FIRST IN SERIES ABOUT SCHOOLS
Rarely does one pick up a newspaper without reading some disturbing story about schools in this nation. A few days ago here in Georgia, front page news about suspicions of cheating on test scores, including extraordinary gains and drops in test scores.
Almost daily we read stories about all kinds of abusive treatment in the tax-supported school system. Stories involving students and students, teachers and students, bus drivers, and just about everyone involved in a system which involves millions of students across this nation, and billions of dollars.
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TEXTBOOKS – SCHOOLS – TROUBLING TEXTBOOK COMMISSION – TEXTBOOKS ONLY SYMPTOM – IT’S ABOUT MONEY & CONTROL (Issue 358)
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Despite the fact I no longer have any children in school, I recall the time when I did have school age children, and the battles I fought in the system. One incident which comes to mind is the time my daughter came home from school and said she had an assignment to write a paper on, “How to be a good loser.” I was cooking dinner, and probably dropped the frying pan and told her I would help her with that project.
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Schools, Rules, Tools, and Fools (Issue 180)
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I’m a clipper of news articles and have a large box of news items about the tax-supported school system.
I’ll begin with an article from December 2008, which states, “education represents more than 55 percent or nearly $8.2 billion of Georgia’s fiscal year 2009 budget, according to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget.”
That’s a whopping amount of money. It is a requirement for payment by everyone, even those who have no children in the system. I personally have no idea how much schooling another requires, needs nor wants, and definitely have no interest in paying for it.
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The Tax Supported Socialist School System (Issue 177)
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The next questions I received from one of my readers were about the current school system. In response to my opposition to the tax supported school system one reader asked, “What does one replace it with? Are you suggesting that every child be home schooled? And, how can we be sure all children are receiving a ‘fair’ education?” All interesting and valid questions.
To the first one, “what do we replace our current school system with?” I ask, “what does one replace cancer with?”
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The School System, How Is It Replaced? (Issue 94)
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