I did not say that we spend the most. I said that if 'I remember correctly' (see that little disclaimer there?) there were a lot of countries that send less but do a better job educating.
Just showing what countries spend is only half the data. On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd like to see the stats for that. > > According to UNESCO the US is #36 on per capita spending on primary > school students (i.e., K-6). Most of the EU, Britain, Canada, > Australia, New Zealand, etc., spend more or the same as the US per > student. > > So lets try another myth. > > http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/edu_pub_spe_per_stu_pri_lev-spending-per-student-primary-level > > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Ah yes, the spoiled brat theory. The best time to kick someone is when >>> they are down. They'll never learn until their constituents are >>> starving in the street. Well, actually, they already are and the >>> politicians aren't learning. So lets try kicking them harder, trash >>> the education system further, increase childhood hunger rates and see >>> what happens. I know that you don't actually believe that trashing the >>> education system is a good idea, that you don't want childhood hunger >>> rates to increase, etc. You want fiscal discipline and accountability >>> from politicians, which is admirable. I want that too. But right now >>> I'm a lot more concerned about having teachers in our schools, cops on >>> the streets and children being fed. >> >> I will need to look it up, but I recall reading an article (or maybe >> saw a news show) where it showed that other countries (and if I >> remember correctly, a LOT of other countries) spend less per student >> than than the US, yet they were kicking our ass when it comes to >> actually educating students. >> >> There is a problem with our education system,but I am not sure that >> blindly throwing gobs of money at it is the best solution. >> >> That being said, I think I would rather we took the money form stealth >> bombers rather than food stamps - for anything, not just education. >> >> -- >> Scott Stroz >> --------------- >> You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can >> wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris >> >> http://xkcd.com/386/ >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324713 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
