Posted on 08/30/2013 6:08:38 PM PDT by JerseyanExile
I’ve intentionally put off commenting on Allison Benedikt’s little essay (“If you send your kid to private school, you are a bad person”) in Slate, but I think I have come up with a policy option that would satisfy both Ms. Benedikt’s concerns and my own inclinations as well. She writes: “Everyone needs to be invested in our public schools in order for them to get better. Not just lip-service investment, or property tax investment, but real flesh-and-blood investment.”
This is true, but it is inadequate. In fact, almost everybody already is invested in our public schools — by most estimates, 90 percent of U.S. students attend public schools. The problem with Ms. Benedikt’s position is symbolized in my mind by City Avenue, the boulevard that divides Lower Merion, Pa., home of some truly outstanding public schools, from West Philadelphia, home of some truly terrible ones. Walk one block and you go from Mercedes Benz country to bus-pass country. People in Lower Merion and people in Philadelphia are equally invested in their public schools, and though there are differences in the level of funding between high-performing suburban schools and low-performing urban schools, those differences are in many cases not nearly so stark as you might imagine. But they are not invested in the same schools.
People hold capital in the form that brings them the best returns, and for the modestly affluent professional class, your lawyers and high-school principals and such, holding capital in the form of a nice house in a neighborhood with good schools provides the maximum return. The development of social and professional networks, prestige, learning high-status habits and manners, etc., all are enormously important perks associated with living among the well-to-do.
What we obviously must do, therefore, is turn rich white liberals out of their homes.
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of course, another alternative would be to toss all Marxists,commies, and socialists into a big wood chipper. it would reduce unemployment and leave plenty of real estate for everyone else. we’d also have lower demand on the system and lower govt spending
what? that’s just as ridiculous as what’s presented in this piece of trash.
(( ping )) Mentions Philly burbs.
randita - I lifted the Pennsylvania ping list from your FR homepage.
But I like your idea better. LOL
Did she mention this to Obama.
His kids should be in the District School.
Preferably one in Anacostia.
That would reduce their carbon footprint too - everybody wins!
They hate us,we are happy.End of story:)
Kevin's cooking on all burners... Great post Jersey - thanks.
What we obviously must do, therefore, is turn rich white liberals out of their homes.
So naturally if we make a wealth sharing law it should be contained to those who believe in it, we should not force our will on those who do not feel that it would be right.
If we forced the people to do something they do not feel is right we would be stepping on the toes of those who believe if it feels good, do it.
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