tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post2810638014765250603..comments2023-09-15T08:07:28.542-06:00Comments on Western Hero: When a School District is a Prison SentenceSilverfiddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-70621514471283847342011-02-03T23:42:28.466-07:002011-02-03T23:42:28.466-07:00What happened to that mother was similar to what o...What happened to that mother was similar to what obama did to the school voucher program. That's liberalism for you, if it's works, they'll scrap it, if you do the right thing, they'll screw you. If you're a failure and a parasite, they'll reward you.<br /><br />"The message is not that government is inherently bad; it’s not."<br /><br />Yes, that is true, the thing about government that people won't seem to get for various reasons, usually selfish and lazy, is that government is not designed to do the job we keep insisting that it should do.<br /><br />It's like making a car whose wheels are directionally fixed and then expecting it to turn around a corner.<br /><br />I think most people [apart from stupid liberals] know that government can't do most of what we give it to do, but the alternative, which is that we'll have to do it ourselves, is more unpalatable.<br /><br />"Jersey, I truly believe you are that stupid. What do you have against competition? How does ...."<br /><br />Divine, just be glad he didn't start waffling on about the byzantine empire and how the muslims are waiting to invade as soon as we fire the last useless public school teacher.<br /><br />Maybe he's planning to end with that, that'll be good, ending with a joke. :)MathewKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385674205383405783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-5205170287274156822011-02-03T05:27:41.047-07:002011-02-03T05:27:41.047-07:00As most who frequent my site know, I teach groups ...As most who frequent my site know, I teach groups of homeschoolers.<br /><br />Homeschooling isn't perfect -- not by a long shot. But as a teacher in that "system," I'm not overwhelmed with bureaucratic BS and can focus on my job, which is teaching children, all of whom are highly motivated as are their parents.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-13658280319566228042011-02-02T17:32:50.273-07:002011-02-02T17:32:50.273-07:00Excellent post Silver.
@Jersey Check your history...Excellent post Silver.<br /><br />@Jersey Check your history. Education was mostly private well into the establishment of Western Civilization. Its only been public during the decline of Western Civilization. Need I mention that its publicly funded schools that have been attacking Western Civilization and refusing to teach its classics?Shane Atwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12268148003641995554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-58360442565749423502011-02-01T18:25:34.626-07:002011-02-01T18:25:34.626-07:00Jersey: One way it could work is for a school dis...Jersey: One way it could work is for a school district to contract out the operation of each school. That would use the existing infrastructure.<br /><br />Or we could just continue flushing our kids' and our country's future down the toilet by continuing your progressive way...Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-71832978814611659552011-02-01T18:18:21.027-07:002011-02-01T18:18:21.027-07:00Divine,
When you talk about ending public educati...Divine,<br /><br />When you talk about ending public education, what do you picture? It would HAVE to be worse than what we have now. What we have now is a local system (I can't imagine how a non-local system would work - "Oh, okay, I'll ship my kids off 80 miles to go to school!"). What are you talking about?<br /><br />Most parents don't have a choice about where they send their kids to school. Most parents work, too. What kind of system do you imagine?<br /><br />Really! Please describe it!<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-58829978392213879832011-02-01T17:14:22.398-07:002011-02-01T17:14:22.398-07:00@Jersey: I bet is some kid from another district ...@Jersey: <i>I bet is some kid from another district was snuck into one of your local schools, you'd be less sympathetic.</i><br /><br />WRONG! We actually have a program that allows parents to do this here. Also, we are in the second least desirable districts in town, so stop making assumptions about things you know nothing about. Do you always presume the worst of those you don't know personally?<br /><br />The free market works, Jersey. The foundation? Our progressive foundation is crumbling. C'mon Jersey, defend this rotten education system...Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-25271680175900341082011-02-01T14:20:28.648-07:002011-02-01T14:20:28.648-07:00Jersey, I truly believe you are that stupid. What...Jersey, I truly believe you are that stupid. What do you have against competition? How does forcing people to earn their keep amount to sending the school system into the Dark Ages?<br />Explain yourself FOR ONCE or forever be seen as the dolt you are.Divine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-52499436103672603432011-02-01T14:14:24.539-07:002011-02-01T14:14:24.539-07:00Well, that's what the property tax-funded scho...Well, that's what the property tax-funded school system gets you. I bet is some kid from another district was snuck into one of your local schools, you'd be less sympathetic.<br /><br />As for privatization, it is just another silly, stupid, naive libertarian nonsense. Public education is at the foundation of western society. You guys really do want to go back to the Dark Ages, huh?<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-61029434999533939912011-02-01T12:23:26.092-07:002011-02-01T12:23:26.092-07:00That is just crazy. This mom wants the best for he...That is just crazy. This mom wants the best for her kids and gets put in the slammer for it?<br /><br />When our district started the Magnet Schools I was a bit tiffed, but now that I see this, I am glad. Our kids are allowed to go to any school they want. Right now our boys are in a Math and Science one. But they can change to any school they prefer after the year is over. No more rich schools or poor schools, they are all mixed in.<br /><br />God bless that poor woman.Trekkie4Everhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03226981394122557804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-17617953041980953982011-02-01T07:01:02.573-07:002011-02-01T07:01:02.573-07:00Well, Silverfiddle, the Lefties are the party of f...Well, Silverfiddle, the Lefties are the party of failure. Those were the kids who were picked last in gym class, who changed the grading curve with their abject inability to "get it". The only reason they have what they have is because they stole it from someone more deserving. Why should you expect these entitlists to change their ways now? If you make them earn their way through life they know they will actually fail and it frightens them<br />Give us school vouchers, take away affirmative action, close the public housing...let them work for what they have.Divine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-71260959346672752562011-02-01T06:35:35.305-07:002011-02-01T06:35:35.305-07:00They've turned competition into a bad thing, a...They've turned competition into a bad thing, and it is killing us.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-90084623566488008492011-02-01T05:57:47.240-07:002011-02-01T05:57:47.240-07:00I feel for this woman. She really was trying to m...I feel for this woman. She really was trying to make a better future. Now the miscreant judge has decided to make an "example" of her. She will not be allowed to teach once she gets her degree.<br />What that judge is essentially telling black folk in a white school is "you don't belong here". Old fashioned racism at its best.<br />Where are the Lefties now? I haven't heard a word.<br />I home school for myriad reasons. First, I don't want my child to have to deal with Leftie imbeciles in positions of authority. If we want her to learn nonsense we merely read a chapter or two of Lewis Carroll.<br />Many teachers are also mothers to young children. If those women do not care enough to be home with their own children why in the world should I trust them with mine?<br />The reason Lefties will never agree to privatization of the school system is that they would actually have to earn their keep! Imagine that!?Divine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.com