The federal government has no business in state and private secondary schools, at least it shouldn't.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 3:41 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Thoughts on national service > > >I think it would be better to give incentives to do it than > to make it > >mandatory. I think national service of some kind is a good idea, but > >some kids may be ready at 15 and others at 19. It has to be useful > >service, otherwise it is merely bad custodial care for teenagers. > > > >I also like the idea of making it not just something that > teenagers do. > >Plenty of brainpower is currently wasting away in the minds > of senior > >citizens who eke out a pension working at McDonald's. If you could > >provide a small stipend to remove the financial > disincentive, a lot of > >them would probably love to help. Grandmas running daycares > and maybe > >grandpa helping out a mentoring program for at-risk youth. > > > >America wastes a lot of its human resources right now. > > How about something like this, have vouchers for 6 months at > the person's college or university of their choice (within > limits of course) for every year of voluntary public service > after highschool. This could be the military, the equivalent > of the CCC of the New Deal, working in poor rural or urban > areas doing community work etc. The students would be given > housing and paid a stipend. > > As for the seniors, something like free health care for x > number of hours per week worked in community projects, daycare etc. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279513 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
