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LeftishBrit

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30. Sounds at first like a good idea ...
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 11:07 AM
Apr 2014

Last edited Wed Apr 30, 2014, 03:34 PM - Edit history (1)

especially with all the Old Etonians fucking things up here.

UNTIL one remembers Maggie Thatcher, her schools Minister Rhodes Boyson, and Chris Woodhead, first and worst Chair of Ofsted (the current schools Inspectorate). The original 'TEST THE KIDS MORE!' axe-wielding thugs and bullies toward state schools. And all were products of state schools, and the latter two also taught in them.

I do, however, think that all government ministers should be required, as a condition for office, to make use of public services rather than buy private services to avoid them (e.g. use the NHS and send their children to state schools). You wouldn't trust a car manufacturer who refused to drive one of their own cars.

That makes too much sense, Sarah. I agree it would be great and fair. Mnemosyne Apr 2014 #1
It would totally take the President out of the decision making yeoman6987 Apr 2014 #27
I understood this to be more of a local/state solution. nt Mnemosyne Apr 2014 #28
What if only actual public school teachers LWolf Apr 2014 #2
The people that have to pay for should have a place at the table nt hack89 Apr 2014 #3
The people that have to pay for? LWolf Apr 2014 #8
Yes - parents should have a say hack89 Apr 2014 #11
I disagree. LWolf Apr 2014 #24
Do you hold the same thoughts on civilian leadership of the military? Mr_Rogers Apr 2014 #32
You're kind of all over the map there. LWolf May 2014 #35
They aren't exactly a disinterested party though either... Mr_Rogers Apr 2014 #13
welcome to DU. please tell us more! nt alp227 Apr 2014 #21
There's nothing more than that. Mr_Rogers Apr 2014 #22
You're right about that. LWolf Apr 2014 #25
Excellent idea, but I'll accept even public school teachers that went beyond teaching nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #6
To a point. LWolf Apr 2014 #9
"If we're going to accept as leaders those that "go beyond" teaching, I think those leaders.... Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #16
It takes a restructuring of the system. LWolf Apr 2014 #23
I support public schools. But I would attend most ivy league schools in a heart beat... Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #4
The question was not "do you wish you could've attended a wealthy and expensive school so you too Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #7
Certainly, food for thought. nt UtahLib Apr 2014 #5
So, since President Obama sends his daughters to private school, Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #10
Arne Duncan certainly isn't useful hobbit709 Apr 2014 #12
I agree. Arne Duncan reminds me of that definition of insanity: Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #15
Bingo. HooptieWagon Apr 2014 #26
That's not a really good example, the PRESIDENT of the U.S., who requires huge amounts of security, Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #14
Should 1-percenters such as Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi and Alan Grayson Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #17
YES! The ones deciding what is best in education should be TEACHERS. nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #18
And presumably military policy should be decided by GENERALS, ADMIRALS, COLONELS and BRIGADIERS (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #19
This conversation has become ludicrous and it's over. I've seen your previous posts so I know nt Sarah Ibarruri Apr 2014 #20
Obama listens more to business leaders such as presidents of testing companies more than he liberal_at_heart Apr 2014 #29
Sounds at first like a good idea ... LeftishBrit Apr 2014 #30
I completely agree. I think public schools should be required of public servants, or they should Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #40
Seems a bit unfair, as kids don't generally choose their schools. Orsino Apr 2014 #31
So because of a decision by a child's parents (going to a private school), that child will be Jgarrick Apr 2014 #33
You're not wanting to get it, are you? You don't like it, and by golly, you're going to pretend you Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #39
This would exclude all who went to catholic and other religious schools? FarCenter Apr 2014 #34
ALL who did not attend public school. nt Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #37
related: LWolf May 2014 #36
Horrific. That's like allowing welders to perform open heart surgery on Cheney nt Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #38
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