On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 19:56:04 GMT, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:


There's much more to it than that. The premises of public education date
back a little over a century. It was something that was necessary for the
public good. Times have changed, and it's time to re-examine the premises.

But that's not what the argument is about. It's about an entrenched
bureaucracy in conflict with a philosophy of bitter, resentful malcontents.
There is no real argument, in other words, because they aren't honestly
addressing the same things. Neither does either side acknowledge or examine
the real premises of public education, nor their status in a changed world.

Ed Huntress

Bitter resentful malcontents? Hummm thats an interesting description
of people who want a better education for their kids, away from rape,
murder, drugs and the planned demise of personal responsiblity.

Is this why most teachers and politicians send their children to
private schools? Because they are bitter resentful malcontents?

Interesting

Gunner

"To be civilized is to restrain the ability to commit mayhem.
To be incapable of committing mayhem is not the mark of the civilized,
merely the domesticated." - Trefor Thomas