Subj : Re: FAILURE
To   : Finnigann
From : richardw
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 10:19 am

  Re: Re: FAILURE
  By: Finnigann to richardw on Wed Sep 28 2005 08:05 pm

 >  >  >  >  >  >  > Folks are quick to throw up Terrorism in the 'Important' c
 >  >  >  >  >  >  > about education, economics, and other issues that also mat
 >  >  >  >  >  >  > sent more to Iraq then he budgeted for the Education syste
 >  >  >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  >  >  > If me not supporting and agreeing with Bush makes me unpat
 >  >  >  >  >  >  > opinion is that such opinions require "deportation to a co
 >  >  >  >  >  >  > country", that in of itself sounds communistic to me.
 >  >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  >  > You tell 'em Sam!!!
 >  >  >  >  >  >
 >  >  >  >  > Education should be the federal government's business. As a matt
 >  >  >  >  > 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 t
 >  >  >  > 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'
 >  >  > see how public education was one of their first concerns.
 >  >  >
 >  >
 >  > What does this have to do with educating our kids?  I personally don't wa
 >  > 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.
 > 
 >  ri> Pouring more money into a failing system is not the answer.  Some of
 >  ri> the highest funded schools continually rate at the bottom of the scale.
 >  ri>  The problem is the schools are not being held accountable for the
 >  ri> results they produce.  If, however, it became a private enterprise,
 >  ri> they would either produce, or go out of business and someone else would
 >  ri> fill their shoes.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > If they are as regulated as Public schools... you might have something. But
 > they are not and can't function as well as public schools AND turn a profit.

Were did you get the data to support this theory?


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