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Do you think that parents should pay for their children's books? (For kids in elementary school to high school)?
I think it's a great idea to make parents pay for their child's books. This would teach the child to take better care of their books. Kids rip pages, tear it apart, mark in them, ruining those books. And, the government has to spend money to replace the damaged books. Not to mention that the government is in a ton of debt. (Around 15 trillion dollars )
Do you think that parents should pay for their children's books? (For kids in elementary school to high school)?
I think it's a great idea to make parents pay for their child's books. This would teach the child to take better care of their books. Kids rip pages, tear it apart, mark in them, ruining those books. And, the government has to spend money to replace the damaged books. Not to mention that the government is in a ton of debt. (Around 15 trillion dollars )
First, public schools are primarily funded with tax revenue of one sort or another; I would guess that most taxpayers would prefer to see the taxes they pay go toward things like school books rather than some of the stupid crap the government wastes it on even if a few do get trashed or lost.
Second, schools are primarily funded through state and local taxes; it's our pathetic federal government that has run up a $15 trillion national debt, so that figure really isn't relevant.
Third, maybe this isn't universal, but when I was in school if I damaged or lost a book my parents DID have to pay for it.
Bottom line: some parents wouldn't be able to afford the books, so they would have to set up some system of determining who would have to pay for the books and who wouldn't which would require more bureaurocracy and government innefficiency, and you'd still have books getting lost and destroyed.
If there's a problem in your particular school district I would suggest going the the school board and pushing them to develop a solution rather than pushing it off on the federal government.
I think students in public schools should have their books provided by the school. Every child in a public school is entitled to a free education. Required books should be provided. If students damage a book it may be appropriate to ask parents to replace it, but students should not suffer if their parents cannot afford books.
I think parents should pay for just about everything- sports, music,tutoring- that isn't part of a basic education. I think books are part of a basic education, so I would include that as a taxpayer expense. Because of improvements in technology, though, books will be going by the wayside soon anyway, though.
My Son HS only has paper copies of book for use in the classroom, Students can check out paper copies from the library (as needed or for whole term). All the book are on the student portal, as PDF's .
But it cut the costs from getting 5000 copies of a ie( 9th grade math book ) to about 750 copies for classroom & paper loaner's
If the book is lost/damaged etc, then the student and/or parents would then need to pay for it.
in high school we (our parents) had to pay for our books and at the end of the year when you turned them in it would count towards next years books, until your Sr. year then you get that cash back.
in high school we (our parents) had to pay for our books and at the end of the year when you turned them in it would count towards next years books, until your Sr. year then you get that cash back.
You need to clarify if this was a public or private school. When my kids were in private school, I paid for books. I did not pay in public school, nor would I have willingly done so.
Our public school system is well funded, so far, and the books are in very good condition. If one of my kids damaged their books, I would feel obligated to pay for the replacement.
Well, I hope those textbooks don't cost even a fraction as much as college textbooks do, because there would be a hell of a lot of kids without books. So, no, unless the book is damaged.
Well, I hope those textbooks don't cost even a fraction as much as college textbooks do, because there would be a hell of a lot of kids without books. So, no, unless the book is damaged.
High school textbooks are just as expensive as college texts.
We got new Psychology books this year-$95, AP Psych was $120 a couple years ago, Chem and Bio are around $120, most Math books are $100+.
To reference an earlier post, Music and Art are considered basic education, as are sports and other extra curricular activities. Try to get an accreditation without those, or meet NCLB requirements, and you'll be reconstitution.
It just amazes me the number of people who want to squeeze the last bit of enjoyment out of school. And we wonder why kids hate going.
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