Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S...
by lliamander on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @04:33PM
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it is true that the president may have no special expertise in assessing whether private schools are better than government schools, but it strikes me that any support he expresses for public schools is going to ring hollow if he isn't personally invested in the success of government schools.
I could be mistaken, but as far as I am aware no politician (from either side of the aisle) sends their kids to a government school. At least, no politician at the national level (president, congress, etc.).
I am not a fan of having a centralized governmental school system (I think the indoctrination risk is greater, because then there aren't competing institutions around to teach anything different) but it strikes me that any voter who does believe in government schools should demand that their representatives send their own kids to governmental schools as a sign of good faith.
Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S...
by vellum on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @05:28PM
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> no politician (from either side of the aisle) sends their kids to a government school. At least, no politician at the national level (president, congress, etc.).
About half of Congress sends their kids to public school.
http://www.publicschoolreview.com/blog/how-many-politicians-...
Re:14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to S...
by lliamander on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @06:50PM
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Ah, well I stand corrected. Thanks for the pointer!
They can afford to send their kids to private school, they believe that school to be superior to the public schools their kids would otherwise attend, so they pay the private tuition. As a parent, I agree with this. I, however, do not have a $400k income with a $169k expense account and a sweet pension plan, like he does.
In short, his kids don't attend public school because he can afford for them to go somewhere better. I am not willing to penalize any child for the sake of their parents' political views (or offices), nor am I willing to restrict people from spending their own money just because they might buy something I don't like.