Subj : Re: FAILURE
To   : richardw
From : Sam Alexander
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 01:16 pm

  Re: Re: FAILURE
  By: richardw to Finnigann on Wed Sep 28 2005 01:27 pm

 >   Re: Re: FAILURE
 >   By: Finnigann to Ralph Smole on Wed Sep 28 2005 01:29 pm
 > 
 >  >  >  >  > Folks are quick to throw up Terrorism in the 'Important' categor
 >  >  >  >  > about education, economics, and other issues that also matter.  
 >  >  >  >  > sent more to Iraq then he budgeted for the Education system.
 >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > If me not supporting and agreeing with Bush makes me unpatriotic
 >  >  >  >  > opinion is that such opinions require "deportation to a communis
 >  >  >  >  > country", that in of itself sounds communistic to me.
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > You tell 'em Sam!!!
 >  >  >  >
 >  >  > Education should be the federal government's business. As a matter of 
 >  >  > the education department should be disbanded.
 >  >  >
 >  >  RS> Should read: Education should NOT be the feds business. Me bad.
 >  >
 >  > No, you stupid. Public education was one of the first concerns of the new
 >  > nation.
 >  >
 >  > That's why school attendance is mandatory.
 > 
 > No, you stupid.
 > 
 > In 1870, only 2% of 17-year-olds graduated from high school.
 > 
 > In 1900 only 31 states required 8 to 14 year olds to attend school.
 > 
 > In 1910 only 72% of american children attended school, and half the
 > nation's children attended one-room schools.
 > 
 > Considering the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, I don't
 > see how public education was one of their first concerns.
 > 

What does this have to do with educating our kids?  I personally don't want 
to see kids graduating high school who can't read, write, or who've never 
read a book or can't do basic math.  I don't expect every high school 
graduate to be a grammmer or math expert, but there's a certain level of 
skill that's generally required to get a job.  If the education system 
doesn't have the funding to make this happen then WTF?  I want my taxes 
paying to educate our youth, not to kill folks in another country.

Sam

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