Could You Modify It ‘To Stop Students From Becoming This Advanced?’

Re:Could You Modify It ‘To Stop Students From Becoming This ... by grandalf on Thursday July 28, 2011 @06:50PM (#2819308)

Uh, it's not like "problem kids" are necessarily getting a good deal from the public system. Special ed kids are forced to learn "academic" style knowledge rather than the practical life skills they actually need... and behavior problem kids use way more resources than they deserve and harm all the other kids in the process.

Sadly, many kids in special ed programs and many behavior problem kids would not have problems in a different type of learning scenario... but the entrenched K-12 classroom, 30 students one teacher, hour long periods, boring books, exercises, silence, etc., is just a horrible fit for them.

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Re:Could You Modify It ‘To Stop Students From Becoming This ... by jshen on Thursday July 28, 2011 @11:16PM (#2820013)

You completely missed the point. Comparing a single private school, or some subset of them, which has selective admittance with public schools which have to educate everyone is not sound.

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Re:Could You Modify It ‘To Stop Students From Becoming This ... by grandalf on Friday July 29, 2011 @03:20AM (#2820578)

Not at all. My point was that there is no reason to educate all kids in the same physical building with the same lunch hour, etc.

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