tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768675041487043726.post2694614190373759548..comments2023-07-07T09:43:37.361-05:00Comments on Domestic Blitz: Getting an EducationDomesticBlitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08798351166830807955noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768675041487043726.post-81893904262524099822009-06-04T18:27:39.862-05:002009-06-04T18:27:39.862-05:00Lovely post.
Your post today was also quite com...Lovely post. <br /><br />Your post today was also quite compelling.S@Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818666634073871082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5768675041487043726.post-90708276058650360212009-01-07T22:19:00.000-06:002009-01-07T22:19:00.000-06:00OK, I do not understand our board's fascination wi...OK, I do not understand our board's fascination with the good Dr. superintendent. It almost seems like he has them hypnotized.<BR/><BR/>I have to respectfully disagree with you about some of your comments. Overall, I've been relatively pleased with the districts in question. I have 4 profoundly different children, ranging from an off the charts math guy to a teenager with multiple learning disabilities, and several in between. I hate that you can only be smart in math this district, and that my daughter (an excellent writer) got to high school without knowing how to write a thesis statement, and that the high school has a ridiculous new baseball field with an electronic scoreboard and brick dugouts, for God's sake, but they don't have a creative writing club. I hate that the middle school playground is patrolled by police and that my son was intimidated by a fellow student early in the school year. <BR/><BR/>BUT, my problem with the public school/private school debate is this: I believe it is our society's responsibility and best hope to provide public education and that our monies, efforts, passions and abilities should be devoted to improving that admittedly underachieving system.<BR/><BR/>When you syphon funds away from public schools into voucher or school-of-choice programs, you will damage the public schools. Private schools get to pick and choose who they accept — public schools do not. Private schools charge extra for each special service provided, if those services are available at all. <BR/><BR/>We chose this city for it's diversity and all that implies, particularly in the public schools. I know the system doesn't work perfectly — hell, sometimes it doesn't work at al, but I think we need to keep trying, keep talking about it, keep working at it, poking it and prodding it to making it better. <BR/><BR/>Great post. Good talking points. I'm done.Susan Bearmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991968368214219371noreply@blogger.com