tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post2191501754490163573..comments2023-09-28T06:33:11.190-07:00Comments on Chariot of Reaction: Some Encouragement For HomeschoolersJehuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-28579760728560822482012-04-16T12:23:55.144-07:002012-04-16T12:23:55.144-07:00Haha! Stockholm syndrome gets a new connotation.
...Haha! Stockholm syndrome gets a new connotation. <br /><br /><i>"“One mother told me when she went with her 18 month son to his medical checkup, and he was not in daycare. They said, ‘Oh, your son is not in daycare? But he has to go to daycare. He needs that and you need to work,’” Himmselstrand told CBN News."</i><br /><br />Haha 'work.' You mean 'pay taxes,' right? <br /><br />Rage against mothers at home - in case anyone thought feminism was <i>against</i> the oppression of women. <br /><br /><i>"The motto for a leading educator in the country states, "Sweden: No more housewives, but higher wages for women."</i>Alrenoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119846531341190283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-61813996640814946142012-04-16T10:27:16.543-07:002012-04-16T10:27:16.543-07:00Mike,
Yes I've heard that there's an exodu...Mike,<br />Yes I've heard that there's an exodus to Finland of homeschoolers in Sweden to the Swedish-speaking areas there.Jehuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-11352733322058155492012-04-16T09:47:07.589-07:002012-04-16T09:47:07.589-07:00Maybe this is why homeschooling and stay-at-home m...Maybe this is why <a href="http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/2012/April/Swedish-Home-Schoolers-Flee-Parental-Inquisition/" rel="nofollow">homeschooling and stay-at-home moms are now illegal in Sweden</a>, that socialist paradise.Mike in Bostonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-56648334101696710162012-04-13T10:30:40.419-07:002012-04-13T10:30:40.419-07:00Should have thought about that a little longer.
I...Should have thought about that a little longer.<br /><br />It's not really worse than useless. Schools have been getting monotonically better at creating proggie mind-slaves. Each class is just a little more delightful to the bureaucracy than the one before. Pay the piper, etc.Alrenoushttp://alrenous.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-91785668075363235532012-04-13T10:25:18.762-07:002012-04-13T10:25:18.762-07:00I know the instruction is worse than useless, but ...I know the instruction is worse than useless, but that requires the students to actually absorb and then apply the instruction. It would appear education is graded on the "-studies" curve, so, about that... As a physics undergrad, I had 2-3 hours of labs a week. Student teachers get a couple hours in a classroom with borrowed authority, for what, half a month? Oh, and I could actually fail tests.<br /><br />As a result, education is the grease trap of colleges. (Connotations of that are wrong, beef grease is good for you...)Alrenoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119846531341190283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-44379216306195779752012-04-13T08:47:51.775-07:002012-04-13T08:47:51.775-07:00Alrenous,
No, nobody's education stats control...Alrenous,<br />No, nobody's education stats control for parental IQ. I posted that as a free dissertation topic for a social scientist that is actually interested in seeking truth though. You might attribute the lower performance of people with teaching certs relative to other degrees to the teachers having lower iq, or you might conclude said training was worse than useless. But the data to separate the two narratives isn't there.Jehuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-82476207060980991042012-04-13T08:30:55.025-07:002012-04-13T08:30:55.025-07:00Is that adjusted for IQ?Is that adjusted for IQ?Alrenoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11119846531341190283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-38882299593087948782012-04-12T11:02:58.477-07:002012-04-12T11:02:58.477-07:00Most homeschoolers don't have any kind of educ...Most homeschoolers don't have any kind of education certification if that's what you mean. Those that do actually get slightly worse results than homeschoolers with a college degree (upper 80s vs low 90s in percentiles).Jehuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483263667086303029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1867127488416158679.post-38483923976645357942012-04-12T10:59:57.813-07:002012-04-12T10:59:57.813-07:00Ah, a new entry for my list of indicators that pub...Ah, a new entry for my list of indicators that public school is worse than nothing. <br /><br />I get the impression that most homeschoolers are untrained in education. Is that about right? I would expect that the homeschool advantage would go down when it becomes widely adopted, but only slightly. <br /><br />I should see if I can find one of these museums locally and volunteer, try to quietly run some ad-hoc retention tests on the kids. Bet they'll smoke establishment kids on that, too.Alrenoushttp://alrenous.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com