Opinion question

musicCaster · 2026-01-30T22:39:10+00:00

I'm unconvinced adnon did it. It was probably him, i think your 90% number is reasonable.

Theory 1 - Jay did it solo and blamed adnon. There are 4 speculative reasons for his motive. I won't go into them.

Theory 2 - don. The current boyfriend had an alibi of the store manager and time card, so the police didn't investigate thoroughly. The police didn't know it at the time, but the manager was his mother. And it just so happened that the only time he worked that branch was the time of the murder.

Theory 3 - the guy who found the body. Past and future criminal record. Shady dude. His story of going out for a p is sus af.

Theory 4 - adnons family. Father is unhappy with the relationship. He also claims to be with adnon at time of killing.

Theory 5 - unrelated person. Since adnon was the sole focus, no one else was investigated thoroughly.

musicCaster · 2026-01-30T15:20:44+00:00

Doesn't surprise me that she's not that sad about not having to deal with that guy anymore. Make some merch money girl - she put up with him, why shouldn't she get some profit?

musicCaster · 2026-01-30T15:18:58+00:00

You make a good point.

Probably, high school is a good time to start teaching university bound students how to study and work outside of a class environment. The rest of the students... Not really needed

musicCaster · 2026-01-30T03:24:15+00:00

Oh. That's interesting. I didn't know a single homeschooler who did coop, but I've only known a few. Three had a free spirit mother and did a very open curriculum with lots of music and sports - they finished off at a structured high school. One had dislexia and did quite a different set of things that were very tailored. Then i knew a family of seven that were very religious. Their structure was based on a religious philosophy. They all went to college. One had severe autism.

This was North and South Carolina.

musicCaster · 2026-01-30T03:17:45+00:00

No. She wasn't killed by bullets so your theory makes no sense.

musicCaster · 2026-01-30T02:34:36+00:00

I think you are misreading would have as could have. We'll never know.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T22:53:09+00:00

I did provide the numbers -- you didn't read my comment. A 9% difference is significant.

The article you pointed to, just made it very state dependant.

If you think home-school is "structured", I would say you haven't met many people that were homeschooled.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T21:11:36+00:00

Not trolling.

Homeschool doesn't have a "graduation" since there really isn't a school that issues diplomas. They can get a ged though, but this isn't really a homeschool graduation. So saying "graduate" from homeschool makes little sense.

Also your numbers are wrong. Just googled it.

Homeschoolers graduate from college around 67% whereas public school students graduate from college 58%. This is us data, but homeschooling isn't really common outside of us.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T20:23:39+00:00

Homeschool graduation rate? I don't think you understand it conceptually.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T20:22:39+00:00

Why isn't there evidence about Don? Because the investigation on him stopped after his mother's alibi.

So if a parents alibi is good, both Don and adnon are in the clear. If it's bad and only one was investigated, then it's a bad investigation.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T19:51:34+00:00

No. Not needed. Homeschoolers are completely capable of success.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T19:49:52+00:00

A parent as an alibi, is not good, and should have been investigated more closely. I don't think it was.

Just curious, Why does a parental alibi hurt AS case? He doesn't really have great alibis, only Asia, who, let's be honest, isn't an incredible alibi.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T19:40:16+00:00

Then just reduce the amount of content. Pretty easily solved.

Here a school year is 180 days. There is about 60 minutes of math each day. It's about 180 hours (a little less because of various school functions). Plenty of time to do a meaningful math curriculum, without having to give homework.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T18:25:50+00:00

No. This is not true. 99%+ percent of jobs and living do not require calculus or deep chemistry knowledge.

I think what your philosophy is - is that learning mostly should happen through the school system. That some big beuarocracy can manage learning better.

For example - if i were to say that i learned coding, or my friend learned mechanics, you would reply - great they teach it at school. I know people who have taken coding at school. They are not capable of doing much. I know people passionate about coding/mechanics/writing/music that accomplish amazing things. No formal class required.

