Harry Pollard wrote: > When I read it, I agreed with Chris' remarks. Except of course > his aside on protectionism.
The problem is that the system I described wouldn't work under "Free" Market conditions. > Our only hope in the US in many places is to make education > voluntary. Teachers should teach only those who want to learn - > or whose parents want them to learn. What about the others? This "screw the rest" attitude is so typical of the FT ideology. It only makes things worse. Btw, learning disabilities are increasing. I.e there are children who may want to learn (and whose parents want them to learn) but who are unable to learn (effectively). This is mainly due to effects of corporate policies (junk-food malnutrition, dental mercury, drugs, cell-phone radiation etc.), so blaming "state schools" in general and praising privatization/corporatization is really making the fox guard the henhouse. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
