My husband says this. Even though I loved my public school education, I do wonder if I’d be a bigger dreamer/rule breaker without it. But private isn’t any better/different. Sometimes even more rigid.
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Rigid isn't necessarily bad. What matters is praxis and curriculum. I used to teach... Praxis should always be about getting kids to actually do real things ; curriculum is what topics the teacher or school decides will definitely be in the class. I made all my own curricula, developed my own praxis. But that was overseas... when I came back to the US, I hit a Wall of Stupid - basically "u got loicense for that?" And to get that license, you conform to bad praxis and teach curriculum handed to you by the state. That's the real problem.
Well considering that I had to look up “praxis” because public school never taught me that word may suggest you are right!
Yeah lol they didn't teach me that either. I got that word from Austrian economists and it became my favorite linguistic toy for a while.
So how can I get YOU to teach my kid 😅 cause I don’t think the institution matters. It’s the teacher. Right? My husband says we should do pod learning. Where you get a group of families to hire a teacher or a few teachers and run your own little school.
Thankfully we got a few years before we have to figure this out…
That's a brilliant idea. Unfortunately for me, I need to get that license certification thingy, cuz without it its not legal to teach even at a private school. If you settle on a solution, let me know so i can join the team.