Reply #38: who is this about?

[orangeapple]

The most specious one is that if you take the money from the public schools it's okay because there won't be as many kids. If you take the time to figure that out....it is the inevitable destruction of the public schools. Follow it to its obvious conclusion.

Only 'inevitable' if parents didn't want to send their kids to them. Do you think that all parents will decide that? Why would they decide that? Furthermore, if they decide to not send their kids there, why should we send the per pupil funds? Is it about the best interests of the kids, or the best interests of those who have a job at the public schools for you?


We need to give the consumers of education (that would be the parents and their children) the opportunity to 'vote' with the funds the State allocates for the education of our children. That's how you development 'accountability' in the education system."

This paragraph says so much about your attitude that I don't even know how to address it.

You could start by suggesting how you would add 'accountability' to the public school system as it exists now. If parents/students are limited in how they can choose another school to better suit their needs, where is the 'accountability'?
If I couldn't choose another grocery store, what incentive would the grocer have in meeting my needs? If he got my money no matter how rotten the vegetables, would I be better off? Wouldn't I be better off if I could take my money to someone trying harder to earn it? Why should I rely entirely on the monopoly grocer's goodwill? Isn't his own well being (earning my money) a better incentive for him?


Look at it another way. Do you think poor people are better served with food stamps and the opportunity to shop at the store of their choice, or should they be herded into government a run cafeterias with no choice to go somewhere else if they're not satisfied?
Some people don't need the food stamps, and will buy even more expensive food, but I think we realized a long time ago that having the government run the grocery store wasn't really in the best interest of the poor. Instead we provide them the money to spend as they see fit in their own interest.

You are equating food stamps with the dismantling of public education.
I don't even know how to respond to that.

Why do you assume that, if given a choice, no one would want to send their kids to public schools? If no one wants to send their kids there (your assumption), why are you hellbent on forcing them to go?


OOPs...you are in Florida. You must be happy.

I am happy. I choose to live here. I've lived here since I was 10 years old. I chose to buy a house in the part of Leon County with the best schools. I think it is a shame that the kids whose parents live south of the tracks go to much worse schools. I would like to see those parents have better choices. Why wouldn't you?