Paid Speech in our Classrooms

Townhall.com ^ | 3/9/2006 | Todd Manzi

[wintertime]

wolfpat,
The first thing is to educate people that government schools can NEVER be reformed.

Point out that government schools violate the 1st, 13th, and 17th amendments and are therefore child abusers and human rights abusers. It is important to use this harsh language.

A few good court cases would help. To my knowledge the government abuses to the students and parents regarding the 1st, 13th, and 17th Amendments has never been argued in the courts. Hopefully, as the public becomes more educated these issues will come before the courts.

Government schools need two things: Students and money. I encourage everyone to take their children out of government schools if at all possible, then work politically to starve the government schools of money. Encourage your church to open free or low cost schools and take in as many non-members as financially possible.

Work like crazy for tax credits. I do not favor vouchers they would simply make a private schools look-alike government schools.

Change the language about homeschooling. It is the most natural and healthy way to raise a child. Those using government schools are institutionalizing their children. Pointedly asks other who institutionalize their children in government schools why would they do such a thing? It is time parents felt guilty about using government schools. Put them on the defensive.

Ask others why parents living in mini-mansions on the hill or driving beautiful cars why they are sucking the blood of the rest of us by not paying tuition at their "Blue Ribbon" government schools. Hand these people a bill.

Point out that government schools are contribute to the irreversible destruction of the environment. Ask why are putting government schools in outlying areas simply because a development it built?

Any strategy to undermine support for government schools will erode their foundation. Hopefully they will fall like the Berlin Wall.

[pleikumud]

All schools at all levels (K-12, college, grad schools) should be private. Government should have no involvement in education. This would eliminate a huge tax burden, local, county, state and federal - perhaps 50% or more of State and local taxes in some areas. A new education industry would be created, allowing parents and students the freedom to pick schools based on convenience, price, needs, and quality. Schools of low quality, with poor teachers and facilities, would lose business to better schools. Teachers who teach idiocy would not be protected.

Where to start? Let private education companies bid on teaching K-12 in your county. Sell the buildings to the education companies, or to real estate investors who could then lease them to educ cos. Eliminate county taxes for education. Parents pay the private education companies. Some teachers would get jobs with the new education companies, but many would not. :)-

[A.A. Cunningham]

When it rains it pours. People who have complained about Bennish, parents and former students, are now coming out of the woodwork relating that the principal blew them all off. The district is refusing to provide details about the number of complaints that have been lodged claiming they sannot divulge his personnel file. Not only may Bennish be toast but the principal as well.

[infidel29]

You guys are shooting yourselves in the foot. Defend this guy, and then say the arguments that liberals used to defend him apply to the intelligent design curriculum.

I'm not defending him, you misunderstand me, I think this teacher should teach geography and STFU about everything else.

Creationism and/or ID would never stand up in court even with the first amendment defense being used here.

[SUSSA]

These parents dump their responsibilities on the government and then whine when some classroom bureaucrat says some things they don’t like. If they had their kids in a capitalist, free market, school instead of a socialist school, this wouldn’t be an issue.

This is like people in socialized housing complaining about the color of the carpet or the location of the housing. Most of the people riding the socialized schooling dole would tell the people in socialized housing; “if you don’t like it get out.” They just don’t want t be told that about their subsidy.

Get rid of socialized schooling and the market will take care of things like this.

[freema]

'On the Today Show, Bennish said, “My job as a teacher is to challenge students to think critically about issues that are affecting our world and our society.”'

In geography class?????????????????????????????????????????

I hope this son of a gun is made an example for teachers everywhere.

Otherwise, he is an example for teachers everywhere.