[extropy-chat] change of topic

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Olga Bourlin <fauxever at sprynet.com> wrote:
> > From: "Ned Late" <nedlt at yahoo.com>
> > 
> > > Okay, but if K-12 is a babysitting service, then
> scrap
> > > it and let the parents do the babysitting
> themselves.
> > 
> > Begging your pardon, but this is 2005 and most
> parents are *at work.*
> >  The 1950s are over, and they're never coming back
> (thank goodness).
> 
> Home schooling requires an average of 2 hours a day,
> with the remainder
> of time being self-study. Imagine if parents didn't
> have to work so
> hard because their tax burden was measurably lower.
> They'd have a lot
> more time to spend home schooling their kids.

While there are exceptions, most jobs are officially
40 hours a week, plus commute time both ways,
regardless of how much you "need" to work.  On top of
that, many bosses now expect good workers to bring
work home with them or to work unpaid overtime; to
remain competitive in the labor force, 50 or even 60
hours a week of actual work (again, plus commute both
ways) is not uncommon.  As a result of doing what they
need to do to avoid unemployment, many parents find
themselves without time or energy to interact with
their children during the week beyond maybe dinner
together - and sometimes not even that.

I.e., a reduced tax burden does not directly translate
to more hours in the day to do other things.  Even
home schooling.