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I must have missed that Amendment in the US Constitution. WTF?
GOVERNMENT schools follow GOVERNMENT rules. If I had my way, there would be no government schools. Just a voucher for every kid to take to the private school of his or her choice and you either pay additional for transportation or get your kid there on your own. The bad schools would fail and the good schools would prosper and expand in size or with new locations. The schools would answer directly to the parents of the student body. If those parents want their kids to know how to put a condom on a cucumber, so be it. At least you would be free to take your kid and your voucher to a different school.
Guilt-riddled lefties. the anthropology department's website at UCF said, “We acknowledge that many of us are born with unearned privilege, while others are denied basic human rights."
If their "privilege" bothers them so much, move somewhere where they're minorities and will be treated like fresh poop. Goodbye guilt!
Long long ago in a place far far away, government schools were good. Then The Left started worming in. Now it seems most schools ingrain stupidity and hate. Our civilization is in deep trouble.
Good reminder. My grade school days were in 1960s California and at that time were the envy of the world. This article discussed the collapse of California schools from the mid-1970s until they were absolutely dismal in the mid 1990s. Sad.
Once again, well-intentioned government intervention backfired and simply caused all schools to become about equally bad, rather than raising the quality of the few bad schools.
Documentary examines how California public schools fell 'from first to worst'
From First to Worst, a production of the Merrow Report, details how California's public school system went from the nation's best in the 1950s to its worst by 1994.
The film describes how, in the 1950s and 1960s, communities funded and controlled their local schools. But, in 1965, deadly riots in the Watts section of Los Angeles underscored how this system had created vast education inequities, with well-to-do districts outspending poor ones by 4-to-1. In 1968, Serrano v. Priest challenged the system of using local property taxes to fund local schools. The suit was settled in the mid-1970s and resulted in limiting state spending to just a few thousand dollars per student statewide. "We really wrote off adequacy, and we ended up with equalized mediocrity," Kirst said in the film.
You are absolutely right that I don’t trust “the people.” Most of “the people” are morons. I trust professionals and experts in their field.
When it comes to public education, do you really want the public determining the curriculum? Half the public thinks that 9-11 was an inside job, that the moon landing was faked, and that Donald Trump won the 2020 election. A significant portion of the population believes the universe is controlled by an invisible man with whom they can telepathically communicate by folding their hands and closing their eyes. The flat earth movement is growing.
Forgive me if I don’t trust “the people.”
You understand that politicians are people, right? The govt is run by the same fallible humans you distrust.
All the "statements" and "acknowledgements of Native Lands" etc. are unnecessary. It got real trendy for a bit but it will go away after awhile as people realize it's just wasting space on the website pages and not actually doing anything but making people roll their eyes.
You are absolutely right that I don’t trust “the people.” Most of “the people” are morons. I trust professionals and experts in their field.
When it comes to public education, do you really want the public determining the curriculum? Half the public thinks that 9-11 was an inside job, that the moon landing was faked, and that Donald Trump won the 2020 election. A significant portion of the population believes the universe is controlled by an invisible man with whom they can telepathically communicate by folding their hands and closing their eyes. The flat earth movement is growing.
Forgive me if I don’t trust “the people.”
There are a lot of so called "experts" that are morons.
Like the ones who wrote my child's textbook claiming the buffalo were killed off due to climate change and man altering the environment.
They were killed off by hunters in a deliberate effort to starve the Plains Indians. But Indians are not a preferred minority. They rank behind the environment, Blacks and Hispanics.
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