Is starting our children at age 4 in preschool going to help or hurt our children? Have they even asked the parents, or are they making this decision on their own.
2006-11-07 04:33:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
It hurts our children. Our children start of competitive with other nations and a young age, but the longer they stay in our public school system the dumber they get.
If I ever have children, they will never step foot into a public school.
2006-11-07 04:34:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since when has sending children to school stopped them from being children? Like it or not this country is one of the few countries in the world who start their children in the school system so late. Dont you people realise that the best gift you can give a child is a good education? I say power to them for wanting to give children the best possible start to learning that they can & honestly dont think it has a thing about trying to control, these children are our future so why not ensure they are well educated!
2006-11-07 12:45:54 · answer #2 · answered by kiwi_kisses_in_the_wind 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kingstubb sounds like an anarchist or a conspiracy theorist.
The truth of the matter is that other countries are whoopin' our @sses when it comes to educating children,and are producing more and more generations of citizens that are better equipped to deal with modern life.
Ask most American children to name the fifty states on an unlabeled map.Most of them will fail miserably.The same would be true if you asked any group of American children about almost any basic school curriculum.
But I agree with you.Starting children in school earlier and earlier is NOT the answer! We need to fix the public education system that we already have.After all....you don't make a mediocre system of education better by lengthening the time that a child spends in it!
2006-11-07 12:44:54 · answer #3 · answered by Danny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are much easier to control that way.
I think starting them so early is harmful. In truth the problem is not necessarily the starting so early but the long hours they spend. A four year old is not ready for 8 hours of school. Home schooled kids learn as much or more in 2 hours, usually its only so the parents can work or have time away from their kids for the rest of the day.
2006-11-07 12:44:53 · answer #4 · answered by Fire_God_69 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A large part of it is to provide a structured system. Unfortunately, we live in a country full of bad parents (not all) who do not take the time to teach their children anything; the TV is the teacher of many children today. Providing parents and children with the opportunity to begin school earlier allows children to be in a structured learning environment. People aren't required to send their children to school, they can home school or put them in a special type of program. I don't think we complain about wanted our children to receive education, but we should be complaining about schools that are getting rid of recess. You are right children need to play and interact in a free way, but that is no reason to say it is bad to educate them.
2006-11-07 12:45:07 · answer #5 · answered by straightup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because American school kids rank as some of the worst in the world. We should be the best, not the worst.
Starting them early will help them. The earlier you start the socialization process, the more well adapted the kid will be in the future.
2006-11-07 12:43:46 · answer #6 · answered by Chris J 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Preschool helped my children. They went 3 days a week for 2.5 hours. They already knew their abc's and numbers and such, but it helped greatly with socialization and stuff like that. It didn't stop them from being kids at all.
2006-11-07 12:35:12 · answer #7 · answered by momofmodi 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe children should stay home until kindergarden. No pre-school! They should climb trees, play in the mud, study bugs, water the yard with grandma and grandpa, make things at home, gather the tomatoes off the plant growing in the garden, throw a ball, have a water balloon fight.
I took care of my two grandkids up until kindergarden and that is what we did.
2006-11-07 12:41:35 · answer #8 · answered by Sandra G 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The government thinks it knows best, of course. As a parent, one who has raised your child since birth, why would you think you have ANY right to judge when your own child is ready to begin school? That's ridiculous!!! That's like saying you should decide what kind of food your family eats! Don't you know it takes a village to raise a child?
2006-11-07 12:36:17 · answer #9 · answered by irishharpist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To indoctrinate them into the government school agenda and prevent them from becoming free thinkers.
2006-11-07 12:34:08 · answer #10 · answered by kingstubborn 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