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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]noamnety
(20,234 posts)57. "You want what you don't pay for. You want it for free."
Yes, I have a sense of "entitlement" that the public school system should be set up in a way that all kids have access to it. Not in theory, but in real life.
Kinda like how some people have that sense of entitlement to food, health care, social security, etc. Don't you hate when people want things that aren't theirs?
Nevermind that I paid taxes into the public education system. I still had no right to that entitlement program.
I get your point that sacrificing access to a public education is the cost children should have to pay if their parents are so irresponsible as to land a temporary job in a city they can't afford to move to.
(Do all teachers believe that?)
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A lot of EDU posts wind up in GD. Not sure how many folks realize this group is here.
GreenPartyVoter
Sep 2012
#2
And i get tired of repeating that non-profit management is a farce and documenting the multitude
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#14
i'm not a teacher. don't know why my post would elicit that response from you, as my phrasing
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#21
The people you're explaining to already know some charters are non-profit and have never
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#26
"In the current system, the working poor sometimes don't have legal access to any schools"
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#33
"In the current system, the working poor sometimes don't have legal access to any schools"
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#38
Hold up there cowboy-public schools take ALL comers. They ARE mandated to provide
MichiganVote
Sep 2012
#44
Darling you obviously are not interested in learning anything new so have at it-argue your heart out
MichiganVote
Sep 2012
#50
Not quite. There are districts that are 'School of Choice' meaning they will take students
MichiganVote
Sep 2012
#45
as i've repeatedly told you, with documentation, the non-profit designation means diddley in many
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#83
Why would anyone pay taxes for a local district to fund students attending school in another
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#84
What strikes me as out of touch is throwing open the door to local taxes being sucked out of
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#89
Every charter school I work with is a public charter school, with union teachers.
NYC_SKP
Sep 2012
#100
That's offensive. Many of us greatly value the thoughts of our retirees.
proud2BlibKansan
Sep 2012
#79
You have no idea how long any of the retired teachers here have been out of the system.
proud2BlibKansan
Sep 2012
#81
you know, old people, they don't know how to work an iphone so they don't know squat about
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#90