On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 11:47:42 AM UTC-6, gtheist957 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] <javascript:>> > 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] >> <javascript:>> 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] >>> <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>> >>> 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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