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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JBTFD who wrote (4930)	1/9/2004 9:42:23 PM
From: Don Earl	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20039

OT: <<<People who know more about it than you ro I have characterized it as underfunded and I believe them not you.>>> I don't know of any government agency that doesn't view themselves as being deserving of more money. Do you? Surprise me, tell me about the ones that cut the pork out of their budgets and want to give some of the money back. <<<As for the rest of it, I don't share your contempt for teachers.>>> If you were lucky enough to be teacher's pet, you probably wouldn't. In second grade I was put in a class for the slow kids. I suppose that would have been okay if I didn't have an IQ that would qualify for joining Mensa, but under the circumstances, it still pisses me off. Not so bright kids, with a natural talent for sucking up, do quite well in our public school system. As close as I can tell, the reason is because they're the only ones not so bright teachers, with a natural talent for sucking up, are able to relate to. <<<I think the simplistic idea of having tests and punishing every school that doesn't get improving grades on the test every year will result in further privatization, in which the poor will be disenfrachised once again.>>> You have it backwards. If it was possible to obtain a quality education in public schools, there would be absolutely no market for private institutions. In other words, those who can afford to pay twice for education - once through taxes and once for private tuition - are the only ones able to provide their children with a real education. With the exception of public schools, I don't know of any industry where job security is not directly related to job performance. A factory worker is expected to complete a certain amount of objects in a given period. A sales person is expected to produce a certain amount of business in a given period. An auto mechanic is expected to complete repairs within a given period. The concept that teachers and administrators should be immune from productivity requirements is absurd to such a degree I find myself questioning the wit of anyone who would suggest such foolishness. It's not surprising the not so brights, with a natural talent for sucking up, are crying the blues right about now. Their job security gets blown out of the water if their performance is judged heads up on a production basis. The part I find most amazing about this absurd discussion is why you as a parent would fail to insist on your children being educated in an environment with standards for accountability.