Immanuel
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the Left has been throwing money at schools for decades. Money is not the problem. the problem os the parents and the people themselves
Maybe money is the problem or at least part of the problem? More money is not always the solution. How (and in this case where) it is spent is the question.
And yes, the left has been throwing money at schools for decades... but the question would be what schools and how is that money used. If my high school, which was an upper middle class high school got a significantly higher portion of the funds than the school across the railroad tracks, then the funds were not equally or equitably distributed. You know, my school really needed that Gym as the old one was 15 years old. Too bad the school across the tracks still have 25 year old textbooks.
Immie
The left hasn't been in charge for "decades." I'm sick to death of seeing every social failure for the past 100 years blamed on "the left."
To your point, bitch to your school board. How your town distributes federal money for education is THEIR problem.
First off, "the left" has been in charge of social issues for decades. That is why abortion is used almost exclusively as birth control in this country. That is why we have a piss poor Social Security System, Yes! Piss Poor! It is supposed to provide a living retirement and all it provides is a trip to the poor house. The left being in charge is why we have Affirmative Action that discriminates against middle class students keeping them out of higher education so that disadvantaged students can go to the big universities. The left is why we have a Welfare system that encourages people not to work and that encourages unwed mothers to have as many children as they can so that they can get bigger welfare checks and not have to work.
The left loves to run around like proud peacocks about how great they are and how successful all these so called progressive ideas are. Well, Maggie, maybe you should step back and take a real good look at what the left has done for us lately?
Oh, yes, the left has been in charge for a hell of a long time and they have done a hell of a lot towards screwing this country up. Of course, the right hasn't done much to make a difference either and if George Bush is a sample of what the right can do... well, you can just hang it up.
As to my point about school districts providing funds for upper middle class schools rather than schools that actually need help, it was nothing more than pointing out that this might just be what is wrong with just throwing money and more money at schools. It doesn't necessarily get where it is needed most... that was the point! I wasn't complaining. I was using it as an example. You want to help the disadvantaged students? Then make sure they get the proper materials to learn with. Make sure they get teachers that are compensated for what they provide this nation and teachers that actually want to teach... strike that enjoy teaching. Make sure that the students are encouraged to learn rather than thrown into a babysitting service seven or eight hours a day.
Immie