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I haven't seen one person in this thread claim that public education is the bees knees.
I haven't seen one person in this thread claim that public education is the bees knees.
Didn't say they had. I said Obama's supporters insist on pointing to the security issue as though that is the only reason they chose a private school.
With the exception of sealy, nobody in this thread feels compelled to fix it either. Go read some of jillian's gems, she seems committed to upholding the status quo, broken as it were.
With the exception of sealy, nobody in this thread feels compelled to fix it either. Go read some of jillian's gems.
So because we don't make as much money as you do, you don't want your kids associating with mine? And here I thought this was America where everyone is created equally.
It's certainly a factor but I would say the best education possible is the Obama's ultimate goal.
Didn't say they had. I said Obama's supporters insist on pointing to the security issue as though that is the only reason they chose a private school.
I'm all for reforming the public school system.
Vouchers?
Not so much.
They have to come up with something. The Clintons said that Chelsea made the decision to go to private school.
I'm always impressed with politicians who want to fix Public Schools AND actually send their kids to Public Schools. It takes a special person to do that. (The governor of Arkansas - before the current one - did that.)
Did you ever hear anyone else say something to the affect that, "he won't live to see his second term". No?
This is just another bullshit issue you guys are trying to make out of nothing. No one, except people like you, ever said anything negative about someone sending their kids to private school. Where did Bush's kids go to school?
If Obama wants to pay for private school, he's more than welcome to do so. My brother sends his kid to private school too. He can afford it.
But as for tax dollars going towards private schools? Tax dollars should only go towards public schools. Private schools can discriminate.
And I don't really care what they do because they are private. Just don't ask me to put my tax dollars towards them. Instead, why don't we fix our public schools?
What a coincidence. That's the ultimate goal of a lot of other parents, but Obama thinks THEY should settle for public school for THEIR kids.
It's kinda like Rosie O'Donnell, who doesn't think anyone should own guns . . . except for the bodyguards protecting HER children. The peasants should make do with the education and crime-preventing abilities of the appropriate government agencies.
It never mattered to me if Bill and Hillary picked the school or Chelsea did it, because the point was that they didn't want MY kid to be able to make that same decision. So we were still back to the question of why they felt that my kid was less important and deserving than theirs.
Well, I would have said that if Hilary was his Vice President. Come to think of it, as Secretary of State, how many people have to die before she becomes president?
As for "fixing" our public schools. I used to think that, but after years in this district, I've come to the conclusion it's impossible. The people in charge don't want to "fix" the problem.
And what would you suggest? What brilliant method do you have for making the government effective and achievement-oriented?
Settle?
The Obama's can afford private school. Money gives you advantages and allows you to open doors for your children. Good for them.
Some people can't and they send their kids to public school. Those kids can work hard, get good grades, do all the right things, and go to college.
I don't see the problem.
No, it's not.
I don't have some elaborate plan. But I would like to see test standards raised and graduations requirements more difficult. I would like to see more oversight on teachers. I would support a program that rewards teachers for doing good and loses the deadbeats.
But ultimately nothing can replace what a parent can do for their child's education. Getting involved. Make sure that homework and studying comes first and all that jazz.
I don't have some elaborate plan. But I would like to see test standards raised and graduations requirements more difficult. I would like to see more oversight on teachers. I would support a program that rewards teachers for doing good and loses the deadbeats.
But ultimately nothing can replace what a parent can do for their child's education. Getting involved. Make sure that homework and studying comes first and all that jazz.
Only the fact that public schools don't even remotely offer the same quality of education as private schools, and Obama and his acolytes vigorously fend off any attempt to MAKE them do so while simultaneously blocking any and all attempts by parents who aren't them to give their own children good educations, despite the fact that we are all currently paying for the education Obama doesn't want our kids to have.
You don't see a problem with the hypocrisy and elitism of Obama saying, "Public schools are great, and everyone should send their kids there and be prevented from having any say in the matter . . . and by the way, MY kids are going to private school"?
The only reason I can see that you DON'T see the problem is because the view is so bad with your eyes tightly shut.
The NEA will not allow that to happen.
