BAD?? it is a total disaster..two of my granddaughters, 6 and 7 yrs old are bringing home work home…logic, commons sense and responsibility have disappeared from our school system…home work should not take up more than 30 minutes of a kids time after grade seven..it is proof teachers do not know what they are doing and are not teaching in school..Our educational system rate’s way low compared to the rest of the world to prove my point..the parents must be brain dead if they are not protesting and demand changes…that is why there is so much outsourcing of good jobs now,, our kids cannot make it..even entrance exams are lowered so they can get into school to …..party..

Note:: less time in school??? My grandsons in Colorado go 11 months out of the year and has nothing to do with a better education at all…………In Colombia, South America, kids finish High school at the age of 16, then go on to university, college or trade school,,,My step son is now 24 yrs of age and very succesful in TV Programing….in Colombia, they wear uniforms, not coke machines in school, the kids take education very seriously and the proof is in the high number of well educated people in the country…

Unless you live in a rich, affluent suburb, chances are your city’s public school system is lacking.

My son is 7 years old, and I am currently homeschooling him. At our neighborhood school, only about 26% of the children are passing the standardized tests. Previously my son was enrolled in one of our city’s magnet schools, and only about 66% of the children were passing the standardized tests. Most parents refer to this school as a “good” school as opposed to the regular neighborhood schools. I beg to differ though; a school in which 34% of the children are not at grade level is not a “good” school.

Teachers tend to teach to the test to try to keep up with the “No Child Left Behind” requirements. This leaves little room for creative teaching and stress free learning.

If you can’t send your child to a decent private school, homeschooling is an option. Homeschooled children tend not to succumb to peer pressure, drugs, alcohol, etc.

The truth is that many of our children cannot compete with children from other countries, because many of our children graduate from high school and are illiterate. Unfortunately, America is not first place in education, and we really should be. This is a rich, free country filled with opportunity. However, education does not begin at school. It begins at home, and parents must take responsbility to assure that their children receive a good education–by any means necessary.

But the kids in other countries go to school longer than we do and have less freedom and more structure. They have less pregnancy and drug use rate. In fact letting them be kids is leading them to be influenced by pop culture. The kids need to stay in school longer and have more activities under supervision. If you look at graduate school, half are students from other countries. Most kids who graduate high school are not qualified to compete in the global market.

i agree with you. the public school system in my area is terrible. half the teachers here aren’t even certified.

hey ares is shittyer!

weve got 10hrs of school and a whole evenings worth of **** whitch noone bothers with!

i just wanna ***** bunk and say ive got spaz cancer or sumfin.

sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn’t.