I read this today in Chicago's Newspaper for Dummies,
Red Eye.
Quote:
School's out forever Will Smith doesn't think much of school—and he's not sending his kids.
"The things that have been most valuable I did not learn in school," he tells Reader's Digest in its December issue.
"Jada and I home-school our children because the date of the Boston Tea Party does not matter," he said. Smith said he can learn anything just from reading books.
"I absolutely know that I could learn how to fly the space shuttle because someone else knows how to fly it, and they put it in a book," he said. "Give me the book, and I do not need somebody to stand up in front of the class."
Guess he's read the book "Instant Confidence."
Wow. On one hand, I applaud him for taking the education of his children into his own hands and praising books. On the other (and correct) hand, I think he's a moron for saying that the date of the Boston Tea Party doesn't matter. Sure, it's not knowledge used daily (I don't remember the date anyway), but it's kind of nice to be a well-rounded individual. And what about your children having the opportunity to experience school and its social environment? Will & Jada have been spending too much damn time with Tom & Katie.
