Well, in view of my tenuous job situation (should know more this week) I've
applied to
reactivate my substitute teacher status in the local public school district.
This after a
hiatus of nearly seven years. Be interesting to see what has changed.
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Bill Pearce <bs.pearce@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Here, it died later, but it died. NOw, parents and politicians are putting
> in more knives. NO one values a good education except for certain immigrant
> parents! No work ethic left!
>
>
>
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 6:53 AM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] Economics
>
>
>
> I think Bill is talking of the public school system prior to about
> 1965-70. Your son was born too late for that. By 1995 he was already
> being educated by the kids born and educated after the start of the demise.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 12/26/2010 12:54 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> > 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
> >
>
> >
> >
> > 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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