Let Your Kids Drop Out! Part 3

     Welcome back.

     In part 1 of this series, I made the case that the public school system is not designed to teach your kids. It is instead just a mechanism to teach them to follow rules. Students are only taught enough to keep up the ruse.

     In part 2, I explained that the best alternative to the school system is to home school your children. But since this isn't an option in most families, the second best option is for the child to drop out a soon as it is legal to do so, and get their GED. Also the student should avoid putting too much time into succeeding academically. The child should also be discouraged from extra curricular activities. Both academic success and extra curricular activities are enormous wastes of time. And neither offer a payoff that would make such an investment of time worthwhile. Extra curricular activities are also ridiculously expensive.

     Now don't misunderstand me. I am not against learning. I am an information junky. I really can't get enough of it. But I think it's time to tell it like it is, and that is, not much real education takes place in the public school system. If it did, don't you think rich people would send their kids to public schools?

She'll probably make more than you once she finishes her training.

     By all means encourage your children to learn. If they like math, have them hop on Kahn Academy's Youtube channel and learn nonlinear algebra. Or encourage them to read great books, or work on cars, or whatever. But don't let them waste their time on something that doesn't offer a meaningful return, when they could be living life.

     I also don't want you to think that I want all these kids dropping out and sitting on the couch playing the latest Call of Duty until you finally get sick of it and kick them out. The day after they drop out, you should take them to the best tech school in your area and enroll them in a program that teaches a skill that is in high demand. Now the way most tech schools work is, you have a 3 hour morning class and a 3 hour after lunch class. If your kid takes, say welding, both in the morning and in the afternoon, he'll complete the course in about a year. They could take 1 class full time or take 2 classes part time. So maybe take welding in the morning and automotive repair in the afternoon.

     The real beauty of tech schools is that they are mostly work at your own pace. This has two benefits. First it means if your child has trouble with math, then they can take their time and really learn the material and not have to worry about falling behind the rest of the class. Or if they are learning very quickly, the blaze ahead at their own speed. But secondly and most importantly, your teenage son or daughter has to learn to work independently and a be self starter. It forces them to mature.

Thought I should include a pic of some sciencey stuff.

     Then after, they've completed their tech school course, and hopefully matured some, then they can consider getting a 4 year degree in a STEM field.  If they aren't interested in one of those 4 fields, then college is mostly just another waste of time and money. So it's fine if they decide that they want to skip college. At least have a marketable skill that is in demand. How many 18 year olds can say that?

     So to recap: The public education system sucks. You should get your kids out ASAP. Encourage you children to not invest their time and effort in getting good grades. Also discourage them from joining extra curricular activities. They are a waste of your child's time and a waste of your money. Get your kids into tech school and have them learn a skill that's in demand. Then send your kids to college, if they are interested in getting a STEM degree. Otherwise, they should skip college and join the labor force.

     Well, that wraps up this series on the public education system. If you like this series, be sure to share it on Facebook. Share it even if you don't like it...even if you hate it.

Let Your Kids Drop Out! Part 2

     In Part 1, I asserted that the public education system is not really the failure that it seems. The problem is that every normal person thinks that the education system should...you know...educate. But those who set the system up chose a system designed to indoctrinate the masses and make them good little rule followers. And in that regard it has been a wonderful success.

     This is why one particular political party screams bloody murder anytime someone from the the other party suggests that maybe the parents should get to choose what type of education the child gets. And maybe, just maybe, the money collected from the taxpayer, for the purposes of educating that student, should go to whatever school said parents select for said child.

     They scream because that party is very interested in parents not choosing. The politicians want a school system that churns out students that are rule following clones. They aren't much interested in individualism or raising citizens capable of thinking for themselves.

I hope whoever made this sign isn't a member of the teachers' union.

     They're also interested in keeping students in the public education system, because doing so increases demand for teachers. And teachers in the public education system join the teachers union. In fact, in most states teachers are forced to join and pay dues, which increases the union's power in D.C.  It has enough power that it basically owns one of the political parties. And this party seems to dance to whatever tune the union decides to play.

     Don't infer from the above statement to mean that I have any love for either party. One just happens to be right on this issue. But both parties are wrong about plenty. Now back to your child's education.

