man…i wanted to avoid this
but education, vouchers and private schools hits me hard
i can only speak from experience, i don’t know the national statistics and really i don’t care to, *edited* statistics. i know i’ve had a different experience then some, but why should i be so different. I went to normal public school till 2nd grade, then i went to a magnet school for 3-5, then a magnet middle school for 6-8. I went to my local high school rather than continuing with the IB program that was offered at another high school (my brother chose to continue his education that way, and it probably did well for him). Both of these high schools offered AP classes and my brother and I took advantage of them, i have about 12 hours of history classes alone along others, my brother went into college as a second semester sophomore i think, it was ridiculous. I feel that all schools should offer the opportunities that i was able to enjoy, and *edited*sux that it doesn’t happen much. Guess what? Teachers are paid *edited* when they first start, get very little help from the parents, especially in this culture of my son/daughter is fine, your *edited*ed, i can see why people aren’t very keen on being a teacher, i mean i’ve had some very good teachers and some bad ones, but rarely have i blamed my lack of performance in a class on the teacher. Other areas may not have the system set up to distribute the money effectively, i really doubt that vouchers are gonna be much better for everyone, supply and demand is gonna be fun. Wanna go to GoodFuture High? that’ll be 4,000 bucks, oh your voucher is only good for 1,500? gotta make up the difference yourself, What you can’t? ohhhh…enjoy AverageLearning High son…
Man i think time has come for america to man up on education, year round schools, AP classes, proper schools that have enough room, and what’s all this *edited* about computers? honestly anytime i have used a computer in class it has been less effective then when i used regular learning methods. If you want people to learn how to use one, then make computer apps 1 mandatory for all freshmen or something. Also it’s metric time *edited*ers, let’s do it.
METRIC
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that’s it, i’m done, back to lurking