Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/28/84; site lll-crg.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!muffy From: muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: How does education help all of us? Reply to Sykora Message-ID: <575@lll-crg.ARPA> Date: Thu, 9-May-85 20:20:08 EDT Article-I.D.: lll-crg.575 Posted: Thu May 9 20:20:08 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 12-May-85 00:03:54 EDT References: <593@whuxl.UUCP> <1340064@acf4.UUCP> Reply-To: muffy@lll-crg.UUCP (Muffy Barkocy) Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, CRG group Lines: 39 In article <1340064@acf4.UUCP> mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) writes: >>/* muffy@lll-crg.ARPA (Muffy Barkocy) / 8:01 pm May 4, 1985 */ >articles... >>Yes, education is a good thing. I don't know that it should be paid for by >>goverment, but it does seem to me that if someone can't afford to have their >>children educated, this is no reason to penalize those children. Also, it > >Penalize is an action verb, i.e., it implies the presence of a penalizer. >Who is the penalizer here? > You are correct. I meant to say that I do not think it is fair for people (children) to be unable to get an education because their parents are unable to pay for it. As far as *why* I think the concern should be for how much money is wasted, I suppose it is because I have been in many different schools, and I have seen that many of them lack proper textbooks, facilities, etc. Others have all they need, and more. I still feel that a lot of time, and therefore money, is wasted by teaching the same thing, over and over again. >>... > >What I don't want my children to learn these things? > > Michael Sykora I do not think that any of the things I listed should be *mandatory*, I think they should be *available*. They are, of course, available from outside sources, but as I feel that lots of time is wasted in school, it seems that it would be good to have other things available, for those who want them. I realize, as well, that it is unlikely that children will know enough to make a reasonable decision if given lots of elective classes to choose from, although it's possible that they might, but it would certainly be possible for parents to give them this information (which will, of course, influence their choices, as the parents will give information from their own POV, but...) Muffy