Brian I couldn't agree more!!! On Feb 3, 2017 12:33 PM, "Brian Bednarek" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am not saying that Parents should be teaching math and science etc, but > the need to be responsible for teaching how to behave and they need to make > sure they are actually learning ... my parents check my homework every > night until I was a certain age (can't remember when it stopped) and they > always asked me about what I learned in school ... I was given rules and > had to follow them!!! Parents can also be involved with the school board > and help there as well!!! > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 12:47 PM, geoffrey theist <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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. Register and vote in our polls. >>>>> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "PoliticalForum" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -- >>>> 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. Register and vote in our polls. >>>> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "PoliticalForum" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> brine >>> http://brineb.blogspot.com/ >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> 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. Register and vote in our polls. >>> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "PoliticalForum" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> -- >> 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. Register and vote in our polls. >> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "PoliticalForum" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > brine > http://brineb.blogspot.com/ > > -- > -- > 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. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
