I agree completely! That's why I'm all for equal opportunity. When the left demands equality, it does indeed always result only in mediocrity. They don't grasp that to excel one has to put forth effort, and the fact is, not everyone is willing to do it, and of those who are, they do so at varying degrees.
Then there's the innate issue of ability at birth. ;) On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 5:50:16 AM UTC-5, gtheist957 wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
