mojava.. where did I say that a parent couldn't/shouldn't take his kid out for any reason he wanted?
I hate public schools and taxes but... us.. each and everyone of us is paying for the little twit to go. The reason being, presumably, that he will get a good education and be an asset and worth all the damn money that us.. not you.. not the parent.. all of us.. are spending on him.. it is our money not the parents.
If you want the state to be your mommy then quit acting all upset when it treats you like it is... your mommy.
VOUCHERS. HOME SCHOOLING. PAY FOR IT YOURSELF YA LEECH.
Those are the options or.. play by whatever nanny rules come down the pike that the people who are paying your bills for you decide you should play by.
Laz If you live in an area with a crappy school system I understand your complaints.
In my case. Our schools are really top notch. Over 80% of our graduates go onto a 4 year college.
The rest...well. You can provide a good school system but you cant make the kids or the parents care about learning.
I have zero complaints or reservations about the education my kids have gotten.And my daughter is still getting.
almost makes it worth the property taxes Im paying
As is well known my son is currently attending Rutgers. The year he entered his freshman year Rutgers in its entirety only accepted the top 6% of the graduating classes . My son had his choice of which campus he wanted to attend. He chose the main campus. Which typically only the best of the best get to go to
But I understand the complaints you have. Having been brought up in a town that had/s a crappy school system.
Maybe it works differently in California. but if you were here in NJ. Your real complaints shouldnt be over Government funded schools but rather how your township handles that funding. In alot of areas where the school system isnt that great. Alot of funding never reaches the classrooms where it needs to be.
I'f you look around you will find some townships have great schools and others have crappy ones dispite the fact that some of the crappy ones (often in urban areas) may actually receive more funding then the great schools.
Its not just the funding they receive you should have a gripe with.
But what the various townships and school districts do with that funding
Publicly funded schools is no new thing in this country. Or on this continent for that matter.
examples
The first publicly funded school in America dates back to the 1600's
"Boston Latin School in Boston, Mass. is the oldest public school in America. It was founded April 23, 1635.
It was started by Rev. John Cotton who wanted to create a school modeled after the Free Grammar School in Boston, England, in which Latin and Greek were taught. The school was publicly funded and the first classes were held in the home of Philemon Pormort, the school's master.
Believe it or not five of the 56 signers of the U.S. Constitution attended Boston Latin: John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Treat Paine, and William Hooper."
http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/oldest-school-america.htmlThe Pennsylvania state constitution of 1776 provides for a publicly funded school system and again in 1790 specifically states
"ARTICLE VII of Public Schools. Section 1
The Legislation shall,as soon as conveniently may be,by law,for the establishment of schools throughout the state,in such manner that the poor may be taught gratus"
http://www.parss.org/school_funding/History%20of%20School%20Funding%202003_02122004.pdfIn looking around it seems most states had public schools in one form or another even before their admission to statehood.
Again your argument shouldnt be with the funding of public schools.
But rather how that funding is administered.
