RE: Thoughts on homeschooling?
September 7, 2012 at 11:25 am
(This post was last modified: September 7, 2012 at 11:36 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Yes. There is something inherently wrong when fast food restaurants are stuggling financially and servers refuse to step up and help out by making necessary concessions in their contracts.
IDK, that doesn't sound very solid. I mean don't get me wrong, I feel for a district that can't afford to educate it's citizens. I suppose, if we're going to keep invoking private business as some sort of guiding light in this regard that perhaps they should just board up the doors and windows. I'm guessing that the citizens of your district probably wouldn't be doing themselves any favors if they decided to go that route though. Might just make the revenue issue worse, you know..maybe...
Can you now....lol? You know they have unions as well. What high costs? We have a very cheaply bought public education system (that might explain why it has such a spotty record..but hey, no reason to split hairs). Here's what I want you to do for me amigo. Tally up what you pay in taxes - and how much of that goes to education. Now compare that number to yearly tutition at any private school. Tell me how competitive the two are (I don't need the numbers, that's your privacy and all)? Now I know, I know, alot of people don't have kids, so if we wanted to go a step further we could adjust this on those metrics. Tally up the total spent on education yearly (in your district), divide that by the number of students(in your district), and again compare that to the yearly tuition at a private school.
Now, all of this assumes, of course, that everyone could send their kids to a for-profit private school (because we wouldn't want to suggest that some people just shouldn't get an education - you know, too poor and all, maybe so poor that their district can't afford to cover the costs of their education...rgr?). Are private schools in your district capable of availing themselves of public funds btw? Do they (if they are, of course)?
IDK, that doesn't sound very solid. I mean don't get me wrong, I feel for a district that can't afford to educate it's citizens. I suppose, if we're going to keep invoking private business as some sort of guiding light in this regard that perhaps they should just board up the doors and windows. I'm guessing that the citizens of your district probably wouldn't be doing themselves any favors if they decided to go that route though. Might just make the revenue issue worse, you know..maybe...
Quote:As far as doctors and engineers, (private sector jobs), I can always find another doctor who's fees are more competitive. But as far as public sector teachers, taxpayers are stuck unless there's a move to reign in their high costs.
Can you now....lol? You know they have unions as well. What high costs? We have a very cheaply bought public education system (that might explain why it has such a spotty record..but hey, no reason to split hairs). Here's what I want you to do for me amigo. Tally up what you pay in taxes - and how much of that goes to education. Now compare that number to yearly tutition at any private school. Tell me how competitive the two are (I don't need the numbers, that's your privacy and all)? Now I know, I know, alot of people don't have kids, so if we wanted to go a step further we could adjust this on those metrics. Tally up the total spent on education yearly (in your district), divide that by the number of students(in your district), and again compare that to the yearly tuition at a private school.
Now, all of this assumes, of course, that everyone could send their kids to a for-profit private school (because we wouldn't want to suggest that some people just shouldn't get an education - you know, too poor and all, maybe so poor that their district can't afford to cover the costs of their education...rgr?). Are private schools in your district capable of availing themselves of public funds btw? Do they (if they are, of course)?
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