Who should be forced to leave their friends, teachers & classrooms when bullying occurs? The victim or the perpetrator? Obviously, the perpetrator. With many, many online school choices flooding the market, these troubled students could be removed from other children and still receive a great education. Here in Washington State, as in most of the states, there are laws that offer parent choice in education. There are even online public schools that provide an accredited program with accredited teachers that result in an official diploma from the state- not the regular GED that many homeschooling programs provide. It is a great solution to a difficult problem, right?
But does this happen? No. In fact, the opposite has become the norm. Parents of bullied students are flocking to homeschooling options- just to keep their students from getting beaten, being humiliated or committing suicide in their despair. One would think that their school districts would bend over backward to ensure that these unfortunately children, already traumatized by violent bullying, got the best education possible under the circumstances, right? Especially if it didn’t cost them any money or effort to do so. Right?
Wrong. (more…)
You got to love a federally run monolith like public education. Can”t wait to see what they do with the Internet! And you have to love the Teachers’ (thuggery) Union for keeping our high quality teachers fully funded for early retirements! Enjoy seeing what we get for our tax money. (p.s. I love it when she adds, “Bush was shit!” to the conversation AFTER she informs the kids that ‘as a teacher, I am not allowed to let you disrespect the President!” Liberals. At least they provide entertainment on a daily basis. Start the video at 37 seconds- the first part is unintelligible.
