On Saturday 29 April 2006 18:43, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Umm. You do realize that not all private schools are Christian, > correct? Because society benefits from an educated public. If you want to do away with public education, look to Mexico first: Public education only covers through grade six there. > Besides, why is it my job to *guarantee* that you can send your children > to school for free? If you can't afford to raise them, then don't have > them. Really, why should I pay taxes for education my entire life when > kids only go to school for 12-16 years? For every school you don't build, you have to build two jails later on. Which would you rather do? Spend 12 years spending a kid through school on your tax dollars or 20+ years for housing thousands more violent criminals? > Ah. So you want a venue where you as a student can get a teacher > disinvited to return. That is exactly the kind of thing I am talking > about with public education. The kids basically run the schools. Not > to say that this doesn't happen in expensive prep schools either, but > that is the beauty of private education. I can take my kids and dollars > to another school. I can't do that in the public school system. Sure you can. You can put your kids through private school anyway. -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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