--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seekliberation" <seekliberation@...> wrote: > > Abolishing public schools??? not a good idea. I know they seem like a > failure, but that is only in the eyes of our own nation. Try going to other > countries and see what it's like living somewhere where there is no well > established education.
Wayback: Or try going to countries that have even more support for public education - where you can go to college for Free if you qualify. College now costs over $50,000 per year at private schools in the US. Can't continue that way. I agree with Richard in that something has to change (altho I totally disagree with most of his ideas), and for me it would be at the college and grad school levels. I am going to read a book called The Faculty Lounge - saw the author interviewed the other night and she is an expert on education and a former Wall St Journal reporter. She seems level headed and not extreme and had some good ideas regarding higher education (like doing away with tenure - it protects the jobs of about 400 conservative profs and costs tons and tons of money for us all). PS going to a top private elementary or high school in NYC costs about $40,000 per year! While many get aide, this is incredible, and makes the amount spent per pupil at public schools look like peanuts. seeklib:Or better yet, try hanging out with a high school drop-out. I'm not saying they're stupid, but they are much more likely to live problematic lives without some education. > > seekliberation > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > On 12/29/2011 09:53 AM, John wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "richardatrwilliamsdotus"<richard@> > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> seventhray1: > > >>> We just paid taxes of over $4,000.00 on our > > >>> house in our metropolitan are. Our home is > > >>> nothing fantastic, but is reasonably nice. > > >>> > > >>> If tea party people are objecting to what I > > >>> consider to be these excesses, then I am > > >>> sympathetic to their cause. > > >>> > > >> Property taxes should be abolished. It is an > > >> unfair system. If I were elected, I would author > > >> a bill that would replace all school district > > >> property taxes and wipe out the taxing ability > > >> of local school boards. > > >> > > >> It's just outrageous, these property taxes! I > > >> don't even have any children attending public > > >> schools! > > >> > > >> In my government package, I would propose to > > >> elimnate all public schools and the federal > > >> department of education. The government has no > > >> business running schools. The current system > > >> of federal-run schools is a failure and is > > >> costing voters and homeowners a bundle! > > >> > > > You're criticizing a long tradition of public education in the USA. > > > There have been many outstanding leaders and presidents who were educated > > > from the public school system. Abandoning the system would deprive young > > > people with talent but with no financial support to get a better > > > education, which is the foundation of the democratic government in the > > > USA. > > > > Willy wants kids dumb and uneducated. They make better serfs and sex > > slaves that way. > > >
