Education in the US

[EyeKhan]

From the NY Times

On one hand, I do take delight in the idea that Americans are stupid and kept in their own ignorance like an aged cheese, because that makes Finnish education know-how all the more valuable. But on the purely humanitarian aspect, it does seem like a worthwhile prospect to lift US kids from their McLives.

This is something Loki and I have talked about to death, but anyone else have opinions?

Opions? Hail yah.

#1. You are nasty.

#2. As far as I can tell, the more important factor is the parents. Teachers are secondary. Not unimportant, but not as important.

#3. The education my children are getting from the Public school system is vastly better than the private education I got. (I live in a much better school district, though)

#4. I did much better in school than my older siblings who went Public but I wonder, was that because my school was better or was it because my parents saw the train-wreck in progress of my older siblings and knew they had to make a change? And in my family anything my parents spent money on was something that got their attention. They were very intersted in my grades, my attendance, my homework because they were paying for it out of pocket.