AKIron: Because you aren't qualified to make the determination and neither am I. In fact, there are very few alive that aren't educatable, at least to some extent.
Setting the issue of coercion aside, a test at the end of each grade tells you which student mastered the curriculum. At some point every human hits his personal wall in education. Beyong that it does not make sense to waste resources.
Better to offer such child a vocational traning and let him work.
In any society there is going to be a certain amount of socialism. It is unavoidable and necessary.
Yes, because you have your vote backed by armed goons and spineless Supreme Court. I could live quite well without your socialism. Also, you are quite wrong that socialism can be present in a "certain amount". I've done quite a study of it. The socialism may be either retreating or increasing. There is no stable "middle way" possible. Every government intervention causes need for more government intervention to deal with the consequences and so on intill total ggovernmental control over production and distribution.
It is the nature of society.
No, just the nature of tyrany to always expand.
How we implement it is our choice and within certain boundaries you do have the right to say how your public money is spent.
What a hyppocritical statement. Yes, I have the right to say how my public money is spent, thank you very much for allowing me... I have no influence over how your public money is spent. Once I am in the minority, my vote does not count.
To deny anyone an opportunity for an education in our society is not within your rights nor would I choose for it to be so.
Why do I owe anyone an opportunity for an education at the expence of my property, becides your arbitrary choice backed by violence, that is?
I mean, hundred fifty years ago little tyrants like you would insist that I had an obligation not to teach the black slaves to read under thepenalty of punishment. Now another bunch came to power and claims that I have an obligation to teach those who cannot and do not express interest.
Could you possibly leave us alone?
P.S. It's not that I begruge the money. I - and Sowell - actually know that we would have better education if the government did not administer it - more students better educated at less cost.
miko
