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Only in America
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Well, we have slums in big cities. Funding schools by local funds produces these poor schools. My son taught in one for a year. Families and their dwellings are in flux, nobody owns a home.Both parents work or else its a welfare mom.
With all the kids from this back ground they are not motivated.
With all the kids from this back ground they are not motivated.
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
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Well obviously. We elected a reality TV star with no political experience President. He did a shit job, and almost half of the people who voted, voted for 4 more years of it.
But that's not the only impact. The expense of education has blown up so badly that it's breaking Americans financially.
A case in point. My youngest daughter is graduating from college next month. She got a scholarship that paid about $39,000 toward her tuition at the same state school I attended from 1975-79 that cost me about $3,500, which I paid working at minimum wage jobs.
That scholarship covered 31 percent of her college cost. Had we not been financially fortunate, either she would start her working life in deep debt, or we would be approaching retirement in deep debt, because you can't pay $85,000 working for minimum wage.
That kind of financial stress isn't really good for a person's mental health either.
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Along with the "Great American Dream" being constantly being thrown in their faces no wonder your prisons are full. We have arso-areas as well but that is especially where education and social services are being heavily invested in. Tight budgeting for education and health here hardly happens; if it justified it is paid for. Three of the main parties that will be in the coalition have health and education as priority and outside of politics. The last two of Rutte's Kabinets have been light in this area.Tero wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:13 pmWell, we have slums in big cities. Funding schools by local funds produces these poor schools. My son taught in one for a year. Families and their dwellings are in flux, nobody owns a home.Both parents work or else its a welfare mom.
With all the kids from this back ground they are not motivated.
I can never see that happen in the US. Greed is more important.
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Insert "but that's socialism" meme.
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Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
http://esabirdsne.blogspot.com/
Said Peter...what you're requesting just isn't my bag
Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
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Education is our way out of this mess.
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Education is the way out of every mess Fletch. It is really education, education and education. You can never give too much.
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Education doesn't warrant that those who got it will do right. