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Debate:Which has the best philosophy of education: the public school system, private schools, or the home school movement? (view source)
Revision as of 01:22, April 29, 2008
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The establishment of public school systems (in the 18th and 19th centuries?) brought about mass literacy as never before seen by humans. Although private schools are a nice option for the rich, and homeschooling for those who have the time and access to resources, the backbone of western civilization as we know it - at its best, even - is the ''right'' to a good education implied in tax-supported free schools for everyone. [[User:Human|Human]] 03:00, 25 April 2007 (EDT)
The establishment of public school systems (in the 18th and 19th centuries?) brought about mass literacy as never before seen by humans. Although private schools are a nice option for the rich, and homeschooling for those who have the time and access to resources, the backbone of western civilization as we know it - at its best, even - is the ''right'' to a good education implied in tax-supported free schools for everyone. [[User:Human|Human]] 03:00, 25 April 2007 (EDT)
The fundamental problem with claiming that home schooling and/or private schooling are superior to public schools is that both of them ''rely'' on the existence of public schools to ensure that superiority.
Why do many private schools post superior academic results to comparable public schools? Because, of course, they have the option of expelling students who refuse to work...or not accepting such students in the first place.
Now, the problem is this: what is to be done with the children who don't meet the standards of the private school, or who lack parents who have the time/financial stability/inclination to home school? Simply leaving those children to their own devices strikes me as an extraordinarily bad plan; I can't imagine a surer way to ensure a substantial population of criminals.
Public schools have their faults, to be certain--but I have yet to see a proposal for a truly workable system that doesn't include them.
==The Freedom to Choose!==
==The Freedom to Choose!==
To be able to choose which philosophy will teach your children. Which one is the best is a subjective endeavor depending on the individual. There is no absolutes between private, public, or home-schools. But to be able to choose which is the best at any given time is the only good philosophy for a society to give its citizens.--[[User:Roopilots6|Roopilots6]] 18:36, 12 June 2007 (EDT)
To be able to choose which philosophy will teach your children. Which one is the best is a subjective endeavor depending on the individual. There is no absolutes between private, public, or home-schools. But to be able to choose which is the best at any given time is the only good philosophy for a society to give its citizens.--[[User:Roopilots6|Roopilots6]] 18:36, 12 June 2007 (EDT)