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If We Bought Groceries The Way We Buy Education
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| 02/28/04
| Jerry Agar
Posted on 02/28/2004 7:16:16 PM PST by Copernicus
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This is actually a forwarded newspaper column, but the online version is available at the radio station website.
My analogy has always been to compare public education with the number of (private, non government)Churches, but I think the Grocery Store comparison is more universal.
Someone please forward a copy of this to the White House and the "No Child Left Behind" Crowd
To: Copernicus
Thanks!
I'm a "Homegrower".
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:25:16 PM PST
by
netmilsmom
(Don't put a question mark where God put a period.)
To: Tumbleweed_Connection
Greetings! I am unfamiliar with the education lists, but found your post with the search term "educrat".
Please crosspost to those who might find this of value if convenient.
Best regards,
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:25:20 PM PST
by
Copernicus
(A Constitutional Republic revolves around Sovereign Citizens, not citizens around government.)
To: Copernicus
Good article, thanks for posting it.
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:26:35 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
To: Copernicus
Government schools suck Bump
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:27:09 PM PST
by
SAMWolf
(I even have boring dreams...I fall asleep in my sleep!)
To: netmilsmom
I'm a "Homegrower".
So was my sister back in the days before "homegrowing" was cool.
She is amazed at the resources available today.
My nephew composes email with perfect grammar,spelling and punctuation.
He keeps me on my toes.
Please crosspost to any education lists.
Best regards,
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:28:45 PM PST
by
Copernicus
(A Constitutional Republic revolves around Sovereign Citizens, not citizens around government.)
To: Copernicus
This article is disingenuous. The government is, and rightly so, involved with what we can buy in grocery stores. Before the PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACTS, foodstuffs were adulterated,put in unsanitary situations,and things sold for what they weren't.
Prior to the government stepping in, education was a catch as catch can kind of thing in this country.Unfortunately, teachers Unions and LIBERALS have now taken over much of education and ruined it.The government SHOULD step in and reclaim education and fix it, but it won't.
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:33:18 PM PST
by
nopardons
To: netmilsmom
I'm a "Homegrower". LOL!
Excuse me for a few minutes. I have to go water my child.
To: Copernicus
My best friend is a School Psychologist back home in TN. He works for a good public system in East TN.
He stands out for a number of reasons, the most important of which is that he HAS A WORK ETHIC and most of the people he works with do not.
Wake up folks. The best way to get ahead in the current system (make more money, have a better position, etc.) is to "escape" actually teaching in the classroom.
If this is what we will accept, is it any wonder that our schools are so darn bad?
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:35:37 PM PST
by
Volunteer
(Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
To: 2Jedismom
ping for a good one!
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:37:12 PM PST
by
netmilsmom
(Don't put a question mark where God put a period.)
To: reformed_democrat
LOL!
Well we do bathe.....
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:39:19 PM PST
by
netmilsmom
(Don't put a question mark where God put a period.)
To: nopardons
foodstuffs were adulterated,put in unsanitary situations,and things sold for what they weren't.
I respectfully disagree. Market mechanisms moved to correct disturbances in the food supply and private canners and bottlers invented techniques long before the FDA was a gleam in a Bureaucrat's eye.
Many would argue the FDA has INHIBITED innovation and new sanitation techniques rather than encourage them.
Many thanks for your comments.
Best regards,
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:41:27 PM PST
by
Copernicus
(A Constitutional Republic revolves around Sovereign Citizens, not citizens around government.)
To: Copernicus
interesting.
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:41:50 PM PST
by
PureSolace
(I love freedom.)
To: Copernicus
If we bought education the way we buy groceries, everybody with any sense would be homeschooling, given the technology available to us today.
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:44:37 PM PST
by
AmericanVictory
(Should we be more like them, or they like us?)
To: netmilsmom; Copernicus
Holey guacamoley...........
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:44:46 PM PST
by
Gabz
(The tobacco industry doesn't pay cigarette taxes - smokers do!)
To: Gabz
You're funny!
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:52:01 PM PST
by
netmilsmom
(Don't put a question mark where God put a period.)
To: nopardons
This article is disingenuous. The government is, and rightly so, involved with what we can buy in grocery stores. Before the PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACTS, foodstuffs were adulterated,put in unsanitary situations,and things sold for what they weren't. Prior to the government stepping in, education was a catch as catch can kind of thing in this country.
Guess we know where you went to school, and it took too.
You can begin to correct the problem here: Separation of School and State
Hank
To: Volunteer
If this is what we will accept, is it any wonder that our schools are so darn bad? I understand what you are saying - however not all of them are bad.
My husband and I attended the semester award program at our daughter's school yesterday....they awarded certificates of excellence in various subjects and also for behvior (granted they call it citizenship).
A simple "boys and girls, we need to be respectful" out of the mouth of the principal brought immediate silence from a very large group of 4-11 year olds with absolutely no problem.
Granted our daughter is only in kindergarten and we are new to the area, but as we were leaving the building, the principal greeted not only our daughter by name, but also both my husband and I.
I agree there are a lot of bad public school systems, it's one of the reasons we moved last year - but they are not all bad.
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:57:40 PM PST
by
Gabz
(The tobacco industry doesn't pay cigarette taxes - smokers do!)
To: netmilsmom
I've got to be good at something, don't I?????
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posted on
02/28/2004 7:59:33 PM PST
by
Gabz
(The tobacco industry doesn't pay cigarette taxes - smokers do!)
To: SAMWolf
Bumping your thoughts.
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