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What is the Point of School?

Tigger said:
It's been looked into. Unfortunately, because of people like YOU, those countries are not interested in offering citizenship to current American citizens. Especially ones who are not religious by nature, nevermind Islamist in particular. So, it would seem that we are stuck with each other, as much as neither one of us likes the idea.
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Lulz.

And, incidentally, I don't necessarially mind being stuck with your sort. I respect your right to have a different opinion, even though I may not respect your opinions.

Laugh all you want, it just makes you a bigger target.
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A target for who?

You make it sound like there's some "International Society of Internet Bigots" keeping tabs on the interwebz and making lists of people who think tyrrany and oppression are undesireable societal standards.
 
windowdressing said:
And how many of those scientists et al. went to elementary school?
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Most of them. The thing is that many of them should never have been allowed to become what they did become; and in fact have hastened the demise of this nation because they were allowed to make choices rather than doing what they should have.
 
ReformCollege said:
Maybe if YOU paid attention in class you would realize that plenty of teachers suck.
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as do plenty of engineers, doctors, lawyers, accountants, CEOs, etc. ... btw, the poster I responded to I believe is a teacher ...
 
soot said:
Lulz. And, incidentally, I don't necessarially mind being stuck with your sort. I respect your right to have a different opinion, even though I may not respect your opinions.
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I'm not laughing. I have looked into moving and it's nowhere near as easy as I'd like it to be. I really don't respect the right to have a different opinion or those alternate viewpoints. Never have and never will.

soot said:
A target for who?
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A target for those of us who have given up on politics as the means to return this nation to its proper foundation, or tear it down and rebuild it properly this time.
 
I had not paid attention to that. Then I started looking at yours to figure out what you were talking about I could not find it, but now I see it. I will try to pay more attention.
windowdressing said:
she has the female symbol next to gender, as you do male ...
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Tigger said:
A target for those of us who have given up on politics as the means to return this nation to its proper foundation, or tear it down and rebuild it properly this time.
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At that point you cease to be a joke and become a threat.

And all the training I've received since I was an 18-year-old Private on Ft. Benning has been in the elimination of threats.

So when those of you who feel this way come looking for me, be sure to bring Level III armor and a working knowledge of how to dodge failure drills.

Easy day.

Until then, still LMAO at this nonsense.
 
Tigger said:
Most of them. The thing is that many of them should never have been allowed to become what they did become; and in fact have hastened the demise of this nation because they were allowed to make choices rather than doing what they should have.
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Tigger, many of our schools suck, and I think they suck principally because we don't invest enough in education, including not attracting the best talent as teachers because we don't pay teachers nearly enough ... Still, we tend to notice the people who mess up and not notice the majority of people who what they do very well, and don't notice them for that very reason ... they do great jobs and we take them for granted (unless it's a surgeon who just saved your child's life) ... lately especially we, especially have been bashing teachers, so we discourage good people who have other options from going into the profession, parents and children lose respect for them because of the way politicians and others bash them on television ... this is a very complex issue and we can't even begin to do it justice on the4se threads ...

But what is especially dumb is people not wanting to pay taxes to improve education, thinking they've saved money and not realizing that they're paying on the other end in crime and government assistance ...
 
mak2 said:
I had not paid attention to that. Then I started looking at yours to figure out what you were talking about I could not find it, but now I see it. I will try to pay more attention.
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male ....
 
soot said:
At that point you cease to be a joke and become a threat. And all the training I've received since I was an 18-year-old Private on Ft. Benning has been in the elimination of threats. So when those of you who feel this way come looking for me, be sure to bring Level III armor and a working knowledge of how to dodge failure drills.

Easy day.

Until then, still LMAO at this nonsense.
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Some of us becamse a threat a long time ago. Others have joined over time. Eventually the ranks will swell even more. Hopefully it never comes down to that, but I don't see an alternative at this point. Better DEAD than RED, and those appear to be the only two options in this country at this point in time.
 
Torrent said:
What is the point of school?
I'm looking the reason we send "children" to schools at all.
Is it to give a basic understanding of life and the world around us?
Social indoctranation?
Prepare the child for work in the 'Real World'?
Just giving usefull information?
Or just a goverment babysitter?

