Do you think the time for public schools is over?

Question

Since public schools are a breeding groung for deadly disease transmition, not to mention they promote risky dangerous social behaviors like drinking, smoking, and promisquous behavior also social bullying. In the digital age would it actually save moeny and lives by having digital classes where kids can learn the basics and excell at something they actually want to learn? Without the interuption of bullies and social presures couldn't children learn more?

Answer 1

Yes...not because of the reasons you posted, those problems have and always will exist, but because it is nothing more than a union money making machine and a social engineering facility for special interest.....if schools were made to compete for students..the bad teachers and schools would close and it would give parents a choice and a better education.
As for habitual problem students....have them removed from school altogether..they obviuosly do not need or have an interest to better their lives....so they need to be banned from any public assistance.

Answer 2

I think that's a good idea. It could definately eliminate a lot of problems in the school system. American teens have discipline problems. Also kids don't have to worry about peer pressure, teasing (which leads to "bullycide" in some cases) or anyt of the problems teen face. Also given the unstable personalities of teens anyway, it would probably be better to keep them away from each other in a learning environment. Not so hostile. Or maybe America could follow the Japanese school system where the teachers comes to the children's classes. The children don't wander around the school and go to their classes when they feel like it. That way, no more skipping school. Or maybe school could just be a building of computers. Kids go in on their own, stare at a screen for a few hours, complete the work and go home.

Answer 3

I think more would be learned by working at your own pace online with a teacher tied to the system for help. My daughter is in middle school taking high school classes and the teachers will NOT answer her questions. It's like she's so smart to be taking advanced classes then she shouldn't need help. Once teachers are in place they can do a rotten job for years. I am amazed how clueless some of them are. My children have no desire to teach because they haven't found a teacher that inspired them yet. My son is in college and one class the professor was lesbian and she told the 5 male students the first day that they would flunk. They did. What's up with that? Twenty-three girls all passed. If you have a teacher that doesn't like you your year is shot. Forget any help. And for heaven's sake don't ask to be transferred!!!
My daughter's Spanish 1 class last year had no books. Halfway though the year with parents complaining the teacher traded them a book for 1 shoe when they entered her room. The books were from the previous class. So now 2 classes had no book to bring home for homework. She didn't care.

Answer 4

Yeah, it would be good. But you can also learn from books and stuff too. Some may call it homeschooling. I definitely recommend it since public school is full of so many distractions and doesn't cater to the level that the child is at with all subjects. Most people learn better one on one or by themselves or if in groups in a more comfortable setting. You don't have to stay in the home all the time either. If it's about animals and they are young they can go to the zoo for instance and there are many other outside activities that can be used in order to teach the kid or adult about their interests and the basic things they need to know.

Answer 5

I think the time for PRIVATE schools is over. The education of our children is too important to allow a disparity between the rich and the poor. We must no longer allow these private institutions to suck precious resources away from our public schools that so desperately need them. Why should a child deserve a better education just because their parents are rich? Schooling must be fair, above all else.
As for the problems you mentioned with the way things are, they exist primarily because of the unfair way schools are funded in this country. If private schools weren't allowed to suck away the prime dollars for priviledged use, then public schools could handle these problems.
As for digital classrooms - they only work for about 3 weeks. After that, kids without proper, in-person supervision or socialization in a schoolroom setting simply ignore the screen and go play instead.

Answer 6

You express yourself very well, pointing out the hazards of attending public schools. You forgot to mention the incidents that have occurred, involving weapons and shooting in the classrooms. Your idea is rather utopian, and it might work. However, I think the schools need to be revamped, and are entirely too permissive. Education should be the goal of all students, teachers, and administrative staff, just like it was in the Good Old Days when I went to school. No stuff that goes on today would have ever been allowed back then. And, while I hate to sound like I'm bragging, I think kids learned a heck of a lot more in my day, without the benefit of the digital age advances, because there was more supervision and discipline.

Answer 7

Parent involvement, wealth, and intelligence concentrated in one area is the key to an excellent public school.

So, yes and no.

Yes, children could learn more without the interruptions of social pressures and bullying. Give them a uniform and a military environment.

No, it would not be better to have digital school. Children need to learn to interact with people in the world, and some people don't learn as well without a real-life teacher telling them everything.

There are such things as private schools, so if you feel that way about public schools, put your kid in one. If there weren't good public schools in the small town where I grew up, my parents would have put me in private school.

Answer 8

No! Children need the socialization in order to become productive successful adults. How are they going to be when they get into the real world of business? Is business going to become a digital world where people only see each other through a computer screen then? And they'll never learn how to date and be good in a relationship. Children need that sort of socialization in order to learn the meaning of the values that their parents are drilling into their heads about drugs and promiscuous behavior. Even if they screw up...they need to experiment. It's a part of life. It's part of growing up. They also need the bullying in order to learn how to stand up for themselves and learn how to believe in themselves and become a strong individual. I'm seriously aggravated that you'd think it would be better for children without social interaction. People need to LIVE in order to SURVIVE.

Answer 9

Something needs to change, but the problem with digital is everyone needs a computer and not everyone can have them. They should have the public schools but for kids who want more they should offer alternatives like a collage near me has high school courses for more serious students or Home Schooling. High School counselors should evaluate whats best for the child and their situation.

I was home schooled for the two years in middle school. I then went to a public high school for a more "social" environment for me to grow in. After graduating I wish I never left home school and all of it's benefits. In the end I'm happy because I still graduated and accomplished a major goal in life but the "social" part of high school was filled with negatives unfortunately. Better times for college!

Answer 10

If that is the case then private schools should be over as well...personally though I don't have the money to be taxed any further to support these digital schools. Consider the fact that (while it may seem far fetched to us) there are still many homes that can not afford their basic living expenses so who is going to provide them with computers and internet access?

I think that if a person is that concerned homeschooling is a great option!