Seriously, Folks: School Voucher Proponents Need to Get Real
I get so sick and tired of this “you’re taking the money away from public shcools”. Is there anyone out there who really believes the education problem is a shortage of money? Can you really say that with a straight face? You can if you are the NEA and the various other unions who never met a ballooned buget they wouldn’t complain was too small. As for the inner-city schools, these are the kids that would benefit the most. It amazes me how some complain that these schools don’t have adequate supplies now, how the schools are in shambles while claiming vouchers will destroy those already decrepit schools.
You say they don’t have text-books. You say they don’t have writing materials, paper, supplies, no computers. If they are poor now, how can they get poorer? It’s like this silly notion of the poor in this country getting poorer. Poor is poor, and the point is to improve the situation, not accept the status quo. Only real change will bring real improvement..competition is the key. What incentive is there now to get the job done? There is no incentive, only tenure and ever expanding education budgets. And our net pay-off? Kids with diplomas who can’t even read them. You had better wake up and put the Govt. school kool-aid down. We’ve already lost at least two generations to this broken system, we can’t afford to lose any more……
