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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Tripling the current budget will, in my opinion, just encourage more waste.
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You have to allocate it when drawing up the budget, it's not just one big check and a handshake. A lot of it would be higher wages for teachers and ensuring students have access to the best possible resources. Also, the longer school day and year aren't going to be cheap.
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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
And, so far as free college for teachers...I can go along with that...provided that they are required to put in X amount of years into the profession, with Y amount of those years in an inner city or an "at risk" school. Not right away. I wouldn't throw a newbie teacher to the wolves like that. They should perhaps apprentice for a couple of years under a seasoned educator, get their "feet wet", then go show what they've got. Kind of like a residency.
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That's exactly what I had in mind. Considering we'd be paying them so much more than teachers make now, who would they be to complain?
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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
Other than that...believe it or not...I actually think that some of your ideas are pretty sound. Frankly...and I hate to sound cliche...but kids today are not getting the education that I got. And, I didn't get the education that my parents got. It's got to end.
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Shoot, they don't get the same education I got and I've only been out of high school for 8 years. People like us should be saying, "I wish my education was as good as things are now".