A part of me is glad for the schools closure. It reduces the amount of propaganda the children are exposed to, eliminating almost completely the group consensus dynamics at play as propaganda is distributed and they see their peers acceptance of it.
I homeschooled my son after the 5th grade. He was certified by the community college in computer tech 3 weeks after his 18th birthday and has a lucrative career in computer administration now.
It's a shame so many have been brainwashed to think education must be received from those who farm us. Trained to think:
The state is the expert and has the goal of training our children into becoming critical thinkers capable of being productive to self and neighbor.
That they steal the money to pay for the schools (even from those who have none or whose children are grown), so might as well get some benefit from the theft.
It serves as a daycare for parents who most likely themselves were ill trained by this same education system and struggle just to make ends meet. This can be so bad they are reliant (especially single mothers) on their children eating breakfast and lunch at school.
The real crime being exposed is the way the state has forced this reliance on them by a large majority of parents. It's a shame groups aren't forming to create small school pockets independent of the state schools. The children could be taught critical thinking and aid the parents in need with food and a place to park their children while working. Sadly, the largest problem I saw being exposed with school closures was the revelation for many parents it was somewhere to park their kids while they went and toiled away for enough scraps to live for another week.
Great to see you post here again. :)
You're very right there and maybe a positive to come from this will be that more people home school. I've heard the stats and how they say that homeschooled kids generally do much better, I guess your lad is a prime example of that and you must be quite proud. I've heard on UK column that one parent was teaching their child to spot disinformation coming from BBC education tv(Yes, they have actually allowed the BBC to educate kids...)