Matthias Julius wrote: > "Roberto C. Sanchez" <roberto@familiasanchez.net> writes: > > >>The problem is that public schools are very wasteful. > > > Is there no way of improving this? There were examples of public > schools brought up in this thread that actually do work. > Again, the problem is that the lack of a profit motive hampers efficiency. > >>With private schools all competing for the market, I can virtually >>guarantee that the market average cost to educate a student would be >>much less than what is being spent now by the government. > > > Even if all schools were private IMHO they would require some > regulation to maintain some common standard. Do private schools > actually provide school busses? > Some do, if they ned it to be competitive. Other don't if they don't want to or can't. > Do you believe private schools would be a lot cheaper than they are > now and still maintaining a high standard? > Absolutely. I volunteer teach at my church's academy (K-12). They charge about $2000/year in tuition becauase they want to stay affordable to the working class families in the meighborhood where the church is located. They do an absolutely bang-up job. Far better than most public schools (and I had an *outstanding* public school experience). > >>>And to get everyone educated benefits everyone in a community - not >>>only those with children. >>> >> >>Agreed. It also benefits everyone to have air travel, but we are not >>all taxed so everyone can fly for "free." > > > While air travel is not essential for live - education is. > Please go and review Maslow's Hierarchy of Need. Basically, you need food, clothes, shelter and physical security (e.g., survival) to live. Everything else is a bonus. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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