One of my principals told us a story about a boy he know who was insulted about a physical deformity all throughout his school career. He ended up a vegetable in a mental institute.
I think bullying in public school is also a symptom of schools being co-ed. Take away the girls, and guys have much less motivation to show off their dominance.
However, they do need an opportunity to interact with girls, which is why single gender boarding schools are also bad news. In boarding schools, guys will become more homosexually oriented, and again motivated to show off their dominance.
Some homeschoolers form communities and share their strengths.
Also, the benefit of the division of labor at a public school has to be balanced against the teachers not being able to pay attention to the particular needs of each child. It's been shown that the colleges with smaller student to teacher ratios do much better than the converse.
Personally, I'd say most of the classes I've ever attended have been a waste of my time. For jr high, I switched from homeschool to public school, and I was quite ahead of the rest of the students. I hardly had to try to get an A. Then I went to British grammar school for high school and got my butt kicked.
No, no, I'm just expressing an opinion, like mixmax. It's up to the voters whether they actually think they're so smart. For example, here is another opinion: icky is the best handle ever.
Agreed. Cooking up something inventive in the kitchen, chopping ingredients as pans fry minced onions and garlic, throwing new spices together; it's a whole lot of fun. Whenever I have the time, this is something I love to do.
The candy store would be really cool, IMO. Has anyone ever read Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? Of course you've read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. If I ever did a startup, the whole point would be to earn enough money to open something like that, or maybe a toy company. I'd want enough money that I wouldn't have to bow to market forces and could make candy and toys that are actually good (Lego RIP).
This is from talks I've had with parole officers. Often, the prisons can merely act as Criminal U. Coming out it is hard to get a legitimate job, and they've learned more criminal skills while in prison. It's much easier to just go right back into the criminal lifestyle, a vicious cycle.
However, a concern I have with this program is that gang members can bring their criminal connections with them into business. In times of tough competition they may be tempted to use these connections.
I've talked with a couple parole officers and they say the same thing. The people they deal with really have to decide for themselves to change, it isn't a matter of changing their environment.
If 10 minutes is prep time, you can do a whole lot with a crock pot. I also like rice alot, so I include a rice cooker. But, prep only takes 5 minutes, if that. Throw the meat, sauce, and veggies into the crock pot, and rice into the cooker. A couple hours later when I get back home, I have a delicious, warm meal waiting.
I'm skeptical about the standard take on financial freedom. I think that a normal programmer can save enough in 5 years to live overseas off the interest with a comfortable standard of living. So, financial freedom isn't some high and lofty goal for the driven and privileged, but something we all can have fairly easily and dependably.
Things like startups should only be done because they are exciting and fun. Not out of some desperate drive for money.