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To: greenspirit who wrote (53235)	9/11/2013 7:14:24 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

I and my friends all found public schools just fine. We realize there are other problems, but it is not the public education. None of us had any problems getting educations and to be honest most of us did pretty well. As well as anyone. We ended up in the best universities and produced lots of well educated citizens and lots of scientists and lawyers. It is the people who didn't succeed that want to change things. None of us saw any problems with the public school system, so we don't even know what you are talking about. I can't even remember a single discussion about it short falls; only ones about the great teachers we had. And first you tell me I don't know about the streets and I prove I probably know as much, or more than you do. I I am a product of the streets. Then you tell me I don't know about public education, and I tell you my extended family and most of my friends have advanced degrees from the best universities in the world, all the product of public education, (west coast is mostly public education), so what does it take to convince you? We are all the product of the public schools. And we did as well as anyone on earth. So what in the hell are you talking about that public schools are no good?

To: greenspirit who wrote (53235)	9/11/2013 7:27:44 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By robert a belfer Respond to of 85487

>>> Apparently, you have low standards and are willing to accept failure from educators year-after-year. How that squares with you previous statements in support of good education is one of those liberal cognitive dissonance pretzel logic mental models only a liberal can truly understand. It is pretty tragic, imo, when an entire segment of the political spectrum is willing to accept abject failure in the school system, solely because they are unwilling to criticize their own ideologies. If a person can't admit that public sector unions have a substantial role in destroying education in this country, that's pathetic. If a person can't admit that Federal government involvement in education has been totally counterproductive when it comes to providing our kids with an education, that is tragic, in more than one way. If a person can't be honest with himself about these issues he's part of the problem, not part of the solution.