enough and I think it was largely the fault of school that they believe this.

As for number 2, hey, I like that song!

RiverSky · 08-05-2005, 09:02 PM

That was great. I sent it off to some of my family members.

Alenushka · 08-06-2005, 01:13 AM

as an immgirnat, I can tell you that many suffer at first ebcuase theyare disconnected fomr mainstrem American culture. And TV is big part of thsi culture whaver people admit to it or not. I am gald I did not adopt Ivory Tower attiduae so many of my Russian firend did. It helped me to integrate myself faster inot US. Usndersting SNL or SImpons jokes does wonders for one vocubularya dn understanding of cultural landscape. One can wath TV and Read Shakespaer. One can enjoys X-Filers and War adn PEace

chickadee79 · 08-06-2005, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tboroson

They don't know what we're talking about when we say "mahna mahna doo doo dee doo"

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShannonCC

I am *not* trying to be funny but . . . . what does this mean? :LOL

It is from Sesame Street. I'm going to try to find a link, someone here has a link to the song in their sig too. My DH loves it! LOL.
http://www.latke.net/mahnamahna/ this is just the song.
http://www.mahnahmahna.net/ and this is the video clip.
Enjoy!

ShannonCC · 08-06-2005, 08:28 PM

Thanks! I'll have to listen to it tomorrow when I don't have a sleeping kid on my lap

Alenushka, the problem is there is no *one* "mainstream American culture". It's a big country and we are all so different. Someone in the Pacific Northwest is going to have quite a different childhood from someone in Alabama or New Jersey. I grew up in the same county of the same state my whole life and I still knew people who listened to different music and watched different television shows (I never even heard of Gumby til High School and was surprised that it was such a big deal for a lot of people - I still don't get the attraction :LOL). My dh grew up only a few miles from me but was six years older and sometimes it's really funny how different our childhoods were as far as television, toys, music, etc.

I was a big X -File fan

But I stopped watching SNL when I was a kid. I grew up watching a lot of Abbot and Costello movies

Not sure if that's "normal" or not

My point is, there is such a large variety in this country I think it's not possible to have everyone watching the same shows, listening to the same music, and having the same experiences. I would much rather my kids grow up embracing the differences around them instead of trying to find what they think is the "mainstream" to fit into.

Alenushka · 08-06-2005, 09:31 PM

As an immgirant, I can tell you....you all ahve more in common when you think, shows and msuic and many other things. It si easier for outsider to see it. Of course in Russi people fomr small village and big city like Moscow grew upw tih diffrent tatse...but never the less , their big umbrella culture is Russian.
And TV in US is huge unifier. I, in general, depsite the division of "low" and "high" culture. it si elitista dn elad to nothing good. Many TV shows have better writing than many fo teh novels. jsut compare 6 feet under vs Nora Roberts wirtings

ShannonCC · 08-06-2005, 09:42 PM

Well yes, I do agree that people in the US might have more in common than people from Russia

I still disagree there is one US mainstream culture.

I'm not trying to be elitist in any way. It's funny because of the examples you used. I haven't read any Nora Roberts, haven't seen Six Feet Under (that's on HBO isn't it? that's pay tv so not everyone gets that), never read War and Peace and think that Shakespeare should be seen, not read. I'm still an American :LOL

I'm not really sure what your point was though? My kids probably will learn the "jingle bells, batman smells" song simply because *I* like it

: And they'll probably learn other silly songs from friends, kids in the park, etc. Homeschooling does not mean that we are in an "Ivory tower". Not by a long shot. Is that what you meant?

It was a funny list though

(sorry to hijack the thread!).

**Dar** · 08-06-2005, 10:01 PM

Alenushka, are you thinking that homeschoolers are anti-tv? I'm getting that from your posts, but I'm not reading that anywhere else in the thread. A number of people have talked about the tv shows they do enjoy.

The point is that in schools, there's more pressure to conform to the social norms for that particular environment. As homeschoolers, we're free to seek out other environments with different social norms. My daughter can sing Monty Python songs and Rocky Horror songs and songs from Broadway musicals, instead of Hilary Duff or any other popular artist. She has that freedom - I don't see that happening very often in schools.

Dar