What do you do with all the 'cakes' that the public school has messed up?

Question

This question came to mind after reading an answer to another question about homeschool. The writer said that homeschool parents need to 'get real'. She compared messing up a cake to messing up a child by homeschooling. My mind goes to all the public school kids who are 'messed up'. A few public schools are 'getting real' and realizing that there are things they can do improve. Many keep repeating the same procedures and hoping for better results. What will the government do with all the 'messed up cakes' who graduate without an education from public school?

Answer 1

I agree with that writer. Public schools have nothing in mind but the bottom line:funding. They want us to pass so that they can get new football uniforms, or more pencils. I'm a 21 year old college student, and I'm experiencing the effects of a lack of education, even though I have a H.S. degree just like the rest of the my class. So much for "no child left behind". I was left behind. They scooted me out of H.S. with a piece of paper that infered that I had a high school education. Well, as soon as I got into college, I realized that that piece of paper didn't mean s**t.In high school, it is up to the student and his/her parents to do well. However, if the student is bitter towards his dad for leaving, and at his mom because she is overworked and rarely home, he isn't going to try very hard. Consequently, he is not going to do well in college, but that isn't his fault now is it. Fortunatly, I was born with more common sense than academic sense, so I soon realized the problem,and worked my way through it. However, I still can't do division and multiplication longhand, nor can I speak elequently or articulate my thoughts on paper. What will the government do? Exactly what they always do, nothing. Or they will create a fascade of "doing something about it" by creating an act that states its "purpose" in its name, but it mainly has no purpose other than to get people of their backs so they can spend their time and money on death rather than life.

Answer 2

Yes, many do keep repeating the same thing, expecting different results; we call that insanity.

Getting real, means that they have to take a good hard look at how they are going about providing an education.

Since many of today's teachers were themselves a product of the current education system what do you think the likelihood of that will be?

It is much easier to take the cakes, frost, and decorate them nicely to salvage what you have, as well as give the appearance of a job well done.

Answer 3

Omg, I don't have an answer to your question, but do you know what I've realized while reading your question?  I never had a professional chef teach me how to bake a cake! It's a wonder I can do it. And since I'm no professional, it's amazing I can teach my kids how to bake a cake. We must be really fortunate and odd. ;)

Answer 4

Good Question! I think we have gotten real that's why we pulled them out in the first place. We collectively have realized that the system for the most part is failing and we have chosen something else. For those who say we are messing up our cakes let me put this thought through! Maybe we aren't messing up the recipie but doing our way! May be the kids aregoing to come out diffrent than public school kids. I think our home schooled kids are going to come out ahead and with a few things that public school kids don't have in general. Adults that were home schooled are generally polite well mannerd adults, they have beliefs that are stronger and ideals that run deeper. I will give my self and my cousin as examples. We were at a family party together and before it started we ran to the grocery. Ok it doesn't matter where we are at we're going to have a good time together! There was a lady who I thought was in the way after all there is a party and I want to be there! But She went to the old lady and helped her get what she needed and did so with such a wonderful smile and with the heart of a servant. I learned a lesson from her that day! Can our schools teachers our kids that kind of attitude? NO they can't why? Because they don't have the time after all its hurry up get in the class and do your "seat" work (busy work) while I deal with the cut ups again! This is an attitude that is instilled young and cultivated through all the childs years. The attitude of a servant to others is admirable and something I am working hard to teach and learn for myself.  What to do with the kids that are messed up in public school? We will just have to deal with them and try to make the next generation better. We must improve the public schools and continue home schooling until they are improved.

Answer 5

I guess us "homeschooled cakes" will just have to go to college, get a degree, and find a wonderful job.

We're too messed up to work at McDonalds the rest of our lives.

Answer 6

I think Society generally deals with them by putting them on welfare so we can all support them.

I like the point you made that the Public School "bakery" isn't perfect either!

Answer 7

Interesting!  I was under the impression that a cake made from scratch with the best ingredients (for example, butter instead of margarine) resulted in a much better cake regardless of who baked it.  I also remember that my mother often ushered us kids out of the kitchen while she was baking.  

  "Too many cooks spoil the broth," she would say.  

  No child is like any other.  Each one is special and unique; waiting to be mixed and stirred and watched as he or she rises to a unique and God-given potential.  Each cake I bake is also unique.  I choose the ingredients from many sources to make sure they are just right for the unique recipe I am preparing.   Whether you use a recipe or cook by instinct, you get a better product when you cook from scratch.  Boxed cakes are uniform at their best, stale at their worst, and generally cost more than the alternative of carefully baking them yourself.  Isn't the best cooking compliment to be asked if you made it from scratch?

  I allow other cooks (teachers) to help me cook my special recipes (teach my kids) from scratch.  I am not the only cook allowed in the kitchen.  However, I know my recipes better than anyone else because they are mine!  When I need assistance with a certain recipe, I can get that help in short order.  There are assistant cooks in many areas of specialization waiting at the ready to help me.  I have no problem asking for help.  I just want to make sure that no unwanted ingredients enter my special recipes.  I also prefer to lead the whole process from the purchase of the ingredients to the removal from the oveninstead of giving the recipe over to someone new at every stage (every year) so that they have to stop and read what I already know by heart.  Careful thought and quite a bit of extra time is involved but the results are so noticeable that people ask if I made the meal myself!  Yes, I get asked if I home school when people notice how bright and polite my children have become.

  I am not going to shoot down eveyone who received a "boxed" education.  Boxed mixes are not all bad.  They just are not as wonderful as baking from scratch and they can cost more.  (I am not only thinking of monitary cost but of general health costs.) I believe that many people do not know that I am not the only cook and somehow are not convinced why I could be perfectly happy to take the time to bake a better cake by scratch.   I invite them to truly taste and see in their OWN kitchens!

Answer 8

THE SAME THING THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS...PUT THEM ON FINANCIAL AID,AFDC,AND FOOD STAMPS..

Answer 9

The difference is the diversification effect from having many teachers.

Almost all cakes won't be "THAT bad."

One teacher, it's all or nothing.

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