Mumia W wrote: > Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > >> >> Every single thing you describe would work *better* if education was >> completely private. [...] > > > No it wouldn't. It *might* be better for those who can pay, and everyone > else would get zip. > You know what. Gas prices have been going up, yet people manage to find a way to keep putting gas in their cars. You know why? They see it as a necessity. Now, education *should* be the same way. It is a necessity, so you sacrifice to pay for it. If they choose not to, it *should not* be the responsibility of government to tell people that their priorities are messed up. > In any case, private education has to outperform public education > because they are asking parents to pay for a service that's available > elsewhere for free. > It is *not* free. You pay for it whether or not you use it. > Abolish public education, and the private schools might just start > treating parents and students like crap. Certainly, if a single company > came to dominate education the way Microsoft dominates software, parents > and students *would* be treated like crap. > There will *always* be independent private schools. Besides, we are talking about spending thousands per child per year. They treat enough people like crap and they will lose major revenue. We are not talking about piddly amounts like Microsoft deals with ($100-$200 every two to three years). > And there would be no place to go--private or public. What about home school? -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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