Subj : Re: FAILURE
To   : Sam Alexander
From : richardw
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 03:35 pm

  Re: Re: FAILURE
  By: Sam Alexander to richardw on Wed Sep 28 2005 01:16 pm

 >  >  >  >  >  > Folks are quick to throw up Terrorism in the 'Important' cate
 >  >  >  >  >  > 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 unpatrio
 >  >  >  >  >  > opinion is that such opinions require "deportation to a commu
 >  >  >  >  >  > country", that in of itself sounds communistic to me.
 >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > You tell 'em Sam!!!
 >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  > Education should be the federal government's business. As a matter 
 >  >  >  > 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 
 >  >  > 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.

Pouring more money into a failing system is not the answer.  Some of the 
highest funded schools continually rate at the bottom of the scale.  The 
problem is the schools are not being held accountable for the results they 
produce.  If, however, it became a private enterprise, they would either 
produce, or go out of business and someone else would fill their shoes.


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