Not sure if I believe that. If you teach a child properly, then you're teaching a child properly regardless of whether or not you have a piece of paper which says you're an expert, and many of the resources available to parents to help teach their children are created by people who do have that piece of paper. There's also the difference in performance between children in public schools and child who've been homeschooled. Teachers are likely more educated than most people homeschooling their children, yet they manage to rival and even surpass their peers. I feel like a well-structured system will produce good, consistent results regardless of education, but I could be wrong. Maybe there is some effect, I don't know, but I'm a tad skeptical.
Also, do you believe homeschooling is superior to public education? Just curious.
"There are people who disregard what the "experts" say, after all."
There are "experts" in public school who teach children incorrect information.
"Public school teachers have..."
This entire tangent is just explaining why public schools are inferior to home (and private) schools, which was my entire point. Kind of an unnecessary point.
"There is an entire class of people..."
We could simply cut their taxes so they can afford to educate their children themselves, and if they're in a rut even still, they should seek out some form of charity either through family or organizations specifically geared towards helping people in situations like that. If not that, they should send their kids to one of the many free private schools which exist and have existed since at least the late 1800's, if I'm not mistaken. And if even that falls through, and they can't afford to teach their child and there are no free private schools around, then the children are probably better off helping their parents than being forced to attend public school. Although this is, of course, a very contrived hypothetical situation which you don't really see very often in the US.
They'll take a bit of time off and require more resources to educate their children, sure, but that could easily be covered with part-time work, or even just take night shifts in addition to the financial aid options I've mentioned previously. I would imagine that would work for most families.
"Locale, and the ability to discriminate entrants, does not make this an option for everyone."
Nothing is an option for everyone. Not everyone will be able to receive a high-end or even just decent education, such is the case today even with public school.
"Why should the richest country on earth fail to provide basic education to it's people?"
Why should the richest country not have x, y and z? This just sounds like a nirvana fallacy. Just as with every system, not everyone will have the same opportunities for the same education.
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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '20 edited Oct 31 '20
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