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gchaix - well put. The focus should be in improving schools for ALL students and to address differentiated learning styles - whether it's online, hands on, trade, parochial, private, "traditional" classrooms, whatever!

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HOORAY ALL ORCA TEACHERS!

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AMEN! My husband's phone rings ALL DAY and he interacts with his students frequently. YAY ORCA!

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echolynch - you're admitting that you were fired TWICE for being "personally lax" about being on time for work and someone is paying you to hire others? Are you at work NOW? 

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Bricks and mortar schools can also be incredily isolating for children with social challenges. Most families choosing online schools (or home schooling for that matter) are extremely social and seek truly social activities (sports, music, play...).

As for the "real" world - lots of people work from home now or work swing shift/graveyard... not everyone keeps banker's hours...

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echolynch - don't be rude. that's not the point. in fact, i am an english teacher not using capitals on purpose. perhaps that is EXACTLY WHY the parent has made that choice for their student. perhaps that parent wasn't best served by the schools he/she attended. the parent has a right to choose the best education opportunity for his/her child.

there's a REASON American public school education is called the "great experiment" - it has been and will continue to be a work in progress, the key word being PROGRESS. the discussion needs to be focused on LEARNING and not MONEY.

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thank you Whitney! So very true!

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The entire conversation is about MONEY not learning

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