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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Why do I get the sense I'm being baited?
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You feel that way because of the following..
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I guess we may not know what it looks like until we get there.
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You might as well say we need prayer. There is no end goal to be defined until we get there, than we know we are there, because well we are there? Equal opportunity could be interpreted in so many ways and to such extremes its utterly meaningless. With equal opportunity there will still be rich and poor, still be lifes winners and losers, odds are you wouldn't know you were there when you were there because things would look the same.
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For now, it means putting more resources into those who are getting less. Inner-city schools are one good example. Under-funded, under-staffed failure-factories. Those Americans deserve better. Go on, tell me they don't.
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Underfunded or poorly run? Failure factories due to teaching or failure factories due to the culture that surrounds them? When parents in these "failure factories" were to be offered vouchers to send their children to better schools who shot that down?
I am, of course, in an area with what are considered good public schools. I have told my wife when the time comes our children will be attending private schools, as I find even highly funded public schools to be inadequate mediocrity factories. My children will have a better opportunity than those students in their government run union controlled school, as 'good' as it is. Should that no longer be allowed? Should I as a parent not be allowed to spend more on my child?
I had to stop writing this to work, interestingly it involved this subject in conversation with a pro-union police officer. She is paying for her son to attend a Catholic school. She said it hurts every month they have to write the cheque but its worth it because he was so far behind in school and unused to discipline and homework. I said, isn't it funny that the Catholic schools do so much better than the public schools even on less money, she said 'well its because the teachers don't care'. Now I think thats being a little harsh, but it does illustrate the point that money isn't always the answer.