Christopher Nelson wrote: > The same reason you should pay taxes for roads you don't drive > on--because at all stages of life having an educated workforce benifits > you, just as it benifits you for people (eg utility companies) to drive > on roads you particularly don't use. Or would you rather not pay your > doctor to pass high school anatomy and biology?
That's all well and good except for one problem. I can tell when the
roads aren't working. My suspension goes to hell. I can convince other
people of the same by pointing to my crappy suspension.
I also can tell when the public school system isn't working. But help me
if I try to convince others of that! The key word here is an educated public
is a benefit. I do not believe that is what public schooling is offering in
the least. As one poster said they believed they are educated in spite of the
public school system. I believe the same thing.
> As to the free--I don't plan on having children before I can afford
> them, but that doesn't help the middle class who can't afford most
> private schools (the ones I've seen advertised aren't cheap), but
> can otherwise afford to raise children in a decent environment. Do you
> purport that you must be wealthy to raise children, or just well enough
> off?
You're also pricing against a limited market. If the market were more
open then prices would fall as more would enter the market. On the flip side
if the parents aren't paying for public schooling via taxes one would presume
the money they save there could be applied to private schooling?
BTW, just curious, have you compared private schooling to public schooling
when it comes to cost per pupil? The last time I checked (Sacramento, late
90s) private schooling was cheaper per pupil.
> Sure you can. Nothing's forcing you to have your kids in public
> schools. And shopping around for a good public school district is part
> of being a responsible parent if you can't afford/don't like private
> school.
A good public school district. Which implies one can purchase a home in a
good district. Or do you believe only the wealthy can obtain a decent
education for their children?
> Plus, she was blatantly violating the schools policy (based on
> the secretary of the Department of Education) that you cannot teach
> religious tenets as matters of fact in the public school system.
Now if we could only get political beliefs out of the school system and
get back to basics.
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Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream?
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