posted September 08, 2015 06:08 AM            

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Originally posted by Odette:
And... one more question - How do you feel about compulsory (gender-specific) uniforms in primary school and high school?
Australia still has this requirement ^ in a great majority of Public and Private schools.

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The best schools these day here in the U.S.A. are charter schools. Best because the
students eagerly want to go to school.
On the uniforms issue I vote yes. You know all the reasons.

posted September 08, 2015 07:14 AM            

I went to school in Romania and then had some experience with European schools/universities myself and through friends and family.
It was difficult to live in Romania before 1989, but with this part I believe I've been privileged.
I went to two primary schools, both with high quality education (I will summarize what I believe this is). Both were central Bucharest schools with prestigious teachers (such as those writing the manuals) and considered the top. Actually, it was compulsory to go to a school in the same district of the town and those were in my area. But the first school was a protocol school, which meant we spent extensive hours at congresses and airports to wait and meet and wave and sing for Ceausescu. (it was compulsory) dressed in this:

a pure plastic uniform

and doing this

(obviously people were dragged there from their work or school; my own father, an engineer and manager at this job, had to put on a given red blouse on his clothes and be part of the red part of the flag in a huge crowd - made of other perfectly serious people - making up the colors of the flag and waiting for hours, usually at least half a day, for Ceausescu to come and wave for 5 minutes...I still have the blouse )

Back to the topic: so my parents moved me to a non-protocol school, also exceptional.
Then I went to one of the most prestigious high schools in Bucharest (historic background, very difficult to get into - difficult acceptance exams, the best teachers). Then I went to 2 crafts colleges (arts, both of 2 years) - only one private -(that was in parallel with me being at the university, I went to the university right after high school) 3 universities - first Philology, which I didn't finish because I changed my mind and passed the exams and succeeded to the other, sequentially, which I finished: University of Psychology in Bucharest and the National University of Arts in the same city. I have two university degrees, Psychology and Sculpture.
With the exception of one of the 2 year colleges, all my education has been free. I went to those school with very difficult exams and it was very hard to get into them. Just to give an example, there were 23 people for one place at Psychology, we had 3 admittance exams, 2 Psychology, Biology and Genetics, and you practically had to dream the manuals to get in there. They counted all phrases in the manual for those topics for the grade.

I know this isn't your exact question, but my view on education is that it has to be free, including University level, everywhere for everyone (of course, this doesn't exclude the existence of private schools). But the state's educational system should be strong and high quality. That the admittance should be based on exams and how good you are at those.

IMO, the value of education is in the teachers, first and foremost, their method/the quality of the material/manuals they use and the method of examining the students. I've had amazing teachers since primary school and I can give numerous examples on what I believe a good teacher and method is (but I already wrote too much now ) A short idea now: the focus on culture for primary levels (bringing knowledge of the world in its variety to children and young students, the variety of topics that makes one a "cultivated" individual); we also had numerous "exams" all the time, which are a way of teaching children how to learn and to evaluate their knowledge and solidifies them.

When it comes to school, nothing replaces a good teacher.

I'm not sure about the uniform, I need to think about it, it looks like a good thing.

In short, the value of an educational system in my view is in the teachers; and its availability to everyone. I would go where the teachers are

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posted September 08, 2015 01:03 PM            

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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
Siemi is right about charter schools. You want the government out of EVERYTHING. You want people to have the power in choosing schools. That way, they will be excellent!

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posted September 08, 2015 01:21 PM            

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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
You want the government out of EVERYTHING.

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I see no reason for the government to even exist in the "Aquarius age" unless they provide for universal free high quality:

health system

education (up to the high level)

posted September 08, 2015 07:20 PM            

All public schools are mixed gender. I was in a private one when I was really little and we had the uniform but not in the public ones.

The great majority of the teaching system is public. I went to public schools. Good ones. I had great teachers, others were acceptable and only one or two were like bad.

Some private schools are high in the ranking of quality but most aren't so good and just pass the rich kids for convenience.

posted September 17, 2015 06:49 AM            

They have been gradually sneaking in MARXIST philosophies for a long time, and it's very subtle

IF you want to know what this means,
- they are teaching kids nowadays :

1) NOT to pay attention to their parents,and to question what parents say
(when it should be the Govt/State that they should be questioning.)
2) that Gender does not exist.
3) Introducing them to pornography, masturbation, & all sorts of deviancies (via "sex education")..
which is NO BUSINESS OF A SCHOOL TO EVEN TEACH

WHILST
Continuing to Neglect proper teaching of Literacy & Numeracy,..

Hence the drastically reduced standards overall.( easy to deny via Media Lies)

Their intention is to DUMB DOWN the population so as to create workers who are incapable of critical thinking..but who will make obedient slaves to the State.
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Oh but this is more than you asked to know..

OK - "private Schools = Better quality overall. Smaller class no's etc..

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BUT really, Education has been infiltrated/contaminated over all.
This is now a World wide trend.

HOME SCHOOLING is the ONLY answer..But NOT unless you avoid their "programmes"

posted September 17, 2015 06:54 AM            

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Originally posted by Seimei:
The best schools these day here in the U.S.A. are charter schools. Best because the
students eagerly want to go to school.
On the uniforms issue I vote yes. You know all the reasons.

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posted September 17, 2015 06:58 AM            

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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
Siemi is right about charter schools. You want the government out of EVERYTHING. You want people to have the power in choosing schools. That way, they will be excellent!

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posted September 17, 2015 07:14 AM            

Probably because USA is also the HOME of Hollywood & TV: trash/movies/ "INFO-TAINMENT News" Fake REALITY FAKE everything etc..