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In reply to the discussion: "If you send your kid to private school, you are a bad person" [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)98. I guess it does bother me
I can't say that I don't become confused when I have these discussions with Americans. I guess our cultures are just very different, more different than is visible on the surface.
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Unless you are a rich Dem who says nice things about public schools. You forgot that. nt
Dreamer Tatum
Aug 2013
#1
That's true for state funding, but aren't most schools funded through local property taxes?
aikoaiko
Aug 2013
#5
Supporting state funding of private schools *is* morally wrong, I agree.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#105
If you willingly undermine your childs education for the good of "society", you're an unfit parent.
Xithras
Aug 2013
#4
Yes. A good parent doesn't sacrifice his or her children's well being for the sake of
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#28
My wife is a public school teacher. We homeschool due to her experience with the schools. Probably
kelly1mm
Aug 2013
#22
No, she things she is a pretty good teachers, when she is actually allowed to teach which is
kelly1mm
Aug 2013
#64
I imagine learning to different between the general and the specific wasn't taught at your school?
LanternWaste
Aug 2013
#72
Each of my children began in public schools and continued till middle or high school.
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#33
And what happens if we get Single Payer, and you have the chance to opt out?
philosslayer
Sep 2013
#109
Can you name a Single Payer System that DOESN'T allow supplemental private physicians?
brooklynite
Sep 2013
#110
Not deliberately harming your child to benefit others does not make you a bad person.
Donald Ian Rankin
Aug 2013
#83
Thank you for your honesty, Hunter. A good parent who sees problems and has alternatives
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#36
our politicians are the ones who bailed on public education. Until they are willing to fund our
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#46
Why not just call "Sesame Street" a head start program? Think of all the taxes THAT would save!
Squinch
Aug 2013
#57
Better yet, you go out, spend some time with some children, and run your plan past some of
Squinch
Aug 2013
#73
Probably. Because your suggestion is so far off the mark, they might not want to engage in
Squinch
Aug 2013
#77
Well this certainly pricked the conscience of the conservadems. Good job. K&R
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#63
Ha! Curiosity, indeed. I know think the "underclasses" are stupid. But rest assured that it is only
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#68
If by "conservadems" you mean "people who love their children" you are correct
geek tragedy
Aug 2013
#79
No they aren't but the option is bad for the many for the benefit of the few.
TheKentuckian
Aug 2013
#75
This has to be a parody (an RAA argument) by someone what wants to undermine public education
Supersedeas
Aug 2013
#80
That's ridiculous. If I want my child to receive a Jesuit preparatory education then I purchase
RB TexLa
Sep 2013
#113
As long as it isn't paid for using money made from Wall St or investments I think its great.
raouldukelives
Sep 2013
#120