Thread by @creation247

Why You Should Remove Your Kids From The Public School System

Written by a Public School Teacher

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When it comes to the public school system, you have 3 groups of people.

1. Hates it, would never send their kids
2. No issues, good enough for them
3. Doesn’t care, wants their kid to get a diploma

I taught for 20 years and I fall into the first category.

My issues don’t stem from the system,
rather what the system has become.

I once believed in public education.
I thought it was a good place to be.

But times have changed.
(to the point that I no longer support it)

I’m not alone in this, most teachers and staff feel the same.

Parents are waking up too.

This can be seen by the 16k people liking my tweet that recommended people homeschool their children.

Deep down there is a sense that something is wrong.

https://twitter.com/creation247/status/1381287426916818957?s=20

After that tweet, a lot of people asked “why”?

With questions like:
“What’s wrong?"
"Why remove my kids?”
“Is the school system really that bad?”

I welcome these questions,

it gives me a chance to see where some parents are coming from.

I want to address the WHY

Schools are no longer about LEARNING,

It’s ALL about passing
It's ALL about test scores
It's NOT about education

You take a test. Repeat “facts”. Get a good grade.

Kids are regularly passed from grade to grade without ever truly learning.

But that is how the system is designed…

Administrators want kids to get diplomas.
Districts want higher graduation rates.
Colleges want more students (aka $$$).
The Government wants No Child Left Behind.

All of it has to do with PASSING.
NONE of it has to do with education.

In the news you'll hear something like:

“High schools around the state are face to face with a dilemma as a quarter of the students are not on track to graduate.”

Even the language that’s used has nothing to do with LEARNING and everything to do with PASSING.

You will often see proposals to “soften the standards” or “adjust the requirements”.

This isn’t done to help the kids learn,
it’s to help them pass.

The system wants your kids to pass,
But YOU should want your kids to become lifelong learners.

We shouldn't accept the situation as normal.

Kids are in classrooms for +8hrs a day, 5 days a week, surrounded by their peers being forced to pass tests.

Instead, kids should be mostly outside, surrounded by different age groups, taught at a pace that allows them to learn.

If I didn’t feel deeply about this, I wouldn’t have built my own social media empire to escape my job.

If there was a way to save the system,
I would fight for it.

As it is, your kids are numbers being taught to pass tests.

That's not learning and it never will be.

Homeschool your children and provide them with an education that allows them to learn.

Your kids are far too valuable to settle for “passing tests” and “lowering standards”.

Take their education seriously,
don’t be caught up in what society tells you is "right".

I've been teaching for 20 years.

I'm leaving the public school classroom for the virtual classroom.

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If there was one picture that captures the current state of schools it would be this one.

This problem is school isn't FUN anymore. All joy has been sucked out of it. And this is just another typical day in Public School USA.

Homeschool your kids.