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Politics : Have you read your constitution today? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (86)	7/3/2002 5:36:18 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 403

Question for the thread. I teach 2nd and 3rd graders right now. Of course we did a July 4th craft today. And as I was spelling things on the board related to our project I put up Independence Day. My kids ONLY association with these words was the movie. They did not know we were once a colony of England. They had never heard of the revolutionary war. They did not know that George Washington had been a general, and of course did not realize he had been a general in the revolutionary war because they had never heard of the revolutionary war. Far more important than the pledge- WHY do our kids not know any history???? I remember before I started school I had a record with Paul revere's ride on it. I used to ride my rocking horse and pretend I was Paul revere. Does anyone here have kids? Have they learned much US history? If they are 2nd or 3rd graders- have they HEARD of the revolutionary war???? I am trying to figure out how aberrant my class is.

To: epicure who wrote (86)	7/3/2002 5:38:13 PM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 403

"state Attorney General Mark Pryor argued that the Legislature, and not the court system, should determine matters involving public school finance" At first glance it would seem he has a valid point. The courts have only very limited constitutional ability to spend money of the public coffers. While I agree there is an issue of fairness & equity under the law, how far does the authority of the court extend? Then too, do those of greater means pay a greater % of the taxes & are there by entitled to a larger % of the government bought by those taxes - above a set base level? A "good" Libertarian would question if the government should even be involved in the delivery of education or perhaps even the taxation required to support education. Again a more moderate view would yield the correct answer.