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You are a bad person if you send your children to private school. Not bad like murderer bad—but bad like ruining-one-of-our-nation’s-most-essential-institutions-in-order-to-get-what’s-best-for-your-kid bad. So, pretty bad.

I am not an education policy wonk: I’m just judgmental. But it seems to me that if every single parent sent every single child to public school, public schools would improve. This would not happen immediately. It could take generations. Your children and grandchildren might get mediocre educations in the meantime, but it will be worth it, for the eventual common good. (Yes, rich people might cluster. But rich people will always find a way to game the system: That shouldn’t be an argument against an all-in approach to public education any more than it is a case against single-payer health care.)

 

So we build up the weak by tearing down the strong. Lib logic at its finest. Apparently you must be a walking talking moron to work at Slate.

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Rich Liberals sending their kids to private schools is hypocrisy at its finest. They always want to set the rules for society but they do not want to participate. They are against giving poor kids the choice to go the schools that their kids go to. If these rich liberals think public education is so great then why dont they send their kids there? 

While progressives believe that none should be above the other, that's not the rule for them.  They see themselves as the aristocrats of old saw themselves, or the apparatchiks of the old Soviet Union saw themselves. 

 

One conservative blog has the motto, "In every liberal, there's a tyrant shouting to be released."  However, its not that simple -- some desire to emulate the old Marquis, a few prefer von Sacher-Masoch.

Originally Posted by Kenny Powers:

Rich Liberals sending their kids to private schools is hypocrisy at its finest. They always want to set the rules for society but they do not want to participate. They are against giving poor kids the choice to go the schools that their kids go to. If these rich liberals think public education is so great then why dont they send their kids there? 

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They want their children "protected", but think we shouldn't want the same for ours.

Originally Posted by direstraits:

While progressives believe that none should be above the other, that's not the rule for them.  They see themselves as the aristocrats of old saw themselves, or the apparatchiks of the old Soviet Union saw themselves. 

 

One conservative blog has the motto, "In every liberal, there's a tyrant shouting to be released."  However, its not that simple -- some desire to emulate the old Marquis, a few prefer von Sacher-Masoch.

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Good Lord! hahahahaha You have a very rich imagination there Dire. I had no idea that I have been trying to emulate "the Old Marquis" or "Von Sacher-Masoch" 

 

The crazy rantings I see some of you make on here about the evil "progressives" can sometimes make me laugh. Other times I get a little sick in my stomach that you all have labeled many of us as these evil people that are trying to take over YOUR country. We have seen this kind of mentality before. It didn't turn out to good for the progressives... I hope you all can stop trying to dehumanize those that disagree with you politically and try and find a way to work together, find some common ground, and compromise. 

 

I would have loved to have sent my children to a private school. Not because I think I am better than anyone else, or that no one else deserved to send their children to a private school. I think many offer a better education based mostly on class size and the caliber of teachers that private schools can attract with the better pay they offer. 

 

I also know that there are many public schools that offer quality educations. 

 

The most important thing to your child's education is your involvement. 

One of the biggest supporters of the Republican party that I personally know, who was also on the Florence City School board for years, feels the exact same way as the author of the article Red posted. 

 

He opposes private schools, and he especially dislikes the idea of school vouchers. 

 

How in the world will you all make sense of that quandary??? Is he an enigma? He would laugh out loud if someone called him a progressive or a liberal. He is a card carrying Republican in the strongest sense of the word. 

Originally Posted by Jankinonya:

One of the biggest supporters of the Republican party that I personally know, who was also on the Florence City School board for years, feels the exact same way as the author of the article Red posted. 

 

He opposes private schools, and he especially dislikes the idea of school vouchers. 

 

How in the world will you all make sense of that quandary??? Is he an enigma? He would laugh out loud if someone called him a progressive or a liberal. He is a card carrying Republican in the strongest sense of the word. 

Just because he is a republican doesn't mean he has to agree with every single thing on the republican platform.

Originally Posted by Jankinonya:
Originally Posted by direstraits:

While progressives believe that none should be above the other, that's not the rule for them.  They see themselves as the aristocrats of old saw themselves, or the apparatchiks of the old Soviet Union saw themselves. 

 

One conservative blog has the motto, "In every liberal, there's a tyrant shouting to be released."  However, its not that simple -- some desire to emulate the old Marquis, a few prefer von Sacher-Masoch.

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Good Lord! hahahahaha You have a very rich imagination there Dire. I had no idea that I have been trying to emulate "the Old Marquis" or "Von Sacher-Masoch" 

 

The crazy rantings I see some of you make on here about the evil "progressives" can sometimes make me laugh. Other times I get a little sick in my stomach that you all have labeled many of us as these evil people that are trying to take over YOUR country. We have seen this kind of mentality before. It didn't turn out to good for the progressives... I hope you all can stop trying to dehumanize those that disagree with you politically and try and find a way to work together, find some common ground, and compromise. 

 

I would have loved to have sent my children to a private school. Not because I think I am better than anyone else, or that no one else deserved to send their children to a private school. I think many offer a better education based mostly on class size and the caliber of teachers that private schools can attract with the better pay they offer. 

 

I also know that there are many public schools that offer quality educations. 

 

The most important thing to your child's education is your involvement. 

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One only has to read what progressives advocate to determine there is a strong vein of supremacist belief within their ranks.  There is little brooking of alternatives to whatever is the line of the day.  I really like it when they quote "Let a thousand flowers bloom."  After which, Mao cut down all that didn't agree with him.  As to the Masoch statement, that's a personal observation of some of the progressives.

 

The US has the best universities in the world.  However, we now spend more than the Swiss to educate at the grammar and secondary level, without their results.  The university system had competition -- private colleges, state colleges and a few hybrids.  A voucher system can produce that same competition -- I'd throw in a small voucher system for homeschooled kids to purchase books and supplies.  

