No, not so recent history. The idea and concept of UNIVERSAL PUBLIC
education was when implemented here, not at all common elsewhere. It had a
great effect on earlyier america, in giving more equal opportunities to all.
Private schools are a bad idea as they subvert that goal. Many private
schools are really brainwashing institutes that parents send children to so
as to replicate their beliefs. Others exist to separate students from
"undesirables" such as blacks, hispanics, etc. And of course, there are
religious considerations as well.
From: Nathan Wajsman [mailto:photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2010 11:54 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Economics
You must be joking, Bill. Many things made America great, but the public
school system is not one of them, unless you are fortunate enough to live in
a place with good schools. My son was born in Tampa in 1989. The public
schools there were so terrible that anyone who cared about their children's
well being found a way to avoid them; the rich sent their kids to private
schools, the others converted to Catholicism etc. so that they could send
their offspring to good Catholic schools. We moved to New Jersey in 1990,
and luckily enough we lived near Princeton. The good thing about college
towns is that college professors are not paid enough to send their children
to expensive private schools (we had one of those in our town) but since
they care about education they get involved in the local school board etc.,
so the public schools in such places tend to be decent too. But those are
the exceptions. The US has the world's best universities, but below that
level it is the pits, wit
h some rays of sunshine in places like Lawrenceville, NJ.
Nathan
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On Dec 26, 2010, at 6:39 PM, Bill Pearce wrote:
> The thing that once made America great, is our system of universal public
> education. The fall of that system is going to lead to our downfall.
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