Do Public Schools, Umm, Suck?

[Flashmann]

1. Seriously? Of course public education sucks.

It's probably painting with a very broad brush,to claim public education sucks across the board,but overall,maybe it does....When I compare the things I was taught,and HOW I was taught them,between 1957 and 1971,to what my 3 kids,and now 2 of my grandkids were/are offered.it's obvious much has been lost....

Just one example I'll use for it's relevance today,is Civics.It was required for me.Elective for my oldest 2 kids,unavailable for my 3rd.My grandkids literally have no clue what Civics might be.Defundings of specific programs,geared toward transitioning students to responsible adulthood,tinkerings with curricula,and the rewritings of textbooks,reshaping history,reshaping reality,mesh together with other factors to create the big suck..

This by design..The "powers that be",(I really am loathe to use that term),have been working towards this aim for decades.Now,pointing to problems and deficiencies they created,or helped to create,they call for more defundings,more home schooling.Vouchers.More money for charter schools to teach about Jesus riding dinosaurs into the sunset,on a flat 6000 year old earth.

So yeah...Of course public education sucks,but not because of the reasons many people think..