Some students do not deserve our gift of education. I would say then why do we have prisons. Why not extend your schooling techniques to prisons and cut off hands for stealing!
To create a society of growth one has to educate all. If you believe that each family should fork out money for thier own childs education, I hope I have enough to give my kid the best!
What are you, a commie? You got a lot to learn about freedom. You'll get nowhere on this board with your "common good" crap. Education is not a gift or a right. It may be a gift from you to your children, but don't bring me into it (see tagline).
You've got a lot to learn about the proper functions of government. Catching and punishing those who perpetrate force or fraud on others is a proper function of government. Your prison analogy falls short of logic. In fact, there are a lot of private prisons in America that are far more efficient and well run than government ones.
A society of growth comes through achievement. 'Scuze me. INDIVIDUAL achievement. When you commies learn that society is not an organism in and of itself, you'll understand that the individual is the ultimate facilitator of the good. Society cannot be good. Go back and pick up your Little Red Mao Book, Marx, Hagel, Huxley, Nietzsche, Russell, Shaw, or Sartre and keep thinking that somehow society is a tangible entity. It is not, and therefore it cannot have any responsibility. Around here we trust and believe in the individual.
And let me tell you one more thing that might surprise the pants off you. Socialism and Communism don't even work in theory. Both are impotent and morally bankrupt. If you would like to learn more about Capitalism, try Ayn Rand or the Federalist Papers. Those old crackers were onto something. That something is called America.
of course each family should "fork out money" for their own child's education... and i can tell you, it does not take much money to give your child the best education... time and commitment and sacrifice, yes... but i'm sure you would agree that our children are worth every bit of it...