Quote:I went to a private school mostly growing up. We had to wear ties and slacks everyday. I think having a serious business kind of environment made us take school more seriously and it taught us how to be professionals. To this day, I could show you 10 different ways to tie a tie. Children need structured environments, you cannot let them make the rules because they have no idea what is best for them, they only know what they want. If the rules are okay with them wearing a t-shirt, i agree sending them home for wearing one with a gun on it seems over the line, but this entire issue would not be on the table if we had any semblance of formality and respect in public schools. 

 

While we waste academic learning time discussing a star wars t-shirt, we are getting passed by every other industrialized nation.Kids go to school 180 days out the year, that is a little less than half the year, and those days are filled with pep rallies and events that have nothing to do with actual learning. Maybe American students do poorly at school because they don't really do real learning as much as other places.

 

I can relate.  I went to a private (religious) school during my sophomore year of high school.  Our dress code was pretty much the same (slacks, button up shirt, tie) during the week and on Sundays we had to wear a suit to church.  We went to church every day and had a total of 8 classes throughout the school-day.  We also had mandatory study hall at night for 2 hours where we did "homework" (it was a boarding school as well) as well as assigned "chores" that had to be done.  To this day I kind of regret choosing to not go back there to finish my high school education.  When I went back to public school I was far more advanced than my peers.

 

It was my decision to go there in the first place and my decision to not go back.  The main reason I chose not to go back had more to do with my hormones than anything else (I discovered sex and girls and had a girlfriend at the time in public school).

 

My point relates to exactly why I call public schools indoctrination centers.  They spend more time and effort teaching kids to be PC and "everybody gets a trophy" rather than teaching.

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