Subj : Re: FAILURE
To   : richardw
From : Finnigann
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 19:05:00

-=> richardw wrote to Sam Alexander <=-

 ri>   Re: Re: FAILURE
 ri>   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.

 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.

I think we have been down this road before.



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