[extropy-chat] change of topic

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Ned Late <nedlt at yahoo.com> wrote:

> It's not the public's fault they are asses, they are the victims of
> public educational mediocrity, (which is to say education in the
> overall sense of the word). One thing I've never understood is: if by
> any objective measure the K-12 school system is so bad then why force
> the poor little wretches to school at all? Why not let them stay at
> home to be homeschooled, or just learn a skill/craft? Life is still
> quite short so  why send children to schools where the illiteracy
> rate is unacceptably high & the children pick on each other? 
> Lets have vouchers not only for private schools but also for
> homeshooling 

Fine by me. Conversely I'd offer property tax breaks to parents who
homeschool. The average cost of homeschooling a child is $95.00 per
year, according to the US Dept of Ed's own study.

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Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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