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Originally Posted by Skerlnik
All schools are local, by definition, anyway. I don't recall my teachers being Federal employees.
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At least not in the United States (yet).
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Yes, I do insist. The very idea of EduCorp or Wal-Teach, Inc., teaching our kids horrifies me.
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But many private schools do better than public schools in providing education.
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Ergo my insistence on consistency across the board. Failure and poor quality education should simply not be possible, were I King.  I think education's far too important to be left to chance and indiviidualized variation. And, I don't care how schools get there, they can have whatever curriculum they want...but I want far, far higher standards, and far more acheivement for EVERY kid, not just rich kids.
I'll be the first to agree that our government needs loads of improvement, Chan.
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I'll make you a deal: I'll vote for you to become head of the coming world government if you implement the International Baccalaureate Organisation curriculum as the minimum standard for curriculum ( International Baccalaureate), let the organization enforce the standard, and leave everything else up to local communities (even if that means leaving governments out of it).
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Here, we disagree. I think education isn't something that should be some individualistic decision. We can't all just decide what speed is best for a highway, right? And, quality can easily be measured objectively.
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It's obvious we disagree on this point. But if you take from parents this basic responsibility, how many other things are you going to take away from the parents?
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My "ilk"? Now, your getting into hyperbole. Slaves, indeed.
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"Ilk" is a good noun. Look it up: Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster Online.
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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."
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