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Posted on 08/29/2002 5:05:21 PM PDT by Carry_Okie
None is...
I've always considered "none" as pluarl for some reason. "None are..." sounds better to me, though. My English professor in college always told me that "when in doubt, say it out." However, I would rather be right than sound right.
Anyway, thanks for the correction, ladylib.
"if home schooled children ... were exempted from compulsory education laws by the mere filing of an affidavit ... then there would be potentially thousands of children in California whose education would not be subject to any supervision whatsoever."ROFLMAO
He, he, he, he, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
ROFLMAO He, he, he, he, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
It's not funny.
What she means of course, is:
"if home schooled children ... were exempted from compulsory education laws by the mere filing of an affidavit ... then there would be potentially thousands of children in California whose education would not be subject to any state supervision and bureaucratic controlwhatsoever."
This, of course, is currently the case.
This is a thinly-disguised attempt to wrest actual control of many thousands of children away from their parents in the state of California.
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The emphasis has shifted so that academic excellence has been replaced by a far higher goal: that of teaching diversity. SAT scores and other forms of standardized testing demonstrate this in spades. That's why the educrats want to do away with these yardsticks of performance.
If industry was run in this way, the entire system would have become bankrupt. Teachers should be held accountable for the "products" they turn out, just like the manufacturers of other "goods". Pay and raises should be merit-based, just like in my company. Pay for Excellence. Pink slips for Incompetence. Its as simple as that. Eastin wants to do away with any competition in the field of education, because such competition demonstrates just how rotten public "education" has become.
The teachers unions have become money funnels to the demonRAT/Socialists; its a big "circle jerk". The students well-being has taken a back seat to the unions. Want real change? Destroy the teachers unions.
Consider this as a pitch and a strategy.
Warriner's English Grammar and Composition: Correct agreement rule 6f. "The pronouns some, all, any, most and none, may be either singular or plural....These words are plural if they refer to a number of persons or things; they are singular if they refer to an amount, or quantity of something.
SINGULAR:Some of the cargo was lost. (a quantity)
PLURAL:Some of the books were damaged.(a number of books.)
However, today is the last session of the Legislature. Constitutionally, they must adjourn at midnight (although they tend to "stop the clock" to finish-up pending business). If the legislature does not pass a budget, they may be called back by Gov. Davis into special session. But the session must be defined, and only bills pertaining to that definition or scope can be introduced. It doesn't look to me that Eastin is proposing any specific legislation on homeschooling, but urges the Legislature to "look at" homeschooling. Now, I don't trust Delaine Eastin any more than I trust the leftist majority of the Legislature. But considering the restrictions put on a special session of the Legislature that might be called on the budget situation (which, to my knowledge, hasn't been called yet, and my not be called until after the election!), any consideration of homeschool legislation will not take place until the new Legislature is seated next year.
While I don't think there is a reason to panic, I would encourage people to make their views known on homeschooling to their legislators, since Ms. Eastin has raised the issue.
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