Archived I let my 10 & 11 year old stay up 'til 1am to teach them binary. Am I a bad parent? (files.catbox.moe)
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Archived I let my 10 & 11 year old stay up 'til 1am to teach them binary. Am I a bad parent? (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] hardshaft 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
well I'll be damned, a parent who's actually taking the education of their own kids into their own hands, I'd never thought I'd see that again in my life. Congrats on being so self determined and taking your responsibility so serious :)
[–] SexMachine [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
What's funny is that at their age, I was living in a majority black city, but I was accepted into a city funded school for the "gifted and talented" = nearly all white school in a black city. So, for their age level, they're both way behind where I was for their age.
Education standards are being lowered across the nation. My kids understand square roots and the concepts of imaginary numbers, but the schools are no where near even touching on these subjects. They don't even offer advanced placement until grade 7.
It just feels like they're holding kids back from reaching their full potential because of the "minority" kids who can't grasp the material.
[–] hardshaft 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That shit was going on in Scandinavia already when I was a kid, and family had no education. Luckily you can still take matters into your own hand and seek out information in books, and today also on the internet. But I'm amazed at how when I talk to kids nowadays they seem to have little to no interest in learning this sort of things. It's as if they've given up on trying to understand what's going on around them.
[–] KILLtheRATS 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
That is the definition of a parent. I refuse to associate with people with stupid kids.