On Jun 15, 2:36 pm, Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 14, 5:44 am, chazwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > DO you agree with closing more schools? > > The choice is not between closing schools or not. > It is eminently possible to improve the schools AND save money. > The prescription: > > 1) enforce basic student discipline, which has eroded to atrocious > depths. > 2) establish, monitor, and enforce basic teaching standards. Many > teachers are abysmally incompetent. > 3) require at least a minimal degree of parental involvement where > feasible. Many parents are apathetic. > They should be required to pay extra for school services unless they > demonstrate some basic effort to help their children. > > There are other needed steps, but these are a good start. > The obstacle is the teacher unions, which wield enormous political > power.
As usual you are speaking from ideological ignorance. The points you raise above are all supported by unions idiot! > Their only answer to every issue in the schools is to raise taxes and > increase spending, despite the fact that many years of this policy > have continued to produce illiterate, innumerate students. > The unions vociferously resist any attempt at holding teachers > accountable. > Plus, when taxes ARE raised, the bulk of the money goes into the > pockets of school administrators and union officials, with a bone > tossed to the teachers, and almost none of it to improving education > for the students. More ignorance. > > > Do you want hoards of the poorest children from the most deprived > > neighbourhoods knocking on your door during daylight hours when you > > are at work? > > Melodrama. > > > Would you rather the roads fixed themselves; > > Now there's an idea! Nano tech! > > > that we go back to privatised fire-service? > > You have a talent for hyperbole. > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > On May 18, 12:57 pm, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Video--- Example of How Politicians Should Act > > > > > > Governor of New Jersey was accused by a reporter of being > > > > > confrontational. > > > > > Governor replies as follows: > > > > > >http://hotair.com/archives/2010/05/13/video-chris-christie-destroys-r... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Epistemology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/epistemology?hl=en.
