Perhaps parents should be making sure their children are prepared for the world, it's really not the schools job to teach common sense!!!
On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 12:24 PM, geoffrey theist <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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