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41% school dropout rate. 0% Death Rate

joko104

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On NPR I heard a Democratic politician ranting that Florida schools should not reopen "until every single person is tested." Interpretation: No, education is irrelevant for children and their future.

Teen drop out rate with virtual schooling: 41% - never attended 1 online class.

Coronavirus: 4 In 10 U.S. Teens Report Not Doing Online Learning : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

In California the death rate of school age kids from covid-19 is ZERO.

COVID-19 Cases by Age Group

NONE of you ranting that the USA and schools should stay shut down week after month after month after month after month after month - should NEVER talk about educating children again since you all completely don't give a damn about education and have no problem destroying millions of American kids lives.
 
On NPR I heard a Democratic politician ranting that Florida schools should not reopen "until every single person is tested." Interpretation: No, education is irrelevant for children and their future.

Teen drop out rate with virtual schooling: 41% - never attended 1 online class.

Coronavirus: 4 In 10 U.S. Teens Report Not Doing Online Learning : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

In California the death rate of school age kids from covid-19 is ZERO.

COVID-19 Cases by Age Group

NONE of you ranting that the USA and schools should stay shut down week after month after month after month after month after month - should NEVER talk about educating children again since you all completely don't give a damn about education and have no problem destroying millions of American kids lives.

Sorry did you say home schooling has a 41% drop out rate?
 
mask up, and don't gather in crowds during a pandemic.
 
Sorry did you say home schooling has a 41% drop out rate?

Basically, yes. Students not participating in online "alternative" K-12 public education (which you seem to have transformed into "home schooling") is indeed akin to dropping out.
 
In MOST societies, the concept was the older generation sacrifices for the younger generation, parents sacrifice for their children, advance the children.

But NOT in the USA. In the USA children are sacrificed for the old people. What do they care about kids when they become adults and trying to raise their own family. All that matters are old people. After all, why should they care about what happens to their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren after they die of old age. The USA only exists for them. So do the children.

Kids can't vote anyway so who gives a rats ass about kids in politics?

Sacrifice the children to save us old people! - the apparently majority opinion of the old people on this forum. Screw kids, save me!
 
It's been a while, but I used to post my opinion that the USA is one of the most anti-children societies to ever exist. Maybe that is an effect of children can't vote in the ME! ME! ME! American society.

Or maybe it is because most adults now live for the secular religion of the super rich - consumerism and the accumulation of possessions as the goal of life - Chinese slave labor sweatshop made possessions.
 
Sorry did you say home schooling has a 41% drop out rate?

Home schooling and online public school schooling are not the same. Public schools have always had the worst stats of any education for kids (home, church, private schools). Now the government is throwing public school kids away like so much trash for the sake of old people who vote.
 
I honestly didn't think there would be this many stupid people during a pandemic. I didn't know that they would fight doing the smart or logical thing to protect the lives of those most vulnerable.

At this point it's either stupidity or selfishness.
 
On NPR I heard a Democratic politician ranting that Florida schools should not reopen "until every single person is tested." Interpretation: No, education is irrelevant for children and their future.

Teen drop out rate with virtual schooling: 41% - never attended 1 online class.

Coronavirus: 4 In 10 U.S. Teens Report Not Doing Online Learning : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR

In California the death rate of school age kids from covid-19 is ZERO.

COVID-19 Cases by Age Group

NONE of you ranting that the USA and schools should stay shut down week after month after month after month after month after month - should NEVER talk about educating children again since you all completely don't give a damn about education and have no problem destroying millions of American kids lives.

The panic is to increase government control.
 
Isn't it a 41% truancy rate?

Kids are required by law to attend class.

And they know exactly who isn't participating. Send the truant officer. Give the parents a ticket.

What's wrong with addressing truancy the way we always have?
 
Basically, yes. Students not participating in online "alternative" K-12 public education (which you seem to have transformed into "home schooling") is indeed akin to dropping out.

Thought the right liked home schooling, now it is bad?
 
I honestly didn't think there would be this many stupid people during a pandemic. I didn't know that they would fight doing the smart or logical thing to protect the lives of those most vulnerable.

At this point it's either stupidity or selfishness.

It's selfishness with a lot of stupidity added in... Trump is pushing back to school again on twitter this morning and the OP is just parroting the line. This has NOTHING to do with kids other than the impact on them being home and forcing one parent in two income families from having to stay home.
 
