Plus she doesn’t smile enough. She’s just too damn mad all the time!

The fault in your logic is that the entire thing is based on a false assumption which is that the educational bureaucracy cares if you aren’t a customer. They get paid either way.

Further, public education is something we cannot do without. Like it or not, there are poor people in this country. Whether these people are lazy leaching scum suckers or they come from long line of hard working folks who simple haven’t caught a break makes no difference. It’s not for them. It’s for thier kids. The kids didn’t pick thier parents and shouldn’t be penalized for their parents’ actions. (or lack thereof)
Either way, it is in our best interest to make sure that these kids get at least a basic education. Where do you think these kids are going to get money when they grow up if they can’t get a job to earn it? The simple answer is from you…they’ll steal it.

So we’ll just lock them up right? Well, what’s more expensive…paying for 30-50 years of incarceration or 12 years of school? That my dear, is why EVERYONE has an interest in public education.

So what’s the solution? Accountability. Simple. Where should the blame go for the current state of affairs? Us. Simple. We as a society have to demand that ALL of our public servants do thier jobs. No free passes if you a Dem or Rep, Cons. or Liberal.

I don’t care what your political preference is. If you’re an American it your duty to get involved…not just sit around on blog pages and bitch about the situation. For heavens’ sake, take a look at voter turnout..what’s the national average? It’s got to be below 35%. All of you, last november, how many of your neighbors did you persuade to go and vote? Face it, we’re in the state we are because of how we are.

Just think, if we all spent 25% of the time we spend on blogs and dedicated it to brainstorming solutions, writing letters, and making phone calls, alot would change.

But at the end of the day, that’s what most of us are inclined to do…sit and bitch.

Until that changes…nothing will.

When I think of religous anarchy (an oxymoron), I think of Islam and its extremists.

Islam = religon
Extremists = anarchy

If the business (Public School System) does not meet your needs or you are having to much trouble with it, should you not have the ability to goto a competitor and give them your business?

Example:

COMCAST: Customer service is non-existent, I have to much trouble dealing with them. Once they have my dollar they could care less about me as a customer. Thier programming is not what I want.

DISH NETWORK (SATELLITE):
I decide I have had enough of the attitude and way Comcast does business so I decide to switch to another service provider that will fulfill the needs i have as a comsumer.

This is only an example of what I am talking about.

Should we not have the same ability to do the same for public schools and education?

What rights should we have as comsumers?

What would it be called if you could only get your service say from only ONE provider? All over the US, you could only have Comcast and not have anything else?

Would that be considered a monopoly?
Wouldn’t that be considered illegal?
So why do we tolerate it in our education?

Shouldn’t we as consumers have the ability to choose if we do not like the product or service (public schools)?

Perhaps the curren stagnate public schools will become better when there is finally competition. The same way with business. If you have competition, it brings out better prices of products and companies look for ways to compete against each other for customers.

I also do not think we should pay for a service we do not get.

Should I have ot pay for comcast if I do not have a TV or use a different service?

Then why should I have to pay for schools through taxes if I own a house, if I have no children or I Home School or send my children to private school?

Something does not strike me as quite right with that.

Ohhh and thanks for reminding me of my lack of latin. You see I went to a PUBLIC school where they didn’t teach such “nonsense” as latin. Also thanks for proving my point about what is lacking in public education. – Lorica

BTW

“The world needs ditchdiggers too”

That’s a line from CaddyShack.
Judge Smails says it to Danny Noonan when Danny is on his jock about getting a scholarship but he does not have the grades to earn one.

Get a sense of humor pal.

“it is about protecting the status quo”

Oh so you like latin. I got one for you.

Nullum Prandium Gratum!

If you studied in latin class you would know what this means. It’s a concept as old as the Romans.

It means ” NO FREE LUNCH! ”

So stop kidding yourself. If you don’t like welfare then don’t take welfare money. It’s that simple.

We have no shortage of heavy equipment operators either. Nor a shortage of mechanics. We do have a shortage of factory jobs having sent those jobs to China.

And if you home school you still have to test every year. So you need to pay anyway. We all have to pay. That’s called reality… that’s life. Get over yourself. Even parents who send their kids to private school have to pay.

If they start handing out welfare vouchers I will be the first in line to get some of that free money. I have already put away for my sons entire college education and he’s only 2 years old. So it would be nothing but gravy for me.

Ohhh GBA I do not stand corrected with my original statement about your judging others. I guess it was the statement about ditch diggers that bothered me most. You see in this country we need Heavy Equipment operators, and skilled labor to make those machines, and keep them running. We need forward thinking individuals, not people who believe that the reality they live in is as good as it will get. You Sir are stuck in a rut.

Yes but in all honesty the reciprocal stance is just as ignorant.

steve’s obdurate position on the same old Bash Bush meme, perhaps you view as tenacious. IMO, there are better words to describe people who match his frozen stance.