More homeschooling and Internet-based education can help solve energy problems

CableNewsJunkie — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:44:49 EDT

More homeschooling and Internet-based education can help solve energy problems

--Think about it - we drive our kids back and forth to school.

--If we don't drive them, the busdrivers do.

--Teachers and other staff must also drive back and forth to school.

--Furthermore, are the kids really receiving a high-quality education once they get there? Doubtful.

--The present system is ANTIQUATED and is a HUGE WASTE OF ENERGY and is BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

(This is a meme that could help tie together our movement with other movements - the greens, the environmentalists, the religious right, etc)

--What if kids homeschooled 3-4 days a week, and traveled to the physical school just 1-2 days a week for in-class science/lab study?

And I'm not sure what is currently available in terms of K-12 homeschooling/Internet-based education, but check out this initiative by MIT for what is taught at the college level.

MIT OpenCourseWare
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm

All free of charge - granted, you don't get a degree for studying this material. But for those that can't afford college or won't be able to get a loan (thanks to tight credit conditions) - this could be a blessing and could prepare them for the point in time when they ARE ready for the official degree.

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More homeschooling and Internet-based education can help solve energy problems