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“...I’ve always thought there’s something uniquely egalitarian and therefore American about the idea of public education, providing opportunities for all children to better themselves.”

This author needs to pull his head out of the sand. What a deluded fool.

[Candor7]

How to destroy the public school system>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Let it be destroyed,

Let parents start up one room neighborhood schools with minimal staff and ignore the unions and public educators. Let them rot like poisonous fruit on their vines.

[Fai Mao]

Public schools are child abuse.

[Terry L Smith]

“Community schools”?

At one time, before the jimmah cahtuh Dept of Ed, the schools taught a curriculum that was tailored to the regional area, i.e., major industries that hired the most.

Now, schucks, I have actually sat with earners of baccalaureate degrees that could not compose a description of their cuurent employment entailed!!!

[Jim Noble]

there's something uniquely egalitarian and therefore American

The American government was ordained and established in order to secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity (you could look it up).

Liberty and equality are antonyms.

Therefore, whatever this author is selling, it has nothing to do with the design of America.

[Howie66]

Easy. Put Liberals in charge of it. Guaranteed to work, every time.

[Darksheare]

We were taught chinese history and how wunnerful the great leap forward was, and the five pillars of islam in NY state.
American history was glossed over or omitted.
1990’s

[RetiredScientist]

The reason that public schools were reasonably successful through the early 1970's (when I graduated) was that most parents and many students welcomed such an education. My parents had grown up in the Great Depression and saw education as a great opportunity for my generation. There were a few outliers who would not do the work and were disruptive. In my high school, the solution was to have the disruptive students work with the janitor or in shop classes...

In that era, students were concerned about the war in Vietnam. My brother went. He was 12 years older than me and almost did not graduate high school. My parents used "tough love" - they gave him a choice: he could pass his classes and get into the Air Force or fail and get drafted into the Army. He passed and had a good career in the Air Force.

One of the biggest changes was the offshoring of jobs starting in the early 1980s. An older coworker with whom I shared an office had grown children who worked in the auto industry. They did not like school but liked building cars. Offshoring of jobs hit them hard.

In summary, the success or failure of the schools is dependent upon students and parents believing that consistent work in school will likely lead to a richer life. Unless such a goal seems likely to a student, they will probably immerse themselves in whatever distraction is on the phone and waste the taxpayers' money.

[ridesthemiles]

I am telling every parent or grandparent I know to look hrd at their circle of friends.

Find the ones who have skills-—carpenter-—welder—bookkeeper—accountant-—metal fabricator...plumber-—Heat & air installer-—window installer-—large animal vet-—saddle or boot maker-—mechanic(real mechanic=NOT a parts changer who reads a computer diagnosis)—collision repair shop-—book store-—fabric store-—

I once applied for an accounting job in a small company. The owner didn’t wish to pay me what I wanted. I told him: “Take me for a week, and see what I can do. IF you don’t think I am qualified to do your work, Let me go & you do NOT owe me a thing...but if you keep me, you owe me for the week, and I get another raise in 60 days....”

I got the job & a raise in 3 weeks, and another in another month.

The USA doesn’t just consist of college students & fast food workers.

MANY factories have tours for people to see how things in the USA are made. cars-—steel-—glass-—lots of things. Find a weekend or a ‘teachers conference day’ to use for such a tour.

Contact each one & ask them IF they would be willing to tutor any of your kids/grandkids in that skill. Maybe even go on weekends to watch how a carpenter does his job-—or a metal fabricator, etc.

Your kids are NOT learning anything useful in school.

Telling them to ‘go to college’ for another 4 years so they can pay the Feds for a student loan in compound interest is about the worst advice they can get.

I would think that most Conservatives have friends of similar thought. Trade off the knowledge you know with another ...Life skills are better than book skills in many instances.

[Mermaid Girl]

I actually teach in the public schools in Florida. So many of my students from conservative families pegged me immediately as one of them. There is a small force of conservative leaning teachers, and I wish more would go into education. I would love to teach at a Christian school — but I do what I can.

[Nateman]

It is the state which provides their paychecks so it is inevitable that Teachers will end up worshiping at the alter of the state. Separation of School and State is an idea whose time has come.

[Conservative4Life]

If you want ANYTHING destroyed, just leave it to the demonrats (pedocrats), they ruin EVERYTHING, Just like a bull in a china shop

[NetAddicted]

Rd later.

[kosciusko51]

The public school system was destroyed when Carter created the Department of Education.