Originally Posted by Kenny Powers:
Originally Posted by Jankinonya:

One of the biggest supporters of the Republican party that I personally know, who was also on the Florence City School board for years, feels the exact same way as the author of the article Red posted. 

 

He opposes private schools, and he especially dislikes the idea of school vouchers. 

 

How in the world will you all make sense of that quandary??? Is he an enigma? He would laugh out loud if someone called him a progressive or a liberal. He is a card carrying Republican in the strongest sense of the word. 

Just because he is a republican doesn't mean he has to agree with every single thing on the republican platform.

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Kenny,

Exactly, conservatives don't follow a lock step party line.

Originally Posted by direstraits:
Originally Posted by Jankinonya:

I agree too Kenny. And neither do Democratic Progressives.

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Hah!  When any of you, especially minorities, stray far from the party line, the rest of the pack fall upon the miscreant like a wounded shark amongst sharks -- feeding frenzy.

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right, because democrats are out "RiNO"ing our people. you just can't make this stuff up. republican bizarro world... it's different from reality.

 

Originally Posted by direstraits:
Originally Posted by Jankinonya:

I agree too Kenny. And neither do Democratic Progressives.

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Hah!  When any of you, especially minorities, stray far from the party line, the rest of the pack fall upon the miscreant like a wounded shark amongst sharks -- feeding frenzy.

 

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You must not have read the latest headlines of Rubio and how he is getting booed by his fellow Republicans when he speaks Or maybe you have gotten confused and thought it was the local Democrats that censured one of their own recently because of a disagreement on school curriculum. Yet, once again it was the RNC. 

 

I'm sure Chris Chirstie felt completely welcome in his party when he had the audacity to speak kindly of President Obama's efforts to help the citizens of NJ after the hurricane.  Heck they even invited him to the Convention...oh...wait....no they didn't.

 

 Both parties have been known to be a s s ho les to each other, but at least own what your party is notorious for. 

Originally Posted by Jankinonya:
Originally Posted by direstraits:
Originally Posted by Jankinonya:

I agree too Kenny. And neither do Democratic Progressives.

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Hah!  When any of you, especially minorities, stray far from the party line, the rest of the pack fall upon the miscreant like a wounded shark amongst sharks -- feeding frenzy.

 

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You must not have read the latest headlines of Rubio and how he is getting booed by his fellow Republicans when he speaks Or maybe you have gotten confused and thought it was the local Democrats that censured one of their own recently because of a disagreement on school curriculum. Yet, once again it was the RNC. 

 

I'm sure Chris Chirstie felt completely welcome in his party when he had the audacity to speak kindly of President Obama's efforts to help the citizens of NJ after the hurricane.  Heck they even invited him to the Convention...oh...wait....no they didn't.

 

 Both parties have been known to be a s s ho les to each other, but at least own what your party is notorious for. 

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Some Republicans complained about Christie.  Others stated they understood that he was ensuring that New Jersey got the help it needed after Sandy Hook.  BTW, the help given after Sandy Hook by FEMA rivaled the snail pace given New Orleans.   

 

Read a few conservative blogs and mags, and you'll find opinions all over the map -- no lock step.

Originally Posted by Jankinonya:
Originally Posted by direstraits:

While progressives believe that none should be above the other, that's not the rule for them.  They see themselves as the aristocrats of old saw themselves, or the apparatchiks of the old Soviet Union saw themselves. 

 

One conservative blog has the motto, "In every liberal, there's a tyrant shouting to be released."  However, its not that simple -- some desire to emulate the old Marquis, a few prefer von Sacher-Masoch.

_______________________

 

Good Lord! hahahahaha You have a very rich imagination there Dire. I had no idea that I have been trying to emulate "the Old Marquis" or "Von Sacher-Masoch" 

 

The crazy rantings I see some of you make on here about the evil "progressives" can sometimes make me laugh. Other times I get a little sick in my stomach that you all have labeled many of us as these evil people that are trying to take over YOUR country. We have seen this kind of mentality before. It didn't turn out to good for the progressives... I hope you all can stop trying to dehumanize those that disagree with you politically and try and find a way to work together, find some common ground, and compromise. 

 

I would have loved to have sent my children to a private school. Not because I think I am better than anyone else, or that no one else deserved to send their children to a private school. I think many offer a better education based mostly on class size and the caliber of teachers that private schools can attract with the better pay they offer. 

 

I also know that there are many public schools that offer quality educations. 

 

The most important thing to your child's education is your involvement. 

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When we moved to Alabama in 1980, we entered our two children in a private school, where they remained for three years.  

 

Our kids were at the very top of their respective classes from the very beginning, both of them even later being named (in their subsequent private school settings) as 8th grade "valedictorians" (a silly business at that level, in my opinion) .    

 

They had previously been in the very fine public schools of Fairfax County, Virginia.  When they came home from the first day of school here, they reported that the material being taught was stuff they had learned already in their prior school setting. Both English and math were being taught at a level about one year behind the public schools in Virginia.

 

The private school they attended was considered elite in this area--decidedly better than the public schools.  And it is very likely that  it was better than the local public schools, but it was definitely not providing as high a level of education as the public schools in Virginia.

 

So the differences are not always the simplistic "private vs. public" version that we hear from the anti-public schools crowd. There ARE very good public schools.  It is a shame that there are some pretty sorry ones also. 

Originally Posted by Kenny Powers:
Originally Posted by Jankinonya:

I agree too Kenny. And neither do Democratic Progressives.

How can you not see the hypocrisy of rich liberal politicians choosing to send their kids to private schools while denying poor kids the opportunity to choose which school they go to?

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All laws for thee and not for me.  Myopia is a part of the Progressive makeup

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