Talk:School

My rewrite

With no disrespect to the good edits of the previous editors, I felt that the changes were still not adequately describing the situation and that it couldn't be adequately described without a rearrangement. I hope people (still) like it now. Being not very familiar with the situations in other places, I've made some assumptions in the rewrite, so please jump in and correct what I've done. Philip J. Rayment 20:18, 17 June 2007 (EDT)

There's no reference to prove that homeschooling is becoming more popular.--RogerMy 15:53, 18 July 2007 (EDT)

Then add a {{fact}} tag, and wait for a bit. --ηοξιμαχονγ^θαλκ 15:54, 18 July 2007 (EDT)

Obviously or this place would not exist.--Will N. 15:55, 18 July 2007 (EDT)

Erm... most of the edits are made by non-homeschoolers now, Will. And the citation is needed for the "an increasingly popular alternative"... who says it is becoming more popular? --ηοξιμαχονγ^θαλκ 15:59, 18 July 2007 (EDT)

References

I apologize for the poor referencing last time. I hope these references prove to be more acceptable. However, I thought it might be wise to check first:

Reference for "citation needed" #1 ("increasingly popular alternative"): http://nces.ed.gov/nhes/homeschool/

Reference for "citation needed" #3 ("parents choose homeschooling due to..."): http://www.hsnp.com/gok/faq.html

Add the references to the article if you feel they're justified, or just say so and I'll add them myself. Feebasfactor 19:57, 14 September 2007 (EDT)

Ok, I'm going to add the first, but I'll leave the second out until someone else can evaluate it. Feebasfactor 18:47, 17 September 2007 (EDT)

I've found the same FAQ on a different site, so I've used that instead. It may not be much better, but it's a little better. Philip J. Rayment 23:16, 19 September 2007 (EDT)

Public high school

The article[1] linked from the breaking news informs us that Japanese students consistently finish first or second in international achievement tests, apparently due to the rigorous curriculum of math, science, history and geography. The article says nothing about what the failure of American students has to do with atheism. Interestingly in Japan, a country with no state religion, only 1% of the population is Christian. Perhaps the solution is to adopt Shinto or Buddhism. Perhaps better the former, since the latter is popular among Liberals. FactFinder 11:32, 26 October 2007 (EDT)