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1 posted on 08/20/2014 12:33:19 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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Isn’t it amazing how much more self reliant all previous generations of Americans have been when compared to the current one.


2 posted on 08/20/2014 12:56:03 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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You mmay be wondering why you’re paying such high taxes for “education” for your son or daughter.

Wonder no more - you’re paying for a virtual army of bureaucrats, paper-pushers, and hangers-on who would never make it in the private sector.


3 posted on 08/20/2014 5:15:21 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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My 1950's grade school in Wisconsin had 6 classrooms for grades K through 5. There were 6 teachers and zero staff. The 5th grade teacher was also the principal.

There were music and physical education teachers who visited every other day. The janitor was part time.

There was no hot lunch. Everyone brought a lunch from home. The lucky ones had a thermos bottle in their lunch bucket. White milk was one cent, chocolate milk was 2 cents for half a pint.

4 posted on 08/20/2014 5:35:30 AM PDT by Senator_Blutarski
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It is just more of the socialist “make-work” jobs. We were in Bejing, China, a while ago. When it snowed, thousands of people with brooms appeared out of nowhere and started sweeping the sidewalks and streets. I asked an english-speaking resident why they didn’t have snowplows and blowers. He said “But where would all these people work?”


5 posted on 08/20/2014 7:49:15 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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Part of this caused by the decreasing amount of time parents actually spend raising their own children. Schools have early drop off, breakfast, lunch, after school, summer lunch, extra-curricular activities out the wazoo. Too much of what schools do anymore has nothing to do with education. It’s more like day camp.


6 posted on 08/20/2014 7:57:30 AM PDT by IamConservative (If fighting fire with fire is a good idea, why do the pros use water?)
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Let's hear it for the dedicated teachers!
Teacher Wears Same Outfit in 40 Consecutive Yearbook Photos
7 posted on 09/03/2014 9:44:36 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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