Classic case of More Government = Less Freedom, and also a classic case of the government thinking they know how to raise your children better than you do.
Friday, March 7, 2008
Yet Another Reason For School Vouchers
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yet another reason for homeschooling...
Just think if the funding for vouchers would be given to the schools themselves to equip them properly...
...and just think if teachers didn't have their hands tied by over-litigious helicopter parents who'd rather bitch and moan that teachers aren't doing their jobs instead of actually taking the time to BE parents themselves.
From a realistic perspective (which comes from having a wife who is a teacher in a public school, and having a father who was a teacher in a public school) - I can tell you that there are FAR more unfit parents out there than one might be inclined to believe. Many of these unfit parents are the ones who are positioned in the higher socio-economic segments of society, too. Sadly, money leads to an overblown sense of entitlement in these kids today (in many MANY cases).
Vouchers would cripple public schools and I believe would ultimately lead to the collapse of the public education system. They would ultimately hurt the poorest of the poor and even a large portion of the middle class.
those are great arguments scott. that's the kind of stuff that I was looking for when I started this blog....I don't think that I'm right about everything, so I want people to call me on it.
basically, what you're saying is, that more money needs to be given to the public schools, to make them better, and for the most part, the unfit parents are using the schools as a babysitting service.
the problem with that is, the same argument has been used since the public school system was started. More money is given, but the same problems exist, and with our evergrowing population, it will continue.
i'm an evolutionist. competition breeds a stronger species. people who send their kids to public school, have no choice. you live in a certain district, your kid goes to one school. if the teach stinks, the parents can help to make up for it at home after hours, or they can complain to a principal...or to the superintendent...but let's face it, nothing ever gets done.
a private school, or homeschooling/tutoring service MUST be customer friendly or you'll take your kid to a different one with better teachers. the free market decides. that also works for the teachers. now, you go into teaching pretty much knowing what your salary will be for the next twenty years, but that doesn't stop the complaining (i complain to, even though I'm in the same boat.)
then we're back in the continuous circle that this argument always puts us in...the free market for schooling doesn't cure the crappy parents.
if the public system were eliminated (which i don't advocate, but significant downsizing would be good,) more money would go back into the pocket of the taxpayer. then they have the choice to spend it on any private school, public school, or crack. Downsizing would also increase the power of the public schools.
Not to mention the increasingly politically correct world we're living in....making amends for everyone with special demands...no mention of God, the national anthem, separate bathrooms for students who are "confused," etc...more lawsuits, more money on the taxpayers....less money for education...
The free market achieves things that our government can't. All the countries that we've been giving aid to all over the world, they're doing a lot better now, and they're starting to pass us. They're not concerned and they're going to leave us behind. Education is the key and we need to step up and do something drastic to make sure our younger generation is ready. We need to stop telling them that the government will take care of you.
i will say the only experience i have with public schools is attending them for 12 years. i have no kids, but I seldom hear parents talking highly of them.
it's not necessarily the teachers they complain about, although sometimes it is. having attended them, I WILL say out of all the teachers I had, most were great. their were some that were not, just like in any other profession. it seemed to get worse, the older I got.
like I said though, choice not only works in favor of the student and parent, but it also favors the teacher. if they do well, they could ask for money or go somewhere else....more choice for them. if they have something to work toward, they will strive to be a better teacher... evolution at work.
...GREAT POINT ALERT....
who knows, if people all of a sudden have to pay out of their pocket to send their kids to school, maybe we'll start seeing better parents. money tends to have that effect on people.
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