I haven't yet figured out how to highlight certain portions of people's posts but to your point about equality Perp equal= mediocre. equal knocks off the peaks of brilliance that advance any endeavor. A population of innovators and free thinkers can't be easily controlled hence socialism communism
On Feb 9, 2017 4:22 AM, "'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum" < [email protected]> wrote: > > So you were fortunate enough to have parents that could afford to send you > to a private school, but you don't think all children should have the same > opportunity? > > Why do so many in this country claim to want "equality" (personally I only > want equal opportunity), but then oppose school choice? The government has > failed MISERABLY to properly educate our children in America. In my > lifetime our public schools have gone from the best in the world to about > 24th in the world - and they continue to slide down the list every year. > > Our kids can't compete with kids in other countries; we don't come close > to winning international academic competitions and haven't for some time. > > I was fortunate enough to have the money to move my kids to a private > school when they were in middle school and bored out of their minds in > their public school that offered absolutely nothing for gifted kids. 85% of > schools in America don't offer advanced learning opportunities for kids who > need them. Why on Earth would anyone think it makes sense to force everyone > to send their kids to a terrible public school that doesn't meet their > needs while forcing those parents to pay thousands every year in property > taxes to fund it??? Sorry but that makes ZERO sense. > > The money should follow the CHILD. And the child's parents should decide > where his/her needs are best met. > > On Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 10:38:03 AM UTC-5, brine wrote: >> >> I am not against private schools, just against my tax money paying for >> them!!! I went to Catholic School from K-8, we moved to a town without a >> Catholic School, so I went to Public High School!!! I also am 100% against >> charter schools, all schools should be the same if I am paying for them!!! >> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 10:24 AM, 'OhioMark' via PoliticalForum < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can you say hypocrisy? Can you say massive hypocrisy? >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> 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.
