{"id":5501,"date":"2005-09-10T07:45:51","date_gmt":"2005-09-10T07:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/wp\/?p=5501"},"modified":"2005-09-10T07:45:51","modified_gmt":"2005-09-10T07:45:51","slug":"letter-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=5501","title":{"rendered":"LETTER OF THE DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

I swear I thought this <\/a>was written by a kid until the very end. It’s so bad, it’s good (and possibly fisk-worthy).<\/p>\n

Home-school if you like–it’s your loss<\/strong>
\nDate published: 9\/9\/2005<\/p>\n

Alan Brymer promoted home schooling by belittling public schooling.<\/p>\n

Stafford’s high schools are equipped with occupational labs. Students become drafters, carpenters, Web designers, nurses, and CISCO-certified.<\/p>\n

Many of the schools offer auto mechanics, cosmetology, electricity, and masonry. Not many parents have the experience or equipment to match the schools’.<\/p>\n

Home-schoolers miss out on the chance to participate in academic and skills organizations. These clubs promote community and teamwork.<\/p>\n

Mr. Brymer scorns public education for fear of the exposure his children may receive. If his children will be influenced by immoral conversations, he has more to worry about than public education.<\/p>\n

I can attest that students raised not to swear don’t reprogram by walking a school hallway. If they did, I would question the quality of instruction they received when taught right from wrong.<\/p>\n

Social interaction must be developed. In elementary school, learning when and when not to speak is a challenge.<\/p>\n

In middle school, the art of storytelling is learned by trying again after failed attempts and sometimes ridicule.<\/p>\n

It’s better to learn to deal with bullies in public school than to face them for the first time as a young adult in the workplace.<\/p>\n

I’ve taught home-schooled students who’ve switched to public. They tend to make friends more slowly and have trouble joining conversations because of slang and ideas that are not experienced at home.<\/p>\n

Home-schooled children do tend to have “book smarts,” but they lack basic skills like note-taking and listening for content.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, it’s good parenting that will give a child the best chance at success.<\/p>\n

As a teacher, I’ve noticed that it’s the “good” students’ parents who are at the schools, monitoring their children’s progress.<\/p>\n

Kenny Johnson<\/p>\n

Fredericksburg<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I especially love the bullies comment. I’m betting Kenny doesn’t bother breaking up too many fights in the hallways at his school. Better to get the crap beat out of you while you’re young and heal quickly. And those basic note-taking skills? Utterly useless once you’re out of school. But I wouldn’t expect Kenny to know that, as I have a feeling he’s mentally\/emotionally\/educationally stuck in high school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I swear I thought this was written by a kid until the very end. It’s so bad, it’s good (and possibly fisk-worthy). Home-school if you like–it’s your loss Date published: 9\/9\/2005 Alan Brymer promoted home schooling by belittling public schooling. Stafford’s high schools are equipped with occupational labs. Students become drafters, carpenters, Web designers, nurses, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5501"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}