Damian Whiteways

Edumacator.

[Damian Whiteways @d_whiteways]

@StonksIsGood @TonPanzer @TheyThemItalian You couldn’t actually refute my argument and proceeded to ad hominem attacks. You’ve added to the evidence base of trickle down stupidity.

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@j0hn265 @TonPanzer @TheyThemItalian Agreed, some do. Then some, really don’t excel. It comes down to whether parents have the breadth of knowledge or willingness to learn it well enough to teach.

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@StonksIsGood @TonPanzer @TheyThemItalian “As best as it can” is doing a lot of heavy lifting. You can’t offset using terrible raw data that is used to make sweeping statements when there are so many variables. And we do know it’s happening. This is not an under researched area. Like at all.

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@hairold55614 @SadLexify @StonksIsGood @TonPanzer @TheyThemItalian So your position is “my wife is a qualified teacher and my children will receive teaching from a trained professional, who also happens to be my wife”. Now is your wife representative of all homeschooling environments, where some parents don’t even have a high school diplomas?

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@StonksIsGood @TonPanzer @TheyThemItalian Imagine 10 homeschoolers. Seven don’t report results. Three do, and they all score highly. If you only analyse those three, homeschooling looks amazing. That’s not necessarily evidence homeschooling is better. It’s evidence of selection bias.

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@StonksIsGood @TonPanzer @TheyThemItalian Right now, reading comprehension matters. Test scores that are not predominately reflective of the entire cohort offer skewed results. Therefore, what we can glean from them is relatively little.

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@TonPanzer @TheyThemItalian Lastly, in many US states, homeschooled students are not required to take the same state assessments as public school students. Some states require annual testing, others require portfolios, and some have very little oversight. It’s hard to compare.

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@TonPanzer @TheyThemItalian Many studies use families who voluntarily participate in homeschool testing programmes. Families who are struggling are much less likely to volunteer their data. This means the sample often contains highly engaged, motivated homeschooling families rather than all homeschoolers.

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@mehercle @PoliticoForYou @Danielw26738836 What is the source of this figure?

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@TheTermin8tar @KingSavage1575 @Blonddieee_ @TheVsk_ Isn’t that how we get an Alicent. 😭

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@TheTermin8tar @KingSavage1575 @Blonddieee_ @TheVsk_ She raised a good point. Protect and watch them how? As a lady? With no dragon? Just vibes.

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@TheDan0000 @jaeyn45 @WheelieLaw @e_mmarussell @parr_craig61423 Considering it’s a range starting from that, and probably not at the minimum range, your ire seems disingenuous.

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@ChrisEcxel102 What’s the name of this show?

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@nickisannnn @bcamille__ @Mr_Sp3cialK @Sweetuhnik35 @BET You sound like you’ve sucked some DL dick. Just big made.

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@bcamille__ @Mr_Sp3cialK @Sweetuhnik35 @BET Can’t expect honesty in a hostile environment.

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@FLOSALOUD They don’t sound like British talent. They use too many R&B Americanisms that the British public write them off.

Keep in mind Raye won 6 Brit awards for her debut album and America paid it dust. We have different tastes and that’s also ok too.

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@noname1error @GrizzyMaq @DiggensPet25473 @SteveTanner0 @HowieHedde That was also ruled by the Qing dynasty for 268 years, and they were Manchus. Quite literally the opposite of Han Chinese.

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@swinster72 @grahamchatterl2 I have 14 excellent GCSEs but after l finished A level, nobody has ever cared. Even for job apps, l only get asked for Maths and English certificates.

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@swinster72 @grahamchatterl2 It gives a good start in the sense that it gives them more choice for the next stage of study, ie. a levels. But if they are going for apprenticeships, having 7 grade 7s is not that useful, as what matters is having maths and English at a 4.