Sam wrote: > So children of MW earners will be rubbing shoulders with kids of millionaires? > Levels the playing field doesn't it. Question is will it bring the > poor people up or the rich people down? Admission standards might keep
I'm gonna assume there will be some uppage and some downage. In the short run, it'll probably cause more problems than it solves. It'd be nice if it worked in the long run. Since I don't have any better ideas.... > the good schools up but those standards might open a whole new can of > worms. Like prepping to meet the standards might be an expensive > course or tutor. Just some quick thoughts. This would be (theoretically) a short-term problem. Eventually, you'll get poor kids who came up through the system in what were traditionally rich-kid schools. The real divider is going to be more on the level of transportation, which would preclude students from even *arriving* at the "nicer" schools and access to technology, which (one would hope) could be balanced by spending a bit more on our library systems. I went to HS in one of the poorest places in the US (5th district KY). There are scholarships and grants based on simply living there -- that's how poor. At a certain point in the past, the schoolboard at the time decided that exposing kids to technology was the only way to keep them from being unemployed shmucks 20 years later. Sure, I went to class with kids who are gonna be unemployed, drunken schmucks, but I also had classes with hillbillies and rednecks who wanted more. They had a way out, and a lot of them grabbed on with both hands. In any case, the schools that will tend to have the *really* steep gradient will continue to be private schools. I'm not knocking private schools, mind -- I'm just saying. Not that education is my main political issue or anything. :-) --Ben ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get help! RoboHelp http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=58 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176002 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