And the follow up question.
Is the way we are doing it now working?
If not What would work better?
If so how so?
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education is an investment in our national intellectual resources, which we need in order to innovate solutions to every problem that we face as a nation. lack of education hurts both the individual and the nation.

the current system needs to be tweaked at all levels. the most important thing we can do : remove all financial barriers which stand in the way of the student achieving the highest level of education that he or she wants.
 
CRUE CAB said:
Proof of what is wrong with schools today right there in that post.
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Let me clarify. Homosexuality has no business in schools. Its not the teachers job to make sure someones kid is not a "bigot".
 
Tigger said:
Some of us becamse a threat a long time ago. Others have joined over time. Eventually the ranks will swell even more. Hopefully it never comes down to that, but I don't see an alternative at this point. Better DEAD than RED, and those appear to be the only two options in this country at this point in time.
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Believe me, I see a revolution coming too.

But I suspect that the overwelming majority of us in the workable middle are going to rid ourselves of the lunatic fringes on either end of the spectrum and get back to functional government.

I don't care any more for the totalitarian red of the far right than I do for the socialist red of the far left.

I think you're both a blight on freedom loving, self-sufficent Americans.
 
windowdressing said:
Tigger, many of our schools suck, and I think they suck principally because we don't invest enough in education, including not attracting the best talent as teachers because we don't pay teachers nearly enough ...
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I don't believe it's the investment amount, but where it's going that is a much bigger issue. BOTH of my parents were teachers. Neigher got out of the job because of pay. In both cases it was due to they system that the schools utilize to run kids down the assembly line.

windowdressing said:
Still, we tend to notice the people who mess up and not notice the majority of people who what they do very well, and don't notice them for that very reason ... they do great jobs and we take them for granted (unless it's a surgeon who just saved your child's life) ... lately especially we, especially have been bashing teachers, so we discourage good people who have other options from going into the profession, parents and children lose respect for them because of the way politicians and others bash them on television ... this is a very complex issue and we can't even begin to do it justice on the4se threads ...
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We fail to notice the good teachers beacuse they are buried by the dirth of those who "go along to get along" and simply rubber stanp another year full of empty skulls because they don't want to see them again the next year. We discourage potential new teachers by putting them through a system where they can see how badly those teachers who do try to hold their students to a standard get treated by the parents, administration and students. My mother did substitute teaching after my brothers and I were old enough. She was the most hated sub in the school system beacuse she would read the lesson plan and make the kids do real work. That says something about the system to me.

windowdressing said:
But what is especially dumb is people not wanting to pay taxes to improve education, thinking they've saved money and not realizing that they're paying on the other end in crime and government assistance ...
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Education is neither a state nor federal issue. It's a local issue. Washington DC and the State Capitals have no place sticking their noses into it so far as I'm concerned. I believe that parents who are more involved with their kids and who require more from them will get better results than parents who write bigger checks. That's why my fiance and I have decided that if/when we have kids they will be home-schooled. We will likely move to the Buffalo, NY area to do it with my s-i-l and brother who already homeschool their four kids. No child of mine will step foot into a public school, no matter how much or how little I pay in taxes.
 
soot said:
Believe me, I see a revolution coming too.

But I suspect that the overwelming majority of us in the workable middle are going to rid ourselves of the lunatic fringes on either end of the spectrum and get back to functional government.

I don't care any more for the totalitarian red of the far right than I do for the socialist red of the far left. I think you're both a blight on freedom loving, self-sufficent Americans.
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I don't see it going down that way, but hey you have to make your stand somewhere. Best of luck to you with that.
 
windowdressing said:
as do plenty of engineers, doctors, lawyers, accountants, CEOs, etc. ... btw, the poster I responded to I believe is a teacher ...
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The difference is none of those professions have tenure. If they are bad, it's easier to eliminate, especially with a doctor who has to periodically become recertified.
 
windowdressing said:
You're a good example of why school is important. If you had attended, or paid attention in class if you did attend, you wouldn't post this kind of ignorance.
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WOOOSH! WHOOOSH!! Sarcasm just flies right over your head apparently...
 
School is about teaching children the requisite skills needed to become productive members of society... that's basically it.
 
WCH said:
Apparently a place where you're taught to accept the homosexual lifestyle, big government and man-made global warming without question.
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and how to use a condom and why not to if you want a bigger welfare check (unless it is your teacher you are having sex with)
 
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