Home schooling and online public school schooling are not the same. Public schools have always had the worst stats of any education for kids (home, church, private schools). Now the government is throwing public school kids away like so much trash for the sake of old people who vote.

Careful, joko.

I think you forgot that we are all told to work hard while we're young so we can enjoy ourselves when we're old.

Now y'all are pushing "You're done generating profits for others. Time to shuffle your ass off this mortal coil. For the children."

And y'all wonder why people are getting skeptical of our current iteration of capitalism.
 
Isn't it a 41% truancy rate?

Kids are required by law to attend class.

And they know exactly who isn't participating. Send the truant officer. Give the parents a ticket.

What's wrong with addressing truancy the way we always have?

The OP apparently didn't read any further than the headline in the article... The 41% is the number of teens who reported that they did not attend any of the online education hastily thrown together in the spring by districts across the country. I know many, many kids and parents in my district that struggled to even comprehend what exactly was expected in my district which far, far from an underfunded district.
 
It's been a while, but I used to post my opinion that the USA is one of the most anti-children societies to ever exist. Maybe that is an effect of children can't vote in the ME! ME! ME! American society.

Or maybe it is because most adults now live for the secular religion of the super rich - consumerism and the accumulation of possessions as the goal of life - Chinese slave labor sweatshop made possessions.

Oh, this is rich coming from a member of the Trumpcult. :lamo
 
Home schooling and online public school schooling are not the same. Public schools have always had the worst stats of any education for kids (home, church, private schools). Now the government is throwing public school kids away like so much trash for the sake of old people who vote.

Of course it would have nothing to do with the fact wealthy families who send their children to private schools have better supports for their children compared to an impoverished family that goes to public school. Nope, they are on totally equal footing. :roll:
 
Isn't it a 41% truancy rate?

Kids are required by law to attend class.

And they know exactly who isn't participating. Send the truant officer. Give the parents a ticket.

What's wrong with addressing truancy the way we always have?

What is a single parent at work supposed to do to a kid who won't do online schooling? Ground the kid? The government has already ordered every kid in the USA is grounded. For months, maybe forever.
 
Thought the right liked home schooling, now it is bad?

Trading public brick and mortar public schools for public school websites is not "home schooling" - especially for those "students" who never log into them.
 
It's selfishness with a lot of stupidity added in... Trump is pushing back to school again on twitter this morning and the OP is just parroting the line. This has NOTHING to do with kids other than the impact on them being home and forcing one parent in two income families from having to stay home.

We're all gonna look back on this time and realize that 1 person, the present of the United States, who is trying to avoid investigations and prosecution, was pushing people to go back to work, and thus causing a bunch of unneeded death, so he could pump up the economy and try to win an election. All to skate on his own misdeeds and corruption and breaking of the law. He wants more people to die so that he can win and not be prosecuted. That's all this is.
 
Of course it would have nothing to do with the fact wealthy families who send their children to private schools have better supports for their children compared to an impoverished family that goes to public school. Nope, they are on totally equal footing. :roll:

I never said they were on equal footing. Other kids were not on equal footing with Obama's kids. No question of it.
 
Isn't it a 41% truancy rate?

Kids are required by law to attend class.

And they know exactly who isn't participating. Send the truant officer. Give the parents a ticket.

What's wrong with addressing truancy the way we always have?

Considering the pandemic blind-sided everyone and many poor families do not have the support systems at home that most of us enjoy, schools were not going to be fascists about attendance for the final two months of the school year. Let's get real, people.
 
Considering the pandemic blind-sided everyone and many poor families do not have the support systems at home that most of us enjoy, schools were not going to be fascists about attendance for the final two months of the school year. Let's get real, people.

But that doesn't support this BS narrative..
 
I never said they were on equal footing. Other kids were not on equal footing with Obama's kids. No question of it.

Then stop comparing public schools to private schools.
 
Isn't it a 41% truancy rate?

Kids are required by law to attend class.

And they know exactly who isn't participating. Send the truant officer. Give the parents a ticket.

What's wrong with addressing truancy the way we always have?

I would say that a policy of fining and imprisoning literally millions upon million of working parents who were not prepared to home school their children is not a winning policy.
 
Thought the right liked home schooling, now it is bad?

The left hates home schools so probably is cheering all the kids dropping out of online public school. In "home schooling" parents are doing the teaching and in public online schooling the teachers and school system are.
 
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