     The ideal solution is to get your child out of the school system ASAP and home school them. And if your family is in a situation to do so, I highly recommend that you do it. But many are not in a situation to home school their children. For them I have an even more radical idea. As soon as it is legal to do so, just have your kid drop out and get their GED.

This home schooled kid will probably be a dork into his early 20's, but he'll also be your kid's boss.

     Now a lot of parents seem to think that this is crazy. As if a high school diploma is something worthy of attainment...it's not. Don't get me wrong the GED isn't great, but getting a GED at least saves you 2-3 years, which makes it better than a high school diploma.

     Now that's not the radical part. The radical part is to encourage your kids to not try very hard in school. They need to try just hard enough that they learn the info needed to pass the GED test when the time comes. Since the GED test isn't very hard, your child can basically just screw off and enjoy life until 3-12 months before they are going to take the test.

     When I say this to people they look at me like I'm crazy. As if children's main purpose is to strive really hard from ages 5-18 in order to get good grades from a bureaucrat. And seriously, when was the last time you went to a job interview & had the interviewer analyze how well you did in freshman English? Nobody cares! All they ask is if you have a high school diploma or GED. And they mark down yes or no. Beyond that no one cares. So teach your kids to not invest time in an endeavor that will likely have little pay off. Kids should put out just enough effort to get C's...maybe a few B's.

     Another thing, you should strongly discourage you kids from joining any extra curricular activities. These days extra curricular activities are insanely expensive. A few years ago I was talking to my friend about the cost of her daughter joining the high school cheer team. The parents had spent over $4000.00 in the first two months!!! Are you kidding me?!?!? And after high school what will she have to show for it? Nothing. Instead, stick that girl in an MMA gym and after 4 years of high school you'll at least have daughter that can defender herself from would-be attackers.

Ok, I'm running a little long on this. So it looks like this topic, which was originally going to be just one article, will now be three parts. Deuces.

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Let Your Kids Drop Out! Part 1

     You hear it all the time, "The school system is a failure!" or some similar sentiment. Well, I'm not sure that's true. Sure, America spends more money on education then any other country. That may or may not be true. I'm not gonna bother looking it up, but let's pretend it is true. Researching articles would add a lot of work to this article, and you wouldn't remember the data anyway...neither would I.

     Yet every year the kids get dumber and dumber. Again, I'm not going to look that up.

     Some would say that this is evidence of the failure of public education, but they would be wrong. You see, the people that pull the strings, they're not dumb...evil maybe, but not dumb. And when people, who are not dumb, seem to fail over and over, and do not change course, but drive on all the harder...it should make you wonder.

He's frustrated because he knows he's not getting a real education.

     It makes me wonder. I wonder things like: What if their stated goal isn't their real goal? What if educating children isn't the point of all of it? What if there is another purpose?

     I've read about all of this before. I could go back find all my old sources and cite them, but I think you are catching on to how I do things.

     For those of you who don't know, we didn't always have a public education system, Children were taught at home or went to a Little House on the Prairie type schoolhouse. And then some controlling douche bags decided that everybody needed the same type of education...but not really. When they chose the type of system that America should have, they chose the Prussian System.

    The Prussian  System was very elitist. The children of the elite, got a liberal education. I don't have time to get into what comprises a "liberal education" just know that going back at least to Jefferson, a liberal education was considered the best. In fact, Jefferson stated that any kid who showed that he might possibly become a genius should be allowed to pursue such an education regardless of their background.

    Under the Pussian System only the children of the elite got this superior education.  The rest of the children got an education that emphasized “harmony, obedience, freedom from stressful thinking and how to follow orders.” And so it would be with our education system. Woodrow Wilson said:

     "We want one class of persons to have a liberal education and we
      want another class of persons, a very much larger class of
      necessity, to forgo the privileges of a liberal education."

     Now, again, that sounds kind of elitist.

"I'm about to graduate and still can't do fractions."

     You see, the public education system was never designed to educate your children. The children of the elites would get a real education. And your children would be thrown into an education system designed to teach them "how to follow orders.” The public education system isn't a failure, it was simply designed to indoctrinate children.

     Okay, I'm running a little long. I don't know why, but I thought that this would be one nice short post. But it's looking like it will stretch into at least two. So check back for the upcoming second post in this series.

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