Indiana Senate Democrats Unveil Education Strategy(buy children a book a month for five years)

http://www.insideindianabusiness.com ^ | 1/5/2006 | InsideIndianaBusiness.com

[freepatriot32]

Senate Democrats propose providing every Hoosier child one free book each month from their date of birth until their fifth birthday.

Ok lt me getthis striaght in order to improve educaton they are goingot buy children books everymonth of thier life that they cant read and once they get old enough to learn how to read the government is going to cut off the supply of free books only democrats can come up with something that friggin stupid and marxist at the same time

[freepatriot32]

you guys arent going to believe this one

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[freepatriot32]

For more information Start Smart or other matters before the Indiana State Senate visit www.senatedemocrats.IN.gov or call 1-800-382-9467.

I'm sure the indiana senate democrats would LOVE to hear what the freepers think of this plan give them a call :-D

[Calvinist_Dark_Lord]

you guys arent going to believe this one

Sure i will...

"Two things are universal, Hydrogen and Stupidity"...Frank Zappa.

[Tax-chick]

That is so dumb! Don't they have public libraries, anyway?

[nodumbblonde]

No one seems willing to put a large part of the blame where it goes. The parents. You can give a kid ten books a day for his entire life and unless a parent is willing to give up their "valuable" time and sit down and read to/with them when they're little, it won't matter. If a parent has the desire to read to their kids, books can be found at any rummage/garage sale or public library.

We do three RIF distributions at school every year. Each child can choose one free book at each distribution. They seem to fall into two categories: the kids that say "How many can I have? I can't decide!!" and the ones that say "Do I HAVE to take one?"

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Ok lt me getthis striaght in order to improve educaton they are goingot buy children books everymonth of thier life that they cant read and once they get old enough to learn how to read the government is going to cut off the supply of free books only democrats can come up with something that friggin stupid and marxist at the same time

How about condoms too!

[airborne]

Or better yet, get them a library card!

[Uncle Miltie]

Since parents can't shift themselves to take the kids to the Library......

(Or is that Libary? Who knows, since they cain't reed!)

[Carolinamom]

Field trips to the library where the child can get in the habit of choosing books and checking them out and returning them........teachable moments which just might translate into a lifetime habit. It worked for me and my own children.

[airborne]

I guess they're no longer teaching 'Common Sense' in schools these days. 8^(

[philled]

Wow, that's quite a plan! Maybe someone should tell them that Dolly Parton already does this through her Imagination Library and it doesn't require government involvement or tax dollars. See Imagination Library.com

This was one of the things the United Way helps promote. Anyone can register their child and they are sent a book a month until they reach school age. I have bristled at a few of the books (the little engine that could is now female, others are Spanish first, English in smaller print below) but no Buster the Bunny in them!

Books are prominent in our household but my little girls really enjoy getting these in the mail each month. They have fun, we spend even more time together, and the girls build their reading skills. However, if my wife and I didn't engage in the books, no amount of free books would have much an impact with our toddler and preschooler.

I'd love to see more entertainers follow Dolly Parton's lead and really do something for the children. God bless her!

[traviskicks]

why not buy them laptops and school supplies and clothes and food and shelter and homes and cars and and and anad and adna dand a nsdn sad nads nanasnasdnasd.......

[elkfersupper]

Well, that's good news.

I think I'll just sit right here doing nothing but post on Free Republic until the govt. sends me somebody to wake me up in the morning, be sure I brush my teeth, comb my hair, wear clean (appropriate for the weather) clothes, get to work on time, work, exercise, not eat any "bad" food, meditate, walk everywhere I go so I don't contribute to global warming, not smoke, not drink, not ingest any unecessary drugs, and watch what I post on Free Re......oops, gone.

[elkfersupper]

Well, that's good news.

I think I'll just sit right here doing nothing but post on Free Republic until the govt. sends me somebody to wake me up in the morning, be sure I brush my teeth, comb my hair, wear clean (appropriate for the weather) clothes, get to work on time, work, exercise, not eat any "bad" food, meditate, walk everywhere I go so I don't contribute to global warming, not smoke, not drink, not ingest any unecessary drugs, and watch what I post on Free Re......oops, gone.

[Tired of Taxes]

Home Educators Ping!

[metmom]

ROTFLOL. Good point.

And whatever happened to the library? There's plenty of free books to read there and when you're done, just take them back; they don't sit around cluttering up your house. And there's an unlimited supply. Sheesh.

[metmom]

With numerous studies confirming that the earlier children start learning, the better they do in later years,...

So how did the human race survive all these years? And where did so many men of genius come from all these hundreds and thousands of years without the current public education system? To hear them spout off, you'd think they were the salvation of mankind. I have news for them.....

[ican'tbelieveit]

Well, if all I need to do is buy a book a month for 5 years for my children... I have done my job.