I see a lot of videos online about people saying schools are failing kids because kids aren't learning how to read.
I feel like there's a huge category error there. Regardless of school, the root of kids values is the home. Immigrant families teach their kids to read, even though the parents barely speak English. If kids don't know letters, what did the parents do before school started? If they don't know how to read after school starts, what are parents doing?
Some people these days go "Oh, well parents don't have a lot of money" -- teaching your kids is free of charge! You don't really need to spend much money on it! At most you need some paper and a pen or pencil whose cost is less than a junior bacon cheeseburger at McDonalds and you know these parents are feeding their kids plenty of fast food! Besides that, library cards are free, and borrowing books from the library is free!
I feel like there's a huge category error there. Regardless of school, the root of kids values is the home. Immigrant families teach their kids to read, even though the parents barely speak English. If kids don't know letters, what did the parents do before school started? If they don't know how to read after school starts, what are parents doing?
Some people these days go "Oh, well parents don't have a lot of money" -- teaching your kids is free of charge! You don't really need to spend much money on it! At most you need some paper and a pen or pencil whose cost is less than a junior bacon cheeseburger at McDonalds and you know these parents are feeding their kids plenty of fast food! Besides that, library cards are free, and borrowing books from the library is free!
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