RE: Is it really worth it for Republicans
April 20, 2017 at 3:25 pm
(This post was last modified: April 20, 2017 at 3:29 pm by henryp.)
(April 20, 2017 at 2:58 pm)Khemikal Wrote: I suppose that must be a regional experience? I grew up in south and central florida.
Quote:It goes along with an idea in the other thread about the College kids. It's all philosophy to them. There are no consequences or rewards. Regardless of what happens, they'll probably at least get an okay job and live an okay life no matter who is president. I think there is danger in losing sight of reality when people who don't have any skin in the game are the one's driving the political discourse.Well, that, or we all have skin in the american game?
The regional thing very well may be. Possibly related to population density? If a school has kids of families with money in it, it's probably doing fine, since it has families with money in it's tax base and on the PTA. Where I live, it's a lot more haves and have nots. And the illegal families are going to be sending their kids to schools that are already strapped for resources. My kid goes to a nice school, but with a big (majority) Asian (indian) population. And even with a teacher and full time assistant, ESL program, involved parents, good funding, and well behaved kids, it's still a serious strain on the classroom having 2 or 3 kids that don't speak English to start.
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I don't know that they do have skin in the american game, though. The speed with which the Black Lives Matter movement was tossed aside was surreal. It was BLM! The police state must be stopped! The oppression needs to end! And then it was America's the Best in the World overnight. It struck me as jarring. I would think that it would feel jarring as well to the BLM movement, who haven't gotten nearly the traction they had right up until the DNC convention since.
