"Freedom" thread or something

Im sure improvements can be made but IDK how, if it all, it can be done through laws and etc

 

Of course gov can always mess it up more, like No Child Left Behind which was awful, but I dont see going to private schools as bettering quality, how would it?

Anyway, unless you have an inherent disapproval of anything public, I'd say education is a legitimate role of state and not something that should be based on profit and etc I do think it's a bit too difficult to remove teachers, as in when one is poor or worse damaging to a child...its damn tough to get them out, hell oftne you cant even get the kid moved to another class, forcing them to endure what is basically a bully. Yes, I have first hand experience to base this off of (not me personally) and there's tons of stories similar. That should be cracked down on but I see no issue with public schools itself.

 

Flip it, my mother went to both public and private schools, saw no difference in terms of student/teacher quality but in the privates it was covered up better

 

That seems right to me, doesn't everything boil down to culture in the end? But especially an issue like education.

No doubt laws can interfere, usually in negative ways.

 

Just from my experience, the issue I think is the focus on well rankings class rank, GPA, grades etc no one cared about learning, and the focus on "teaching to tests" worsened it. My fav teacher in HS was generally disliked because he actually taught us stuff and would put off tests/make us wait to see results....that evil b*****d!

As ya said, that's a cultural thing and seems laws indeed make it worse by incentivizing such behavior.

/contribution

It's great that at these troubling times, we humans still exhibit great humor!

 

Kudos for the statement Pat, and fair points.

 

It is a small step up from Wubya, who hell or high water was not being deterred ever.

Obama and co were pedal to the metal for war but they caved to the backlash.

 

What's nutty is that is how it's supposed to be! With enough fuss any politician can be held in check. We've gotten used to Wubya who and co who blatantly didn't give a sh*t and no matter how unpopular they were, (Bama has been spared by the media/public opinion).

Well.... They might just be buying their time.

 

 It is true though, 9/11 has become distant enough, hopefully the world, (and the US) is starting to say OK POTUS knock it off now.