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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (83179)	9/9/2008 6:44:03 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542011

There are no private acadamies where I live. There is a Catholic school with a ten-year waiting list, lol. And there are a couple of small (and expensive) private church-backed schools that barely meet accreditations. Our public schools though are not that bad, I think because there are so few private options to drain the 'good' kids away. I never really worried about my own children but did stay on top of them nevertheless. The stories they brought home about the behaviors of other kids, though, was unsettling at times and made me sad. I've known quite a few people in recent years who home schooled and with great results, IMO. I would think that your friends who are paying through the nose AND paying prop taxes to support the public schools must really get chapped about it. As for beating unruly kids, I say just throw them out at some point instead of allowing them to terrorize their teachers grade after grade.

To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (83179)	9/9/2008 9:57:00 PM
From: Stan J. Czernel	Respond to of 542011

Imo the answer is beat the living hell out of trouble makers Maybe you're just venting frustration (I can relate) - but even a hug might get a teacher in real trouble. I think we should take the trouble-makers and give them a year out of school: get them a job at MacDonalds, or as dishwashers in a restaurant. Let them experience life on the minimum wage. I think - after the year - many might return, more sober and willing to learn. I also think that we have to take students who are not college-bound more seriously. My recollection of high school was that it was focused on preparation for college; the non-college-bound were treated as supercargo - an embarrassing bunch that the system really didn't know what to do with. Our system should be more like the European system - were there are rich opportunities after primary school for formal apprenticeships, good trades and so on. Maybe our refusal to consider this is based on the Guild System they use: after all, we don't want no pesky Unions.