Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site oliveb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amd!pesnta!qumix!qubix!ios!oliveb!toml From: toml@oliveb.UUCP (Dave Long) Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: school taxes Message-ID: <227@oliveb.UUCP> Date: Mon, 26-Nov-84 21:58:10 EST Article-I.D.: oliveb.227 Posted: Mon Nov 26 21:58:10 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Nov-84 02:25:18 EST References: <419@hogpd.UUCP> Reply-To: toml@oliveb.UUCP (Dave Long) Organization: D&L U., Thaumaturgy Lines: 29 In article bnapl@burdvax.UUCP (Tom Albrecht) writes: >It could be that some people don't feel they are getting their money's >worth. As long as we allow "professional educators" to run our school >systems we won't get the quality of education we need to run a democracy. >What we need is a complete overhaul of our public schools. Reward the >excellent; throw out the incompetent. Bring back good, old-fashioned >discipline to the classroom. Make teachers and administrators accountable >to the parents, not vice versa. No! Make teachers and administrators accountable to the STUDENTS, not to the parents or anyone else. The students should decide how to run the schools, because they are obviously the ones who can best decide what the quality of education needed to run a democracy is, since they'll be running it. Remember: "In a democracy, people get the government they deserve". What is wrong with "professional educators" anyway? Granted, I've had my share of differences of opinion with teachers and administrators, but it does not make them any different from the rest of the population. Could you, or somwone you know, do any better? Public schools are just that: Public, so they are set up to work best for the median of the student population. If we are talking about "fringies" here, I will give you that point, but then we do not need to overhaul the entire school system. We just need to set up some fringe schools. Also, what do you mean by "Bring back good, old-fashioned discipline to the classroom"? I will wait for a reply, either by mail or netnews, as to what you meant by that, before taking a chance on misinterpreting you. -- -- Dave Long -- {fortune,idi,ios,hplabs,tymix}!oliveb!toml {allegra,ihnp4,msoft,tty3b,uvacs}!oliveb!toml