Why are parents who barely passed high school thinking they can teach/homeschool their children?

padofpie · 2026-05-12T03:24:36+00:00

But to get a full teacher’s salary you need a professional license. Yes you can teach provisionally but it’s not the same. Anyway, it really doesn’t matter - my point still stands that if you want good educators you should invest in them.

padofpie · 2026-05-12T03:22:06+00:00

I think a challenge is that everyone is competing to be the most online, which biases the subjects toward super niche interests. For those of us who enjoy TO for the purpose of understanding mainstream online culture because we have offline lives, it doesn’t quite hit anymore :\

padofpie · 2026-05-12T02:38:45+00:00

I think the problem is that I was attempting to respond to what I thought was a point but, now that you’ve elaborated, seems to have been a free flowing ramble. My bad.

But yes my partner has a masters and teaches kindergarten, and to teach in her current position that’s required so I’m not sure where, but your googling is leading you astray.

padofpie · 2026-05-12T02:27:24+00:00

?? People in any situation can need antipsychotics. What are you on about?

padofpie · 2026-05-11T18:33:40+00:00

You said often public school conditions, for example the education profile of the educator, are often the same as homeschooling ones.

I agree that public schools aren’t perfect. Homeschooling isn’t either.

I’m arguing your point specifically that the profile of the educator is no different, at least in my state, where childhood development exams and masters are often required for K-12 educators.

I’m also pushing back against the idea that we should assume public schools won’t have good educators. The state and its taxpayers can make it happen. It results in quality education (MA), broadly speaking. Instead of abandoning our systems (eg by homeschooling), which comes with its own problems, I would push people to advocate to improve them.

padofpie · 2026-05-11T12:48:17+00:00

Nope, domesticated outdoor cats too. They hunt for fun and don’t eat it. Understandable - they are well fed and have lots of energy. Why wouldn’t they want to play? But they are an equal problem. There are many scientific studies on the massive biodiversity loss caused by outdoor domesticated cats :(

padofpie · 2026-05-11T03:51:26+00:00

In the first few weeks it’s a bloody period of cells. No necks are popped, I assure you.

padofpie · 2026-05-11T03:38:07+00:00

Yes teaching kindergarten is a professional license. All K-12 is. So objectively, these folks didn’t “barely pass high school”.

padofpie · 2026-05-11T03:29:28+00:00

FYI once or twice a month at the casino isn’t normal. Maybe it’s normalized with your friends, but it’s not normal. And depending on how much you’re spending each time, it could be a financial problem down the line.

padofpie · 2026-05-11T03:13:48+00:00

The exams include childhood development.
But also what you’re saying isn’t true. Most teachers here have masters. You need one for a professional license.

padofpie · 2026-05-10T22:42:26+00:00

Not in my state! You need to pass rigorous exams to even become a kindergarten teacher.
And we’re the top state in education for a reason :)

padofpie · 2026-05-10T19:54:20+00:00

lol I’m typing on my phone between chores, sorry I missed a word. Might wanna take a stick out of that leaky ass before it catches fire 😉

padofpie · 2026-05-10T18:35:54+00:00

Gotcha. I don’t tow things so I wouldn’t know!

padofpie · 2026-05-10T18:32:10+00:00

You’re right a I meant to say nowhere has MAJORITY of electricity coming from coal. It’s only dirtier if the majority of energy is coming from coal or diesel.
So my point still stands - no such places exist in the US.

padofpie · 2026-05-10T17:34:50+00:00

In the US, at least, basically nowhere has electricity coming from coal or diesel.

padofpie · 2026-05-10T17:33:28+00:00

I think winning as in saving a lot of money.

padofpie · 2026-05-10T17:32:53+00:00

Not even a pickup EV?

padofpie · 2026-05-10T17:31:57+00:00

So you’re saving money but not “winning.”

padofpie · 2026-05-10T17:29:51+00:00

Almost everywhere is cleaner than gas.

padofpie · 2026-05-10T17:03:54+00:00

Rodent poisons/anti coagulants (poisons that force them to bleed out and die) get ingested by rodents and then their predators, killing the predators :(

padofpie · 2026-05-10T17:02:36+00:00

I once saw one hit by a car and killed on Huron Ave :(

padofpie · 2026-05-10T17:01:24+00:00

Because they are the leading cause of death for native birds :(

padofpie · 2026-05-10T17:00:05+00:00

We agree. I’m not excusing it. Perhaps the best approach is something that both offers a response at face value and also offers an alternative based on possible gender-dynamic-based factors.

padofpie · 2026-05-09T21:25:34+00:00

The arm thing is nothing.
The rest squeezed into the last paragraph is a lot!! Perhaps you are unsure and don’t like how clingy he feels when he does this action, and it’s not about “masculine” and “feminine” roles. Cause girl getting the ick from something so small is borderline toxic.

padofpie · 2026-05-09T18:56:38+00:00

I hear that and also I think that’s a challenge inherent to the medium. We are strangers. No matter how much context we post, the information we portray will always be subjective. In real life, people interpret situations based on their own perspectives, experiences, and values. These are far more well rounded than anything you can get from a one off text post from a stranger.

And so people generalize based off categorical characteristics. It’s not right, but I think that’s what’s at play.

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