When an 18 year old kid can travel a thousand miles across the ratlands of Mexico and reach the US with one shoe that wasn't sucked off by the mud of the Rio Grande with rudimentary education and is able to grasp concepts and solve problems in spite of a language barrier when our kids don't have enough sense or motivation to pour piss out of boot. We got a fucking problem. You're absolutely right Keith we need to purge the public school systems
On Feb 3, 2017 11:14 AM, "geoffrey theist" <[email protected]> wrote: Quite frankly I have to deal with the product of public schools so I know exactly what is being graduated so I will forgive your ignorant statement which was based on nothing On Feb 3, 2017 10:51 AM, "Pittalum" <[email protected]> wrote: > Well that's a very spirited opinion - but making such, um, critical and > dismissive blanket observations is easy, and to be honest, quite ignorant. > > However, your anti-establishment bonafides have been validated. > > Back to the question at hand - is it a hopeless cause, or can anything be > done about it? > > On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 11:38:34 AM UTC-5, gtheist957 wrote: >> >> This is public schools in america. Over here you have a turd and over >> here you have a turd wrapped in colorful ornate wrapping with bows and >> ribbons. >> >> On Feb 3, 2017 10:35 AM, "Pittalum" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm going to suggest that the *accommodations and planning* needing >>> made will change the very nature of the schools that made them desirable in >>> the first place. >>> >>> OK, for the sake of speculation, let's say the planning and >>> accommodations have been made. How is that going to make it all better; in >>> what ways? >>> >>> >>> On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 11:27:46 AM UTC-5, Kamakazee wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> "pretty much overwhelming those school districts' ability to >>>> accommodate them" >>>> >>>> That's comparable to a company deciding not to advertise during the >>>> Super Bowl because the prospective business that the ad would create >>>> might be overwhelming... >>>> >>>> Structurally there would need to be planning, kids would need to enroll >>>> a year or so early, accommodations would need to be made. >>>> >>>> Nothing impossible, this isn't Chinese algebra. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 8:44:28 AM UTC-6, Pittalum wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't think you fellows have really thought this thing through - or >>>>> if you have, you aren't telling us the whole story. >>>>> >>>>> Why wouldn't, for example, every parent in the city of Pittsburgh want >>>>> their kids to go to Mt. Lebanon or Upper St. Clair High School - pretty >>>>> much overwhelming those school districts' ability to accommodate them. Who >>>>> will pick and choose what kids get in and which ones don't? And what do >>>>> you >>>>> do with those that don't? >>>>> >>>>> Right now, there are charter schools popping up all over the place - >>>>> so that's already happening. >>>>> >>>>> Can someone give a little more detail on how you expect this thing to >>>>> work - or what it is that you expect to change from current conditions? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 6:27:34 PM UTC-5, Kamakazee wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> 95% would welcome them, as long as they are involved in the school >>>>>> and its activities. And the voucher-parents would see stereotypical >>>>>> myths >>>>>> dissolve in front of their eyes. >>>>>> >>>>>> PS. I went to a private school from 8th-12th. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 4:06:30 PM UTC-6, Pittalum wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> How do you think the parents of kids currently in those private >>>>>>> schools would feel about a bunch of voucher clutching underprivilegeds >>>>>>> banging on the doors to get in... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 2:40:21 PM UTC-5, btdt100 wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It would end real fast by empowering parents to put their kids in >>>>>>>> private schools with a voucher system. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>> On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 11:27:46 AM UTC-5, Kamakazee wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> "pretty much overwhelming those school districts' ability to >>>> accommodate them" >>>> >>>> That's comparable to a company deciding not to advertise during the >>>> Super Bowl because the prospective business that the ad would create >>>> might be overwhelming... >>>> >>>> Structurally there would need to be planning, kids would need to enroll >>>> a year or so early, accommodations would need to be made. >>>> >>>> Nothing impossible, this isn't Chinese algebra. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 8:44:28 AM UTC-6, Pittalum wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't think you fellows have really thought this thing through - or >>>>> if you have, you aren't telling us the whole story. >>>>> >>>>> Why wouldn't, for example, every parent in the city of Pittsburgh want >>>>> their kids to go to Mt. Lebanon or Upper St. Clair High School - pretty >>>>> much overwhelming those school districts' ability to accommodate them. Who >>>>> will pick and choose what kids get in and which ones don't? And what do >>>>> you >>>>> do with those that don't? >>>>> >>>>> Right now, there are charter schools popping up all over the place - >>>>> so that's already happening. >>>>> >>>>> Can someone give a little more detail on how you expect this thing to >>>>> work - or what it is that you expect to change from current conditions? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 6:27:34 PM UTC-5, Kamakazee wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> 95% would welcome them, as long as they are involved in the school >>>>>> and its activities. And the voucher-parents would see stereotypical >>>>>> myths >>>>>> dissolve in front of their eyes. >>>>>> >>>>>> PS. I went to a private school from 8th-12th. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 4:06:30 PM UTC-6, Pittalum wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> How do you think the parents of kids currently in those private >>>>>>> schools would feel about a bunch of voucher clutching underprivilegeds >>>>>>> banging on the doors to get in... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 2:40:21 PM UTC-5, btdt100 wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It would end real fast by empowering parents to put their kids in >>>>>>>> private schools with a voucher system. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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