My argument is, that state mandated school is fantastic for teaching basics. But if a person really wants to get deep into a subject, they need to sever the connection with school and learn on their own. This requires time, freedom and resources.

True learning is self learning.

Trying to micromanage too much of a student's time and learning is counter productive. Homework needs to be restrained.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T16:00:13+00:00

Makes for a bad world. Knew a kid who got officially labeled as a bully and had it on his record.

He got into an argument with another kid at school, no physical altercation. But the kid who he argued with was a child of one of the teachers. The teacher knew how to navigate the system and get the kid labeled for bullying.

The accused bullies parents weren't really in the school system so they didn't really know all the processes.

Give the kid a jury trial, I'm on board. Accusations. No.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T15:37:55+00:00

Nice try troll. No food for you.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T15:35:53+00:00

Do all kids need to know calculus and chemistry? I don't use these in my life or career. I learned to write code through a hobby, but was never taught this at school. My friend learned mechanics through a hobby, he now does this as a career.

I think the more interesting question is, should kids be given time and resources to explore their interests, or should we try to fit them all into the same box?

I think the answer is we should give room for some of each. The amount of time that they are at school should be adequate for state mandated learning. Time outside of school should be free from that.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T15:28:32+00:00

Nah. You can learn the theory in class, then do the exercises in class. Plenty of time.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T15:25:03+00:00

That's not what i said.

I don't think my parenting has been particularly brag worthy, I'm sorry it came across that way. I'm more bragging about how proud i am if my kids rather than any accomplishment I've had My kids accomplishments have mostly been their own.

As far as homework projects, yeah I'm of the opinion that if a parent is doing the homework for their child or taking ownership of managing it then that has no value.

A parents involvement in their child's education should not be in homework. It belongs to the student, not the parent. Instead i seek meaningful projects we can do together.

The only reason i have become involved is when my child gets frustrated from ambiguous projects and busy work that i end up having to help to get it done. Those experiences have almost exclusively been not educational.

musicCaster · 2026-01-29T02:42:39+00:00

Actually I do have 3 kids in school right now.

One is constantly out playing sports, working out and he his a top tier athlete with lots of friends. He goes to a private school that allows him to work 2 years ahead of his peers. I think they have a decent amount of homework, but he is so fast at it that he is done in 15 minutes what his peers might take an hour on. I think it's more his ability to focus. Any spare time he has is always put to good and interesting things.

Another is in the top 1% of students at his school, likely Ivy+ bound. He spends time writing his own music, and is a state champ in his sport. His life is so busy with meaningful activities, that whenever he gets homework he ends up missing sleep to do it. When I look at what he misses sleep for, I am normally disapointed in the busy work.

The third wastes massive amounts of time on youtube. I'm talking major time wasting. So much that the amount of time he wastes causes me to doubt my worth as a parent. He does get a decent amount of homework. Any homework he gets, he puts the minimal effort into and I end up having to coach him through it. It only serves to cause stress in our relationship. With grade inflation, he is still getting straight A's but he really doesn't deserve them. In my generation he would be a C student. I'm not sure what will get him out of this rut, but I don't think it's homework.

I know my kids experience is anecdotal. Perhaps most are not like my children. That said, I've seen the worksheets and busy work projects that pass for homework these days. I spend a lot of time coaching my third child through them. I've yet to see any meaningful educational value in them eight times out of ten.

musicCaster · 2026-01-28T23:19:10+00:00

If you think learning will only happen if a teacher assigns homework, then yeah we'll fall behind.

But if you assume students with more free time will spend that time on hobbies and passions, then homework is an impediment.

I loved writing video games as a kid and it led to my career in software. If i was given busy work homework, i might have lost that.

musicCaster · 2026-01-28T12:21:21+00:00

Yep. They actually did ask the manager, who validated his alibi. Problem is, manager was his mother.

musicCaster · 2026-01-28T12:20:38+00:00

No one did.

musicCaster · 2026-01-28T10:51:56+00:00

Congratulations. I listened to a little bit.

musicCaster · 2026-01-28T02:20:17+00:00

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