I disagree with you. I learned more at the state university than I ever did in silly Catholic schools outside of having a pretty good time line of history in my head. I sent all four children to public schools K-12- colleges were a mix of private and public. Most neighbors sent their children to private schools after 4th grade to set them in the right social class and on track to go out east to college for future adult contacts- marriage and business. I finished college and most of graduate school on grants. My daughter lost her loan status swictching to a university that catered to minorities so being white wasn't an advantage. You assume that making money is admirable in and of itself and maybe that the top tiers of society are interesting people plus knowledge is unused- guess I would disagree with those ideas as well.
On Aug 10, 5:50�pm, peguisboy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 9, 2:16�pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Now that news = infotainment and consumerism; and politics = vested > > > > interests of those who pay lobbiests the most, all that is needed is > > > to finish the privatization of the public education along with raising > > > the cost to levels only the wealthy can afford. > > > ? -privatization would increase competition and costs would probably > > decrease. �Perhaps classes would no longer need to be carried out in > > palaces with huge offices for administrators but the quality of > > education would increase for those actually interested in learning. > > Check the success of vouchers in the DC area over the last several > > years Orn. �It might be enlightening. �No lobby is more powerful or > > more well taken care of then the Teachers Unions. �nuff said. > > > dj > > Privatization brings in more corruption and graft with planners and > administrators. I guess what you're saying is, in private schools you > wouldn't get as many blacks and �hispanics infesting the good schools. > Wouldn't it be nice to get your kid out of a ghetto school? Private > means big money, public means low cost - like the health care. > Racism prevails in the US throughout all walks of life. It is > disguised quite well these days but it comes out in education, > healthcare, justice, and every other institution. Privatization is > exactly what the school system does already have - it is a weeding-out > process of the good from the bad and sadly, of the wheat from the > bran, to be classed and stamped as such on your future. Any fool can > see a kid from money gets the best of the best, so why not keep junior > at home with a tutor? Go the whole nine yards for your budding, > elitist, future-businessman. > And if you don't have the money to give junior a leg-up socially and > educationally, then you can cry out for more demarcation of students > based off their race, er I mean intelligence. > I am a half breed Indian. Now I know why I can't stand myself half the > time. I got the "good" education alright, but it was just a matter of > memorizing, not understanding anything. Take a test, pass it by > remembering and you do good. > How can an honor-role student forget about so much valuable education? > I guess its because you become a moneymaker and not a repository of > unused knowledge. > How else could so many people have voted for Bush? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" 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/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
