::sigh:: but exactly how do you define quality of education, though, that's the problem. I think education is a fine thing , but below college level I can count on one hand the number of positive educational experiences our family has had in public schools. I agree though that if people had more interesting mental furniture they would have more intresting and creative thoughts. I wish we had more Sendak and Schopenhauer and less NCLB.
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:42 PM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Exactly. If government role was limited to defining requirements and >> outcomes as well as auditing, that would free up parents to fulfill >> accomplish those outcomes any way they saw fit. > > > I disagree in so much that I want public funds available to ensure that > every single child has the potential for a quality education throughout > their development. It's one of the few things I'd happily be willing to pay > for. I don't want private money or "the market" or even "competition" to > dictate the quality of the education in this country. > > I see it as the single best investment for my tax dollars. I know that money > isn't always the problem, but it's certainly part of it....public teachers > and administrators are EMBARRASSINGLY underpaid. > > In many ways, it's exactly like health care: get the government out >> and let the market define the best way to accomplish the outcomes. > > > In one gigantic way, it's not like health care at all: Quality education has > the potential to cure many of our social ills at it's roots....whereas the > best health care in the world can only treat certain symptoms of that > pathology. > > -- > Never forget > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268824 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
