[Rhodes22-list] Mo Gubmint - Politics & Education

[Herb Parsons]

This paragraph pretty well sums it all up, and we're much coser to 
AGREEING on the topic than we are DISAGREEING.

With the ills you describe, no matter their cause, can you BLAME parents 
who want alternatives? In spite of the non-sense rhetoric spewed on this 
forum, those that seek something different, whether it be home-school or 
private education, are not doing it because they're a buch of wide-eyed 
fantatics trying to protect their children from the evils of a godless 
world. They're, for the most part, concerned parents trying to break 
their children out of a broken system.

As far as "blaming the teachers", that's where you and I have to part 
ways a bit. I blame the system, and the teachers are part of that 
system. Every workable iniative, wether it be voucher systems or higher 
standards for educators, is opposed by the teachers unions and their 
lobbies.

Personally, I'd love to see a voucher system. Then those to whom 
education is the most important, the parents of the students, would 
dictate where the money goes for their educations.

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>   CYA was the mantra of the senior teachers..the principal was only interested in being popular with parents & kiddies...if there was a problem yoou'd better get to him FIRST & tell him...'cause as sure as I am not 10' tall if the parent came in the teacher'd be up s***s creek. (And this was the story in the majority of schools...ever wonder why the the 1st grades gets suspended for hugging his friend??? A**hole principals who are afraid to stand up...b/c the superintendents don't want flack. The teacher is at the bottom of the pecking order...so don't blame the teacher fornot enforcing discipline or whatever....you step out of line & you're OUT...go to the superintendent & school bd who make the rules.....)
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Herb Parsons
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