Text 8749, 52 rader
Skriven 2005-02-06 16:21:18 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
   Kommentar till text 8706 av THURSTON ACKERMAN (1:123/140)
Ärende: Unborn
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Hello, THURSTON.

On 05 Feb 05 at 21:51, THURSTON ACKERMAN wrote to SEAN DENNIS:

 TA> on that freedom ever since. Today we have public schools and charter
 TA> schools to serve everones choice.

 TA> What would you rather have for your children?

And I pay taxes to support both of them-neither of them I believe in nor do I
feel that their level of education is worth it.  Most kids these days are
idiots.  They can't even tell you where Iraq is, let alone who the Vice
President of the US is.  Some kind of public service, eh?

Public schools, by and large, are cesspools.  The ones here in my area (the
Atlanta Metro) are always in the news because of shootings, stabbings, drug
problems, bombs... that's not the kind of enviroment I'd want my kids to be
exposed to.  That's not the kind of enviroment I feel I should pay for with my
taxes, but I do because I follow the law.

I went to public school for nine years, then was home-educated for another year
(I was able to learn at my own speed and went through three years' worth of
learning quite quickly).  I'd say I much rather be home-educated.  Considering
that each year, a growing percentage of students going into college (especially
the Ivy League ones) are home-educated, perhaps that says something.

When I think of public school, I think of the meat grinder scene in Pink
Floyd's "The Wall" (movie).  I doubt you've ever seen it, but if you have, you
know exactly how I feel.

I feel if that you are going to have children, then it's /YOUR/ responsibility
to educate them, not everyone else.  You chose to have progeny, it's your right
to take care of them.  I do not agree with my hard-earned money having to
support these imbiciles in public schools-where the teachers have to play Mommy
and Daddy because people that have children aren't responsible enough to
educate them.

If you feel wasting your money on public education is good, that's your
opinion.  Me, on the other hand, could use that money wasted on babysitting in
public schools.

I've been on both sides of the issue and I can honestly say that those who have
kids need to be true parents and not ship them off to little factories every
morning.

Later,
Sean

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