Do we need to start home schooling or sending our kids to private schools?

Question

Judging from all the grammatical errors I see on this site I think we should.Spelling errors,punctuation errors and improper word usage is rampant here.I sometimes think they are speaking a different language!!!

Our government schools are ruining our children's quality of education.

Answer 1

While I'm all for homeschooling (I homeschool my own son and teach homeschooled kids), I wouldn't say that government schools are to blame for poor communication skills.  Rather, uninvolved parents and a societal shift toward pawning off the parenting of our kids to "experts" is more to blame.

When I was a kid, I wouldn't have even considered not doing my homework, or doing it to the best of my ability, as I would have disappointed my parents and lost every liberty I held dear.  (You know, the ability to hang out at the mall or go bike riding.)  My parents checked my assignments every night and kept in contact with my teachers.  If I started slacking, privileges were pulled immediately and I didn't have a life outside of getting my grades up.

Today, there are still conscientious parents, but they are becoming fewer and farther between.  There seems to be a general attitude that since teachers are the "experts", they should just be relied upon to parent the kids, too.  (However, let a public school teacher try to discipline one of the little darlings, and wow...talk about fireworks.  Parents become VERY involved at that point!)

Between uninvolved and ignorant parents (ignorant of their children's actual behavior, that is), ludicrous government restrictions and regs, and kids who just plain don't give a rat's behind about their education, teachers are doing everything they can...but they're people too, not miracle workers.  If the kids don't want to learn, and the parents don't enforce their studies, there's not a lot that any school - public, private, or home - can do.

Answer 2

I'm going to tell you right now, it isn't much better in private schools or homeschools for that matter.

I don't know about you, but I developed an impressive grammar at a young age and it certainly wasn't the work of the schools. It was a personal choice and parental influence.

Don't be so quick to blame the government. I'm not exactly saying they are not to blame either, but do your part.

Answer 3

Mostly it's people who can't be bothered to spell, because we have things called keyboards, and the interent, they make it easier for us, so we've become slack and don't bother to spell correctly. Saying this, I do like to keep my spelling at optimum capacity.