And, they think we are right wing hypocrites and bigots.
Liberals always want to sacrifice other people’s children.
Holy Batman, another a Liberal that sees the light...at least this idiot has the guts to apologize for his nanny state crimes: “I’m sorry. You were right. I was wrong”
So, the author is now campaigning for vouchers? Right? No?
I guess since he was able to flee to the suburbs, he figures the DC schools can just go about their business. It's not his problem any more. And anyway, the teachers union will still continue to funnel money to the Democrats, so it's all good. [/s]
So this liberal moves his family to the burbs and a better school. When he and his wife votes to elect liberal school board members, in another 10 to 15 years, the schools in the burbs will be just like the schools in the city he left.
This guy should abjectly apologize to all the parents and kids who were bused to bad schools because of him and his friends.
Do I understand those schools aren't as good as they used to be?
Just axin'
He just couldn’t sacrifice his son to public education. (Mugged by reality.)
Your Republican Party ID card is in the mail...
It is a shame this fellow felt the need to leave the neighborhood he loves. I wonder why he did not consider private schools.
Vouchers, of course, would have solved his problem altogether. He could have stayed in his house and sent his precious child to the school of his choice.
We’ll get there someday...
Ask a liberal what they would really put first: their theory of racial justice, or justice to their own child.
“....I know of Mayor Adrian Fenty and Deputy Mayor for Education Victor Reinoso (a former neighbor) tells me that real change will come, sooner or later, to D.C. public schools.”’
You don’t know ANYTHING, buddy, if you believe this.
In order for change to occur the people in charge must give up their “religion”, and THAT ain’t gonna’ happen.
Idealism works as long as it doesn’t affect you personally...... then well.... it’s different you see....
Of course, just like pigeons, liberals befoul one nest and move on to the next clean area, and once that area is ruined, they move on... its an unending cycle. But dollars to donuts, he'll continue to cling fast to the ideology that started it all.
But, I guess I will give him some credit for admitting the system is broken -- that's a start.
And then start trying to f*** it up.
Clearly Bush's fault.
[I Just Couldn’t Sacrifice My Son (To the Washington, DC School System]
Good. Conservatives had better wake up and attack the liberal public school system and best replace it with conservative run schools before anarchy spreads nationwide and the schools mold their young mush minded children into the liberal left social and political system that is murdering America.
That is what is said about every crumbling public school system in every liberal-dominated urban area: shuffle in some new bureaucrat from some other failing urban public school system and magically, things will get better.
And yet nothing ever changes. For liberals, it's never the philosophy that's flawed, it's the implementation.
As this discussion has hit on public education vs. homeschooling, I’m going to go off-topic a bit with this tidbit:
The last thread I read through that brought up reasons to homeschool also brought out a few who felt the need to point out that not everyone can do it. For those who simply don’t believe in themselves, I’ll have to think more about if there is any way to show them that they can learn and teach. For those who still think they just Have to Have two incomes, let me share that most homeschoolers work pretty hard at being frugal and wise. They aren’t just independently wealthy. They have the same kind of real concerns that you have. Here is just one of many many links (and book titles, magazines, newsletters, club names, etc) that I could post that can help you start down a road to doing what needs to be done and managing just fine financially:
http://www.thriftyhomeschooler.blogspot.com/
You just have to be willing to change your mind-set. No one expects you to give up reality and pretend that you won’t have to make some major changes and/or about a million minor changes. But we are totally willing to discuss all of it with you if you want to really look into the possibilities.
It was, and they were.