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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: the Opportunity Society
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Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 09:10:12 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  1 09:10:12 1984
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Straw man, Sevener, Straw man.  If you would care to look into
who gets the student loans, you might find that, because there
were students getting these loans who came from families that
can be considered 'rich', students from 'working class' families
were being short-changed because the well went dry.  There has towere being short-changed because the well went dry.  There has to
be a limit on the upper income amount.  There is just so much
money to be passed out.  If the kids from more affluent families
are grabbing off the bucks, what's left for the kids further down
the scale?  Often as not, the richer families could hire CPAs and
other money finders to do all of their leg work to get the money.
The poorer families had to scrounge the bucks the best way they
could.

As for your assumption that all private schools are just places
to hide kids from racial mixing, hogwash.  Sure it happens, but
to what extent?  I would say about 10%, maybe less.  (I'm sure
there will be lots of flames on this one, but it really isn't
my point.)  What most folks are concerned about today is the
quality of education.  Public schools in many places are just
not up to snuff any more.  I have one child in a Catholic
school right now and will have two next year.  It was their
decision.  The school is fully integrated.  The only thing you
have to have to get in is grades and the tuition.  The school
is Catholic, yet there are plenty of protestants and even a
few jewish kids.  There are blacks, hispanics, Indian (eastern),
and  Asian in the school.  The only problem, though not too my
son who is quite happy with the situation, is that there are Three
girls for every boy. (Maybe that's why he wanted to go there?):-)
The main thing about most private schools is the quality of
education.  Therefore, since I have to hustle my tusch to pay
the tuition, I would like to see tuition reimbersment.  Then,
I would like to see a modification to the idea in that perhaps
half of that reimbursemnt be turned back to the school to help
pay Teachers salaries since most private school teachers are
notoriously underpaid as compared with their public school
counterparts.  (Please, no flames.  Our school pays around 30%
less than the local public schools.)  I could go on on this
subject for quite while, but I will spare you for now.
T. C. Wheeler