Beginning of the end..

[Meatwad]

Thank the no child left behind act for that

[hazmatt]

Something that some might find interesting. All my kids were reading by age 5 except for my son.

It wasn't that he didn't have the ability, he just didn't want to. I had to convince him that reading was a "superpower" I would write simple notes to his older sister that she could read but he could not. He decided that he wanted to learn to read those notes and if I recall correctly it was like a month or two and he was reading them.

He recently turned 7 and last time we tested him he was reading at 5th grade level. My 5th grader is reading at 10th grade level. She also plays the recorder, piano and is learning guitar.

For anybody looking for homeschooling resources, we use:  Acellus, Lotty Learns, Kahn Academy, and Kahn Academy kids (these are different) Kids type, and DannyGo for exercise.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Now they give kids Chrome Books with auto correct, auto spell, calculators. The whole nine yards. I have a nephew who graduated from high school 10 years ago, and can't read or spell. It's a completely different education system then what I grew up in. I don't even think they try to teach the kids how to think these days.

The uneducated are the easiest to control. A truly educated and intelligent populace is nearly impossible to control or rule for an extended period of time.


As Thomas Sowell says, "it's not that Johnny can't read, it's not even that Johnny can't think. It's that Johnny confuses "feeling" with thinking.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Thank the no child left behind act for that

That wasted massive amounts of money, as if the Department of Indoctrination needed help doing that, and somewhat exacerbated an already abysmal problem. It didn't do anything of consequence, accept slightly accelerate an already rapid failure.

[Animl-AW]

The uneducated are the easiest to control. A truly educated and intelligent populace is nearly impossible to control or rule for an extended period of time.


As Thomas Sowell says, "it's not that Johnny can't read, it's not even that Johnny can't think. It's that Johnny confuses "feeling" with thinking.

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