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The Texas Republican, libertarian hero and three-time presidential candidate aims to teach home-schooled students four core tenets: Liberty versus coercion in Western history; how to defend the freedom philosophy; what it takes for success in college; and how to start a business.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... um/?page=1

http://www.ronpaulcurriculum.com/

Interesting. Some cool things in there but even as a Ron Paul fan it seems a little kooky. I went to Catholic school for 16 years and I thought the curriculum was adequate, so not sure why the need for this.

It needs a less provincial approach. Is there any foreign language, foreign affairs, world history, or area studies course in it? I didn't see any.
Every other major power in the world, except for maybe China has students that know at least one other language. Some of those Scandanavians know multiple. These days when you start a business or work for a major company, it's important to know something about the world outside the borders.

kreator wrote:Interesting. Some cool things in there but even as a Ron Paul fan it seems a little kooky. I went to Catholic school for 16 years and I thought the curriculum was adequate, so not sure why the need for this.

It needs a less provincial approach. Is there any foreign language, foreign affairs, world history, or area studies course in it? I didn't see any.
Every other major power in the world, except for maybe China has students that know at least one other language. Some of those Scandanavians know multiple. These days when you start a business or work for a major company, it's important to know something about the world outside the borders.

It certainly doesn't appear to be very comprehensive in nature but I plan to take a look at the K-5 schedule as it's an interesting idea. They provide a link to another program (http://www.robinsoncurriculum.com/) that looks even better. If anything, they look like they would be nice supplements for a standard curriculum.

China requires all students to study English beginning in the third grade. It isn't very effective but that's more a result of the mandate being handed down without having adequate teachers but, still, the requirement is there.

Once again, if conservatives don't like what is being taught in schools, then they should become teachers.

Most would never work for the dog shit wages that the majority of teachers make.

Easier to complain than to effect real change.

cleaner464 wrote:Easier to complain than to effect real change.

Agree with it or not, coming up with a K-12 curriculum isn't exactly sitting around whining about the way things should be.

cleaner464 wrote:Once again, if conservatives don't like what is being taught in schools, then they should become teachers.

Most would never work for the dog shit wages that the majority of teachers make.

Easier to complain than to effect real change.

Go be teachers, like in Texas where they're forced to teach some retarded curriculum that produces dumber students? Sounds good

cleaner464 wrote:Once again, if conservatives don't like what is being taught in schools, then they should become teachers.

Most would never work for the dog shit wages that the majority of teachers make.

Easier to complain than to effect real change.

No, it's easier to teach your own kids things they won't learn in school than to spend time in a bureaucratic minefield.

I have my substitute teacher's certificate and was going to complete my credential until I realized I would have been miserable with all those kids. I also didn't want to be in the teacher's union or have little to no choice over what I taught.

Will the country survive if our kids are taught the history of liberty and personal freedom?

and by "country" I mean, the political class in Washington DC