We don't have children either, but we pay for schooling the towns children because we own property.....renters and illegals slide and I don't like it one little bit. In fact, I greatly resent it. In addition, I don't have one bit of say-so about what kids are taught...like common core.
Just what am I being forced to pay for? If everyone paid, I still wouldn't like it, but that would at least be a glimmer of fair
We have kids but send them to private school. Still have to pay for public school so we pay extra. We take opportunity to influence the public school by educating ourselves on and voting for the school board. It is really the only option we have. That and reining in the bureaucrats who want to build extreme campuses. And the illegal immigration adds even more weight to their budgets. But as a society it is important to have an educated population even if one doesn't have kids. An educated population will be the doctors, nurses, engineers etc. and will affect your life at some point. Even those of us with kids are not guaranteed they will be able to take care of us in our old age. Someone's kids will be doing that and I for one want them educated. I think there are so many options that can be used rather than just the government schools but I do see a place for them. Just hoping some of the Q plan is to free up options for parents.
We have kids but send them to private school. Still have to pay for public school so we pay extra. We take opportunity to influence the public school by educating ourselves on and voting for the school board. It is really the only option we have. That and reining in the bureaucrats who want to build extreme campuses. And the illegal immigration adds even more weight to their budgets. But as a society it is important to have an educated population even if one doesn’t have kids. An educated population will be the doctors, nurses, engineers etc. and will affect your life at some point. Even those of us with kids are not guaranteed they will be able to take care of us in our old age. Someone’s kids will be doing that and I for one want them educated. I think there are so many options that can be used rather than just the government schools but I do see a place
If I thought for one second that the children were actually being educated in public schools, that would be different. But they aren’t (with few exceptions). The schools want warm bodies to create money for the administrators....that’s about it in a nutshell.
My husband works at a local high school. I KNOW what goes on. And I RESENT paying for it.
I’m guessing the illegal children we are forced to babysit (because they are not interested in learning) will take care of me in my old age ? LOL
Back when Paul and I were first married, I took my first master’s in education, planning to home school our children. Didn’t work out that way, though the education major was still useful for teaching adults. I did send my niece thru our local high school, but I read her homework and talked to her constantly. I have such deep respect for those who choose home schooling. Next to that, definitely private schools. But it sounds like you’re still forced to closely oversee what they’re being taught.
I gave my niece’s son the full set of JAG DVDs, which he loved. So I collected the whole set of W.E.B. Griffin’s army books, and got the strangest stare when I presented them. Then I realized that he didn’t read for pleasure at all. His whole focus was the Marine Corps. It’s like the liberal/conservative divide all over again. How can you understand someone who doesn’t read? How will they eventually teach themselves if they don’t read?
I’d happily pay for the education of the next generation if I thought they were actually being educated.