School in the US and broadly in the western model is based off of the Prussian national education model. It is not designed to educate your kids. It is designed to indoctrinate your kids.
I say this without all the negative connotations associated with these words. It can be a positive thing, a state has to nation build to be successful, and for that they have to instill a uniform culture and ideology onto a probably very diverse population.
But when you look at school in the US and you wonder why we aren't taught to do taxes, manage our finances, manage a household, why so many people graduate school without the ability to read well and whatever other problems you see, once you understand that the goal is not education, you'll get it. These problems are the result of a system as odds with itself because it is designed for indoctrination and some people try to use it to educate. It doesn't work well.
I believe, with the internet and the revolution in information availability we have lived through and take for granted, school is basically obsolete and is a legacy system. I think homeschooling is the way to go. And you can actually educate your kids, instill them with your philosophy, create unique individuals, teach them critical thinking.
I say this without all the negative connotations associated with these words. It can be a positive thing, a state has to nation build to be successful, and for that they have to instill a uniform culture and ideology onto a probably very diverse population.
But when you look at school in the US and you wonder why we aren't taught to do taxes, manage our finances, manage a household, why so many people graduate school without the ability to read well and whatever other problems you see, once you understand that the goal is not education, you'll get it. These problems are the result of a system as odds with itself because it is designed for indoctrination and some people try to use it to educate. It doesn't work well.
I believe, with the internet and the revolution in information availability we have lived through and take for granted, school is basically obsolete and is a legacy system. I think homeschooling is the way to go. And you can actually educate your kids, instill them with your philosophy, create unique individuals, teach them critical thinking.