On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 1:16:45 PM UTC-4, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:

I'm not saying to remove education, I'm saying it should be paid for by te parent, and be optional.

What do we do with all of the illiterate and innumerate people
whose parents couldn't be bothered to educate them? "He who gives
his child nothing by way of education educates him as a thief."

Don't get me wrong. I think there are two main problems with
education in America:

1. Parents. If it's not the ones who don't think it's important
that their kids show up to school prepared to learn, it's the ones
who think the rules don't apply to their precious little flowers.

That's because of unnecessary pointless rules, like all wearing the same uniform. There can only be one reason for wanting kids to dress up like that - teachers are paedophiles. They're turned on by kids in uniform. It has no education benefit whatsoever.

Uniforms are very rare in American public schools.

2. Schools of Education, and by extension, the requirements for
obtaining a teaching certificate. Teachers should first and foremost
have a degree in a real discipline such as math, English, or one of
the sciences (including the fuzzy disciplines like history), and then
take training to present their knowledge in a classroom.

Er.... they do.

Not necessarily. A person can major in Education, minor in
English, and teach science (badly) and math (worse) to children.

Cindy Hamilton