The lockdowns and online learning opened eyes to how bad government schools are. From Jim Bovard at libertarianinstitute.org:
After enduring bullshit school shutdowns during the COVID pandemic, many students concluded that school itself must be bullshit and have skipped attending classes. Government bureaucrats are panicking since subsidies are tied to the number of students’ butts in chairs each day. Duke University Professor Katie Rosanbalm lamented that, thanks to the pandemic, “Our relationship with school became optional.”
School absences have “exploded” almost everywhere, according to a New York Times report last week. Chronic absenteeism has almost doubled amongst public school students, rising from 15% pre-pandemic to 26% currently. Compulsory attendance laws are getting trampled far and wide.
The New York Times suggested that “something fundamental has shifted in American childhood and the culture of school, in ways that may be long lasting.” Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker commented, “There is a sense of: ‘If I don’t show up, would people even miss the fact that I’m not there?’” The arbitrary, counterproductive school shutdowns destroyed the trust that many families had in the government education system.
The New York Times reflected the tizzy afflicting education bureaucrats across the land: “Students can’t learn if they aren’t in school.”
Like hell.
Found an tire air pressure guage crackpipe with Chore Boy brillo screen outside the local Marxist EDU and scooped it as there was something in it, no I didn’t put a lighter to it.
Right before the Maui cookoff there was a rainbow rangers desk with Luau Lei flower necklaces at the entrance which was weird and they scattered business cards around that I threw away.
I was glad to be in a couple of Excel classes back when it was a Montessori and you know that isn’t around anymore.
Everyone is on the honor roll in eighth grade. (/s)
Nothing burns it all down better than double digit IQ dullards who don’t think?