Three middle school students 13 years old, were charged Friday with plotting to kill their classmates and themselves in Deland, Florida. Does this make you think more about private school or home schooling, why, or why not?
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I haven't heard about this yet. But you know it will make the papers here in Vietnam. Vietnamese public schools, frankly, lack discipline. There is a formal procedure at the beginning of every class when the teacher enters the room and the students stand, "Good Morning/Afternoon, Teacher!" (and they never use the teacher's name, just Teacher.) Then they sit down and ignore the teacher for the period. The students do homework for other classes and talk rudely while the teacher is trying to teach a lesson (and this is considered to be a good job). Most teachers buy their own PA systems to be heard over the roar. There are a few (one or five in a class) who appreciate what I teach. They make my job worthwhile. But when I have made comments to other teachers about discipline in the classroom, they laugh, "With all those shootings that go on?" And this is another one. Sigh...
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Isnt it scary what the world is coming to? I dont really think that it makes a difference if the student is in a state or private school. I went to both and its a popular misconecption that private schools are of a higher standard. (While i was at high school, in a private school, a guy commited suicide, a girl nearly od'd on ADD medication that wasnt hers, drugs, sex... If anything its worse because it just gets covered up). Anyway, back to the subjuect. I think it is our general society that we need to think about, these kids are 13 years old!!! What is so bad about thier lives? What do we expect of children that age? and what are they influenced by?
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If I had children I would seriously consider home schooling. Schools have become a place of violence and I would fear for my children all day everyday.
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I have always told my husband that if we have any more children, they will be home schooled. Not only because of the potential dangers of violence, but for the other negative effects schools can have on kids. My son has gone to public schools in Iowa all of his life, and has been safe and happy there. However, I felt his creativity was definitely squashed early on. I also do not believe that all children learn the same way. Putting them together and measuring their intelligence by comparing them to other children their age does not make sense to me.
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No. I hate to sound callous and cynical, but it's my belief that there have always been and will always be incidents like this, as tragic and pointless as they may be. I believe that the development of televised news in the past 40 years has simply made them more well-reported than ever before. I feel almost helpless when I think this way, but we as a society seem to think its possible to protect ourselves and our children from violence, crime, and evil by wrapping them in a cocoon (such as homeschooling) and installing increased security measures in public schools and other aspects of our lives. Unfortunately, this is only a band-aid solution, merely treating the symptoms of whatever deeper problems cause children to behave violently towards themselves and others. This may sound awful, but I think it's important to accept that there will always be a violent and nihilistic element to society that lives side-by-side with us every day.
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