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Reasons in favour of public schooling
The following has been submitted by Abrar al Haq, a young Bradfordian. It is the first in a series of posts that will focus on educational standards in Bradford.
Reasons in favour of public schooling
1. Children who receive a one-on-one home education will learn more than others, giving them an unfair advantage in the marketplace—this is undemocratic.
2. Most parents were educated in the under-funded public school system, and so are not smart enough to home educate their own children.
3. How can children learn to defend themselves unless they have to fight off bullies on a daily basis?
4. Ridicule from other children is important to the socialization process.
5. Children in public schools can get more practice “Saying No” to drugs, cigarettes and alcohol.
6. Fluorescent lighting may have significant health benefits.
7. Publicly asking permission to go to the bathroom teaches young people their place in society.
8. The fashion industry depends upon the peer pressure that only public schools can generate.
9. Public schools foster cultural literacy, passing on important traditions like the singing of “Jingle Bells, Batman smells, Robin laid an egg...”
10. Home educated children may not learn important office career skills, like how to sit still for six hours continuously.
11. Children have an innate desire to learn, only schools can 'teach' them how to suppress it.
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Posted in: Commentary on November 27, 2009 @ 7:50 PM
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pure shit. Abrar al Haq fails.
Is this supposed to be satire?
is this serious or sarcastic?
Are you a communist? just wondering
"6. Fluorescent lighting may have significant health benefits."
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XD
I know i am 11 years late but you cant exactly say that that those things are true i think this would be a better list:
1. Now days atleast, were I live, it's mostly the social aspect that keeps most uf us frum skipping school.
2. Teachers are mostly nicer then 20 - 30 years aog from what i hear from my dad, though he did grow up in a bad part of LA and being one of the only white kidds.
at this point i dont know what els to say so i am going to say negitive things about school
1. You cant eaven think about what your going to think about unless it's about what your suposed to be thinking about.
2. Can only go to the bathroom TEN times evre quorter( fined a difrent way to put kidds in ther place)
3. "NO TOCHING!," quoting my 4th grad teacher, "IF YOU SO MUCH AS BUMP INTO ONE ANOTHER IN THE HALLWAY..., YOU ARE ALL..., GETING!..., REFERALS!." This is just a personal complait but I cant even tackle my frinds. And w all laphed histaricly when she left and I dont even know what a referal is.
4. I,m not saying we need to eat like the queen of englend but I mean come on the mac'n cheese at my shool is a glob of luck warm plastic cheese on top of hard stal nooddels I feel like i'm complaining to much but.
5. This might seem like a bad one but i think the teachers went from being realy bad to way to nice.
My humanitys teacher told my mom that i was "only failing."
6. The LED lights. They're, so, god, damm, bright!
7. If you try your best, try harder because your best isint good enuf.
8. Your teachers make you feel dumb
9. This list is the thing i've had to think the longest and hardest about
10. The big dobble digits congragulations you've gotten to the age were you sstart wondering why your in school in the first place. "Hi i am your teacher remeber me from the last six months, ofcorce you dooooooo. I cant imagin how you chouldent remember me... well it's your Birthday so SIT! THE! F***! DOWN! I'M ABOUT TO LAY SOME HISTORY ON YOU BOY! The first known usige of the birthday par..."
11. POWITRY. this is going to be the gratist poem ever I call it' THE. And hear it is... e hem, THE.
12. Evreone takes evrething to seariously.
13. Cant we just put all the smart people on an island with absolutly no resorces :)
14. Congagulations your 14 and it's the last 3 months of middleschool your teacher just told you for the 7th time the history of the birthday party and your now queshtoning your vary existence.
Thats my knollge on school so far i'm 14 and this is deep :P