Thursday, August 25, 2011

It's no wonder...

It's no wonder American's are unemployed.
People from other countries are willing to work,
They are smarter too!
Our education system in this country is taking some really huge hits.
Is that really something we want to do?
Is that really something we can afford to do?
Around here, they have cut pre-school classes all together.
They have moved the enrollment date for kindergarden back.
And now, kindergarden is only a half day!
When i was little (which wasn't really all THAT long ago) i went to preschool for TWO years.
Yup, you read that right, i went when i was 3 and when i was 4.
Then i went to a full day kindergarden.
FULL DAY!
Yes, we had nap time, recess, show and tell, art...
Nothing overly strenous.
But we were there full day to learn.
Look what it has come to.
They've already started weeding people out too.
Now, you have to make under a certain amount of money to be able to enroll your child in the only preschool class in the area.
No offense to anyone reading this, i'm not a bigot or full of myself or anything...
But why do the poor people get to have their children educated and people like us don't?!
I'm not saying i'm better than anyone,
But i work my butt off for what i have, and so does my husband.
So why must our kids be punished?!
I think all kids, regardless of money/race/gender/etc, should get to get an equal education.
It just really ticks me off.
Sorry for my vent.
Looks like i'll just have to dust off Aunt Marian's teaching skills and make her open her own "preschool" and teach my kids all they need to know and more.

2 comments:

Aunt Marian said...

You are alrerady doing a FANTASTIC job of teaching Mady. You are an incredible teacher.

Colleen said...

It's probably because of the latest education research that shows that earlier academics actually harm children and that it's more beneficial for kids to just have unstructured playtime near their parents or family members. The book "Better Late than Early: A new approach to your child's education" has a lot of info on this.

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