Comments on: Homeschooling in China: Socialization Rules http://www.electricvenom.com/education-bites/homeschooling-in-china-socialization-rules/ Mid-life crisis, motherhood and martinis Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:42:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mikeachim http://www.electricvenom.com/education-bites/homeschooling-in-china-socialization-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-58990 Mikeachim Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:56:02 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/09/20/homeschooling-in-china-socialization-rules/#comment-58990 Interesting. So despite anti-homeschooling arguments holding no legal water, the state still says "you cannot decide this for yourself". Ie. The state is above the law. And Article 16 of the Compulsory Education Law is interesting: "It shall be forbidden to insult or assault teachers. It shall be forbidden to inflict physical punishment on students." and..... "No one may make use of religion to engage in activities which interfere with the implementation of compulsory education". Interesting. So despite anti-homeschooling arguments holding no legal water, the state still says “you cannot decide this for yourself”. Ie. The state is above the law.

And Article 16 of the Compulsory Education Law is interesting:

“It shall be forbidden to insult or assault teachers. It shall be forbidden to inflict physical punishment on students.”

and…..

“No one may make use of religion to engage in activities which interfere with the implementation of compulsory education”.

]]> By: DosPeros http://www.electricvenom.com/education-bites/homeschooling-in-china-socialization-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-58984 DosPeros Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:51:58 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/09/20/homeschooling-in-china-socialization-rules/#comment-58984 Thank you for this post. It is one of those story that helps us define and understand our own freedoms, how important they are and how they can be taken away with out fighting for them. Everyone should remember this when your state tries to pass compulsary testing requirements for homeschooled kids, exc. Go Yoders. Thank you for this post. It is one of those story that helps us define and understand our own freedoms, how important they are and how they can be taken away with out fighting for them. Everyone should remember this when your state tries to pass compulsary testing requirements for homeschooled kids, exc. Go Yoders.

]]> By: BeckyJ http://www.electricvenom.com/education-bites/homeschooling-in-china-socialization-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-58940 BeckyJ Fri, 22 Sep 2006 02:04:23 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/09/20/homeschooling-in-china-socialization-rules/#comment-58940 Well, yeah. If the kid is getting homeschooled, he's going to miss out on all that essential government propaganda that the public schools deliver. Well, yeah. If the kid is getting homeschooled, he’s going to miss out on all that essential government propaganda that the public schools deliver.

]]> By: GZ Expat http://www.electricvenom.com/education-bites/homeschooling-in-china-socialization-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-58908 GZ Expat Thu, 21 Sep 2006 04:41:05 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/2006/09/20/homeschooling-in-china-socialization-rules/#comment-58908 Public schools (which parents must pay for anyway) is the best way to indoctrinate the kids here. The kids go to school all day long...often catching buses at 7am and coming home around 6pm. They get a 2 hr lunch (napping is big at lunchtime here). Working here and trying to hire people to do a 'creative' or 'innovation' job is very, very difficult. The schools teach 'rote'. Memorize and repeat...blah blah. There is no thought process as to 'why' they are learning and to solve problems on the fly. Many people I work with are parents and they understand this as a very important part of education (because they work for an American company), so they either tutor themselves or pay for additional tutoring in some sort of creative endeavor for their kids. The decision in this case is not surprising, since the state is all-knowing here...they can do no wrong, according to themselves. Public schools (which parents must pay for anyway) is the best way to indoctrinate the kids here. The kids go to school all day long…often catching buses at 7am and coming home around 6pm. They get a 2 hr lunch (napping is big at lunchtime here).

Working here and trying to hire people to do a ‘creative’ or ‘innovation’ job is very, very difficult. The schools teach ‘rote’. Memorize and repeat…blah blah. There is no thought process as to ‘why’ they are learning and to solve problems on the fly. Many people I work with are parents and they understand this as a very important part of education (because they work for an American company), so they either tutor themselves or pay for additional tutoring in some sort of creative endeavor for their kids.

The decision in this case is not surprising, since the state is all-knowing here…they can do no wrong, according to themselves.

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