“It never seems to end. If America didn’t know better about public schools by the 1950’s, we ought to know better by now.”
Oh, we’ve known better for awhile now. The parents of children at this school are most likely very aware of what is going on. The quality of the education isn’t the real issue; the real issue is tax subsidized daycare services. There could be a gang rape a day and a murder a week in one of these institutions and you know what? Come the following Monday morning, the vast majority of parents would still send their kids.
The government schools are just another form of welfare. The only difference is that the middle class and upper class, if they so choose, can participate in this welfare program as well.
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More money is spent on K-12 education ( federal, state, and local) than is spent on the military. That’s a very big middle class entitlement! But,,,hey!,,,I like the way you phrase it, “Middle Class Welfare” and “free babysitting”.
You are right. There could be a murder a week in the halls and the schools would be full the next day.
The following is a true story:
The son of a friend of ours was attacked in the halls of his government school by a group of thugs. They broke his femur. He was in the Gifted and Talented program and I suppose these reprobates were jealous. The kids responsible got a slap on the wrist by the judge and were transfered to another school. Of course, the kids and parents at their new school were not warned ( probably not the teachers either) that thugs had arrived.
I asked my friend, “Why would you send your son back to that school?” Her answer was that her son was in a gifted and talented program and they were hoping for scholarships. Would risk your son’s life for a scholarship? ( I wouldn’t!)
This incident occurred in a “good school” in a “good district”. The thugs had been bused in.
Have you noticed that in nearly every article about some horror story about a government school, that the school is in what would be considered a “good” area?