Bill Cosby on Education

[buckstopshere]

Seems Bill Cosby, the man has some really great common sense ideas, is giving his opinion on how to fix the American Education system. Cut the spending, let local communities and parents take the lead.

I recently had a conversation with my daughters principle regarding some concerns I had with an inconsistency in her classroom. The main theme, as I expressed, was I expect very little from the teachers and I don't mean that in a derrogatory way. I don't expect them to teach my child the truly important things in life, work ethic, respect, critical thinking, etc...I expect teachers to teach facts and not their perspective on those facts.

Teachers need to be held accountable and I'm not talking about in the classroom so much as in the home. Parents are teachers and are the most important teachers in their childrens lives. Too many skirt this responsibility and leave it to the education system. Teachers are powerless to really do anything and with no child left behind, everyone suffers because of parents who don't take the time to work with their children.

We teach our kids life, in the real practice. Teachers teach theory. It's time for parents to step up.

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[fullmetaljesus]

I expect teachers to teach facts and not their perspective on those facts.

Just curious, whats your stance on evolution being taught in school?

 

[buckstopshere]

it's a theory, i'm ok with it being taught provided that the other side of the conversation is taught with equal time.

I'm proactive so I've already talked to my oldest daughter about what she learns in Sunday school and what she can expect to learn in school. I told her what I believe and why. I've also told her that when she gets older, she needs to be able to decide for herself what she believes.

I'm a strong believer, nothing ever shakes that. Going to the Creation Museum with my wife was an amazing experience. One my daughters will have soon.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

I think you are using the word theory wrong. The catholic church recognizes evolution as fact.

The creation myth has no place in the school nor a science classroom. Schools are for facts. Not stories.

 

[buckstopshere]

I think you are using the word theory wrong. The catholic church recognizes evolution as fact.

The creation myth has no place in the school nor a science classroom. Schools are for facts. Not stories.

I'm not catholic. I don't believe we evolved from apes. There's science on both sides and both are theoretical, as is the vast majority of science. So, when in doubt, I go by what the good book tells me

You asked for my thoughts and I gave them. I didn't ask for yours.

And for the record, my daughters principle agreed with what I had to say so much that he invited me to give it as a presentation to 300 dads at upcoming event.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

Evolution doesn't say we evolved from apes. you clearly don't understand evolution, and there is no science to creationism.

In order to stay as respectful as we can to each other, we might as well end the conversation.

Have a good night

 

[buckstopshere]

Evolution doesn't say we evolved from apes. you clearly don't understand evolution, and there is no science to creationism.

In order to stay as respectful as we can to each other, we might as well end the conversation.

Have a good night

Lol. You have a good one too. Guess I shouldn't have spent all that money at depaul.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_Science
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution

 

[The Stig]

Lol. You have a good one too. Guess I shouldn't have spent all that money at depaul.

Creation Science - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Human evolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I've always wondered....


If we evolved from apes, then why are there still apes?

 

[TMU317]

Evolution doesn't say we evolved from apes.

Yes, it does. According to evolution, our ancestors were apes. In fact, we belong to the same super family (Hominoidea) as apes.

 

[fullmetaljesus]

We didn't evolve from Apes, we evolved from a common ancestor.

 

[eldirector]

Arguing Evolution vs. Creation is like wrestling with a pig in the mud. The pig loves it, and you just get dirty.

 

[BigMatt]

We didn't evolve from Apes, we evolved from a common ancestor.

We could have evolved from apes according to the THEORY of evolution. If you can't think of a scenario using the THEORY of evolution where people could have evolved from apes, then there is something wrong.

 

[Westside]

This thread is treading a thin line.

 

[Que]

Bill Cosby has some great ideas about education.

 

[eldirector]

Bill Cosby has some great ideas about education.

Yes. Yes, he does.

 

[jedi]

Bill Cosby has some great ideas about education.

Que why did you bring the thread back from it's edge of getting locked.
Shame on you.

 

[John Galt]

My wife thinks I evolved from an ape. Sometimes, she says it's a stupid ape ...

 

[fullmetaljesus]

One of my favorite things about bill cosby is the zip zop zippiti zoo bop bop

 

[ATOMonkey]

I agree that Parents and Grand Parents, Aunts, Uncles, etc. need to step up and take a bigger role in teaching children.

I can't remember my parents ever sitting down with me and actually "teaching" me anything, which is probably why it took me almost 30 years to learn what Liberty actually means.

They didn't teach me things about dating, what kind of person is right for me, how to be a good boyfriend, fiance, husband, father etc.

They just threw me in the deep end and said, "hope you learn to swim!"

The things they did harp on were inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Following the rules for the sake of following them.

 

[GBuck]

I've also told her that when she gets older, she needs to be able to
decide for herself what she believes.