The Failure of Most Schools and Ideas about How to Do Better

     That some have the opportunity to go to college FREE and do well, means to me that MANY could also do well if they went to college early.      Too long has the first 12 grades been a holding tank for students, a way to keep kids off the streets.  It has been a way to keep kids out of the workplace, and make most of them ROBOTS OF SOCIETY.       High School has become a social concept, a time of football, cheerleading, and general fooling around.  In short it is NOT SERIOUS ENOUGH.  We are leaving children behind as dropouts from boredom.  ... Read Full Story

      Forced labor is not allowed according to the thirteenth amendment to our United States Constitution.  That's the document that the President swears to uphold, before he can assume the office.        The 13th Amendment was sent out to be radified by the states by the 38th Congress on Feb. 1, 1865.  It was finally ratified Dec. 6,1865.  Some of the states had left the union, and so all states were not voting on this amendment.  It is still the law of the land, although with regard to forced school work, it is a VERY avoided law.       Section One of the Supreme Law, ... Read Full Story

     School has become a place to put children for the day.  Our society has avoided the RIGHT OR WRONG of compulsary education, and has decided to force all children to attend school.  In many parts of the United States parents are put in jail, and their pictures are plastered on the newspaper, like a special type of terrible criminal.  I live in Ocala Florida and the Ocala Star Banner uses the front page of their paper to write and picture those who don't force their children to go to school each day.  Judges here somehow think that parents CAN EITHER FORCE ATTENDANCE, or ... Read Full Story

The thing that should be done in school is provide tools and ideas so that students can get ahead in THEIR EDUCATIONS.  It is not a place for school board glorification, or steady work for teachers, or the place where cities play one another for football glory.  Schools are centers of education, or they are wasting lots of time and money for taxpayers and students. . Read Full Story

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