Re: OT: Politics [Was:Social Contract]
On Sat, Apr 29, 2006 at 07:09:01PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> Christopher Nelson wrote:
> > That's your right, but unless you can *gaurantee* that I can, for no
> > cost, send my children to a 100% secular school with decent teaching,
> > there is no way I can support abolishing public schools. And if you can
> > gaurantee that, where does the line between public and private come?
>
> Uh, why such a high bar? It's like you're getting public schooling for
> free. They cost in taxes. You, supposedly, pay taxes. Some of the worst
> public schools are also some of the most highly funded public schools. IE,
> the most costly.
Okay, a 100% secular school with decent teaching for the same amount I'm
putting into education taxes.
Onto the subject of the worst public schools--that should be answered
by:
a) shopping around for your public school. The student base
disappears, the school disappears. _every_ surrounding school is
unlikely to be such poor quality.
b) a standards group that would ensure a school gets up to code, or
reassignment or dismissal of amdinistration or teachers
responsible occurs
b1) federalizing schools so such a group can operate effectively
c) proper education of teachers and administration
--
Christopher Nelson -- chris@cavein.org
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