Perhaps we should all home school so you're saying its the parents responsibility to show their children how to apply math and comprehension to be able to hold a job innovate think?do I understand you correctly I'm not saying that you're wrong but could spend the turd funding something worthwhile.
On Feb 3, 2017 11:37 AM, "Brian Bednarek" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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