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Education (A Loosing Battle)
Posted on 09/20/2006 1:18:22 PM PDT by halfthebattle118
Education
The public education situation in this country has become a chronic example of wasteful and ineffective government spending. It is a travesty that we have to relinquish our tax dollars to under-educate and indoctrinate our children. The public school systems standards are so low that we have high school students who literally cannot read. The majority of the public school students have no idea about world events, government, geography, history, or grammar.
On the flip-side, their knowledge of modern pop-culture is amazing.The Republican idea of vouchers lends a solution to the failed school system. This idea has been fought and shot down at every turn. Why do you think that is? Billions of tax dollars are poured into the public education system yearly.
If we were able to keep that money and use it to pay tuition to better schools, the public school system would either improve dramatically, or it would cease to exist.
When you create a free-market product, many companies will compete to make the product better and cheaper. Education is no different. When schools compete for tuition monies, they will have to improve their overall curriculum. Its just common sense. There is no reason for the government to have a monopoly on our childrens education. Not only is it a complete disaster, but its dangerous.
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To: halfthebattle118
Anyone else ever make a typing error, or is it just me? Nope, just you. We old timers don't post vanities for this very reason. It's always open season.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:34:09 PM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: halfthebattle118
losing (better?)
There ya go, FR school is better, yes?
To: AppyPappy
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:35:43 PM PDT
by
halfthebattle118
(Large government = less freedom)
To: halfthebattle118
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:36:28 PM PDT
by
Dr.Deth
To: Rokke
You should set your beeber on "stune" BEFORE you fire.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:37:02 PM PDT
by
thulldud
("Para inglés, oprima el dos.")
To: halfthebattle118
One typo and it's all meaningless. Anyone else ever make a typing error, or is it just me? Sure, but there are typing errors and there are typing errors. If the point of your rant is to take down the horrible education system in this country, you best post something that makes you look a bit edjumucated.
To: halfthebattle118
One typo and it's all meaningless.Actually, that was not a typo. A typo is inadvertent. Using "loosing" instead of "losing" is a rather common event these days. I see it so much, I have stopped pointing it out. This is not to impugn your intelligence, but one should be sure that the choice of words and spellings is correct when commenting on education, lest one became an example supporting one's own argument. Another point is that a spell check will totally miss this, and spell check is no substitute for a proper education. (I'm being very careful to use correct phrasing and proper spelling and punctuation right now. How did I do?)
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:38:08 PM PDT
by
webheart
(Have a nice day!)
To: halfthebattle118
The education industry has never been better or more successful. Each year more money per, ahem, 'student' is being raised and each student is signed up for ever more years learning less and less.
Some numbers. The Los Angeles Unified School District admits to spending $20,000 per student per year. This does not include state and federal money that is won to support this industry, its workers and agents. I suspect that the cost of a certified high school graduate in LA is running at half a million plus( all moneys spent, divided by certified graduates).
The Newark, New Jersey education industry is so successful that in brings in nearly one billion dollars in revenues for workers, and local education industry supporters. Newark graduates, at unknown quality but I think we can guess it is low, two thousand students a year. So, a real honest to God High Scholl graduate runs over 750K.
A recent article on Chicago two year local collage industry reports success of %17 graduation after six years of revenue reaping. The head of the collage, said she was unaware of this success and didn't get, nor keep, such good numbers.
Following the socialistic Soviet production model, American citizens can expect every and ever higher profit, and increasing size and success of their education industries.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:41:06 PM PDT
by
Leisler
(Read the Koran, real Islam is not peaceful.)
To: halfthebattle118
To: Leisler
Scholl= school.
English be easy, math be hard.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:42:49 PM PDT
by
Leisler
(Read the Koran, real Islam is not peaceful.)
To: halfthebattle118
First we need to kill all the bored children.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:49:07 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(1 year guarantee against congenital defects.)
To: webheart
Another point is that a spell check will totally miss this, and spell check is no substitute for a proper education.I have a spelling checker.
It came with my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.
Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it's weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.
To: halfthebattle118
Anyone else ever make a typing error, or is it just me? Everyone makes errors.
That's why pencils have erasers. Why don't you ask the mod to correct it?
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:52:30 PM PDT
by
b9
("the [evil Marxist liberal socialist Democrat Party] alternative is unthinkable" ~ Jim Robinson)
To: Hegemony Cricket
Now be nice. The poster is probably educated in one of our government schools. :)
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:54:30 PM PDT
by
Burlem
To: dighton; halfthebattle118; Constitution Day; aculeus; Billthedrill; Senator Bedfellow; Petronski; ..
Obligatory graphic.
To: halfthebattle118
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:55:51 PM PDT
by
ichabod1
(Political Correctness is communist propaganda writ small.)
To: halfthebattle118
All public schools are bad. Ah, stereotyping again, looser?
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:56:00 PM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: SirJohnBarleycorn
I just pasted your poem into MS Word.......
amazingly stoopid thing, spellcheck, LOL. Not a single red or green line appeared :)
To: halfthebattle118
Geez, you people are jumping all over the poor fellow for a spelling error. Give him a brake.
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:58:04 PM PDT
by
sergeantdave
(Consider that nearly half the people you pass on the street meet Lenin's definition of useful idiot)
To: Tijeras_Slim
I don't get it. I get nailed for my brilliant writing and stunning original opinions on the crisis called public education? What's with you people? It ain't fare. Nothing is fare in this here life. Nothin. - goes screaming and crying -
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posted on
09/20/2006 1:58:08 PM PDT
by
halfthebattle118
(Large government = less freedom)
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