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stonepony 37 points ago +37 / -0

Should pull their kids out and keep them out. IMO. And demand states return the taxes (I think our failed schools account for something like 50% of a state's budget).

Homeschooled kids do better and learn faster. They get better jobs and make more money.

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Modus_Pwninz 18 points ago +18 / -0

I don't even have kids and I still have to pay property taxes, so I don't think that'll be happening anytime ever, lol.

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WhiskeyAndCoffee 14 points ago +14 / -0

I was home schooled growing up and I'd rather have my daughter-law home schooled, but her mom and I both need to have jobs because of the overpriced demotaxes

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stonepony 12 points ago +12 / -0

An issue that our country will have to come to terms with one way or another.

Instead of giving your locally assigned no-choice government school $15k per kid, attach that money to the child to be used however. Hell, cut it by 2/3 and give the kid/parent $5k. Solutions will present themselves naturally when the money is on the table for the taking. Someone in your neighborhood will "babysit" for half that $5k per kid.

Detroit is now 50% illiterate. That would change practically over night, and the "schools" would become ghost towns if every kid had a $5k voucher available and all you have to do for it is pass some basic standardized testing.

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Mexicola1976 8 points ago +9 / -1

A lot of parents are really, really, fucking stupid. There's no way they could effectively homeschool their children- even with tutors.

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stonepony 6 points ago +7 / -1

And our schools are really really bad and really really over-priced.

Kids can teach themselves with a curriculum and an internet connection and basic standardized testing.

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JeremiahKassin 6 points ago +6 / -0

And you know what? If a few of those kids fail to learn, then those who are actually motivated will do better in life. It might return us to something closer to a real meritocracy.

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stonepony 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yeah, it's a bogus argument regardless because those idiot parents are a product of the failed schools that should be replaced.

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INK10 4 points ago +4 / -0

For about thirty bucks/month even idiots can homeschool their kids. The lessons are already planned out and printed. Some of the dumbest people I knew growing up were my high school teachers.

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Mexicola1976 0 points ago +3 / -3

I think you underestimate just how fucking stupid the general populace is- especially certain minority groups

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1776_Say_Can_You_See 4 points ago +4 / -0

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