Indiana still has some top notch colleges that are respected in their fields . But has long had a brain drain problem. People get their degrees here then leave.
That’s been going on since I was in highs school in the 70s We used to say then all the smart kids leave
Hey, at least it’s only a temporary measure. Just until they take over the school boards and then we’ll all be goose stepping and auch tanging our Nordic white Christian asses off in no time!
While I am in favour of abolishing school in general (since I consider it child abuse) This argument is exceedingly strong: "The end result of this [vouchers] is that the only children who get the education they need are the rich and the exceptional." and that's even worse because the other kids will still be abused, just with less funding (i.e. less and worse teachers, leading to more bullying and the other social behaviour patterns that make up the reason why I think school is abuse.)
I don't claim to have been a "smart kid" but I sure did leave (for Connecticut).
And I'm sorry to say that I graduated from one of those colleges that at least was respected: Hanover. But, Pence and Holcomb both went there 15 years after I did. Yike.
Earlham (in my hometown) has maintained its principles. I'd go to school there.
Makes logical sense but for alot of the people I know who put their kids in private school the public school has already been degraded so much that even if they can be made to comprehend the logic of good public schools the immediate difference in education provided ensures they will stay in private schools. Also have to add in the segregationist aspect (whether consciously or subconciously). This is on my long list of reasons I love being in Cali instead Mississippi, Lousiana etc.
Unfortunately the result of years and decades of underfunding schools because of undervaluing education. And nobody can blame the parents who just want the best for their kids, NOW, not in the 2 or 5 or 10 years it will take to fully turn a school around.
Ah no, my parents taught me to write and the cartoons on the BBC taught me English. My schools were impressively bad at teaching computer skills so that isn't it either. I learned in spite of school. That said, I'll give school credit for teaching me Latin and geography, I probably wouldn't have learned those out of intrinsic motivation. That now also said, you can train someone while abusing them, that is not a strange concept. As you may remember corporeal punishment was quite normal until quite recently.
I've been back twice in fifty years. We used to say "Built on a bluff and still run that way."
I still get Hanover's alumni mailings and Woody, Mike, and Eric are noticeably almost never mentioned. At least, "The College" isn't both-sidesing it. Or, maybe they are.
Wherever you are in Indiana, I hope you're happier than I've become down here in the Paradise that is Manatee County, Floriduh.
...and who's going to have enough ready income to buy that product? When you strangle an economy by pushing all the money to one end, it eventually dies.
have called the "Backpack Bill" that would take over $1 billion in taxpayer money away from public schools and redistribute it to individual students through "education savings accounts."
This is precisely the plan Governor Covid Kim has adopted, and pushed through the Iowa legislature. I frickin' passed easily and is now Iowa law. F***, Fu**, fuck! I hate my state sometimes.
Bills like this are the apotheosis of the Dark Money conservative movement, which started fifty years ago as a quest to gain tax shelters for Christian schools and then glommed onto the anti-abortion movement (plus tacit racism) for political viability.
This is their ultimate dream: taking our money to feed Dominionist theocracy.
Yes, destroy public education and replace it with socialist money for the parents to do with as they please. What could possible go wrong? The parents will spend the money appropriately on quality education for their offspring. Right?
Indiana still has some top notch colleges that are respected in their fields . But has long had a brain drain problem. People get their degrees here then leave.
That’s been going on since I was in highs school in the 70s We used to say then all the smart kids leave
Hey, at least it’s only a temporary measure. Just until they take over the school boards and then we’ll all be goose stepping and auch tanging our Nordic white Christian asses off in no time!
While I am in favour of abolishing school in general (since I consider it child abuse) This argument is exceedingly strong: "The end result of this [vouchers] is that the only children who get the education they need are the rich and the exceptional." and that's even worse because the other kids will still be abused, just with less funding (i.e. less and worse teachers, leading to more bullying and the other social behaviour patterns that make up the reason why I think school is abuse.)
I don't claim to have been a "smart kid" but I sure did leave (for Connecticut).
And I'm sorry to say that I graduated from one of those colleges that at least was respected: Hanover. But, Pence and Holcomb both went there 15 years after I did. Yike.
Earlham (in my hometown) has maintained its principles. I'd go to school there.
Catholic girls have Mass appeal!
Makes logical sense but for alot of the people I know who put their kids in private school the public school has already been degraded so much that even if they can be made to comprehend the logic of good public schools the immediate difference in education provided ensures they will stay in private schools. Also have to add in the segregationist aspect (whether consciously or subconciously). This is on my long list of reasons I love being in Cali instead Mississippi, Lousiana etc.
It the whitey version of the welfare queen. Strange how every accusation is projection with the right. every single time.
School is what made it possible for you to write those words.
Unfortunately the result of years and decades of underfunding schools because of undervaluing education. And nobody can blame the parents who just want the best for their kids, NOW, not in the 2 or 5 or 10 years it will take to fully turn a school around.
Still a good school. Neat campus.
Woody’s alma mater
Ah no, my parents taught me to write and the cartoons on the BBC taught me English. My schools were impressively bad at teaching computer skills so that isn't it either. I learned in spite of school. That said, I'll give school credit for teaching me Latin and geography, I probably wouldn't have learned those out of intrinsic motivation. That now also said, you can train someone while abusing them, that is not a strange concept. As you may remember corporeal punishment was quite normal until quite recently.
>"Neat campus"
I've been back twice in fifty years. We used to say "Built on a bluff and still run that way."
I still get Hanover's alumni mailings and Woody, Mike, and Eric are noticeably almost never mentioned. At least, "The College" isn't both-sidesing it. Or, maybe they are.
Wherever you are in Indiana, I hope you're happier than I've become down here in the Paradise that is Manatee County, Floriduh.
...and who's going to have enough ready income to buy that product? When you strangle an economy by pushing all the money to one end, it eventually dies.
have called the "Backpack Bill" that would take over $1 billion in taxpayer money away from public schools and redistribute it to individual students through "education savings accounts."
This is precisely the plan Governor Covid Kim has adopted, and pushed through the Iowa legislature. I frickin' passed easily and is now Iowa law. F***, Fu**, fuck! I hate my state sometimes.
Bills like this are the apotheosis of the Dark Money conservative movement, which started fifty years ago as a quest to gain tax shelters for Christian schools and then glommed onto the anti-abortion movement (plus tacit racism) for political viability.
This is their ultimate dream: taking our money to feed Dominionist theocracy.
Yes, destroy public education and replace it with socialist money for the parents to do with as they please. What could possible go wrong? The parents will spend the money appropriately on quality education for their offspring. Right?