Wow... I think I should stop Posting, if everyone else is gonna beat me to the punch. (grin)
FWIW, I will point out again that the Government Schools were instituted (in part) as a Protestant ploy to De-Catholicize Roman Catholic children... either you send your child to an Anti-Catholic publik skool, or you get to pay twice -- once to the publik skool (in taxes), and once to the Parochial School (in tuition).
Well, the "ploy" succeeded in part... publik skoolz have certainly de-Catholicized Roman Youth ("Hey... it's the Lenten season, we have to abstain from Meat and Sex on fridays!!" "Oh, yeah, that's right... Bummer!!")... but they have also de-Protestantized the Protestant Youth!!
Law of Unintended Consequences....
I'll close by saying that the land, buildings, and equipment Auction Value of the 90,000 Public Schools nationwide would add up to an un-freakin'-believable "School Voucher" or "Rebate" program if we had the Political Will to return Children (and tax dollars) to their Parents.
You can say that again.
I'll close by saying that the land, buildings, and equipment Auction Value of the 90,000 Public Schools nationwide would add up to an un-freakin'-believable "School Voucher" or "Rebate" program if we had the Political Will to return Children (and tax dollars) to their Parents.
Let's see. $10k/yr for each child in a government school x 12 years = $120k. Now lets imagine that that money was invested with Merril Lynch instead. Then every 18-year-old in the country could be presented with a check for around $200-250k on his 18th birthday. But he would have to forgo 12 years of schooling.
Tough decision.