Why is it that parents go to great lengths to see that their children receive the best education available, yet do not take the time and effort to educate them as well?
Depends on the parent. In my house it's the school's job to teach my kids specific information; it's my job to teach them how that relates to life. So when they learned about the Civil War, we went to Gettysburg.
The Short Answer
Depends on the parent. In my house it's the school's job to teach my kids specific information; it's my job to teach them how that relates to life. So when they learned about the Civil War, we went to Gettysburg. When they read *Hatchet* we went camping and built campfires with flint. When they learned about weather, we went to the Mt. Washington Observatory. They went to Space Camp, and pottery class, and took stand up paddleboard lessons, and went to a wolf preserve,and to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and built rockets, and took a canoe trip down the delaware. Sitting at a desk can only teach you so much. You have to experience the world to really learn anything. That's my job.
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Key Concepts: Went, teach, it's
This explanation focuses on went, teach, it's and spans 125 words across 10 sentences. At 74% above the average Society explanation (72 words), this is one of the more thorough answers in this category, reflecting the complexity of the underlying question.
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The explanation opens with: “Depends on the parent.” It then elaboratesultimately building toward a complete picture across 10 connected points.
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Ranked #77 of 500 Society questions by answer depth (top 16%). This places it in the comprehensive tier — the top quarter of most thoroughly answered questions. Questions at this depth typically involve multi-faceted topics requiring nuanced explanation.
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Depends on the parent. In my house it's the school's job to teach my kids specific information; it's my job to teach them how that relates to life. So when they learned about the Civil War, we went to Gettysburg. When they read *Hatchet* we went…
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