Why California Sucks Ass!!!

[BigV]

Calm. Down.

Public schools are not an utter failure. There is a place for private schools, but that place is not "No public schools". Public education is a crucial part of the foundation of our national capital, our civic infrastructure. We could no more have only private schools than we could have only private roads, or only a private military. Your hyper-allergic reaction to all things governmental is causing an overreaction here.

What it takes to make a school system succeed are good teachers who engage kids and keep their attention. It takes an environment that kids enjoy and where kids don't fear getting shot or beaten by gang members. It takes a flexible curriculum and it takes parental involvement in the process.

Right! And this in no way precludes the idea of a public school system.

You don't want *your* kid to go to public school, fine. But that does not give you license to burn down the whole public education system.

[grumble]..teach kids to rely on government for everything... what a maroon[/mumble]

[Radar]

Originally Posted by BigV

Calm. Down.

Public schools are not an utter failure. There is a place for private schools, but that place is not "No public schools". Public education is a crucial part of the foundation of our national capital, our civic infrastructure. We could no more have only private schools than we could have only private roads, or only a private military. Your hyper-allergic reaction to all things governmental is causing an overreaction here.
Right! And this in no way precludes the idea of a public school system.

You don't want *your* kid to go to public school, fine. But that does not give you license to burn down the whole public education system.

[grumble]..teach kids to rely on government for everything... what a maroon[/mumble]

We could have all private roads. If we did, they'd probably be in better shape. Public schools actually are a complete failure. Government funded education is neither crucial, nor important.

If you want *YOUR* kid to go to a second rate, public school, fine. Just don't expect me to pay for it through taxes or any other way. Only those who send their kids to those schools should have to pay for them. People without kids should not be forced to pay for them, and neither should people who choose to educate their children at home, or in private schools.

It's not a matter of my right to burn down public education, it's a matter of whether or not you have the right to force others to pay to educate YOUR kids, or whether any government has such authority. Certainly the federal government has no such powers so all federal money for education should be eliminated.

Since all governments may only have the powers that the people grant to it, they may only have powers that people have without a government. If there's no government at all, you don't have a right to take what I earn to pay for the education of your kids. This means you can't grant this power to government, and neither can a million of you or a billion of you.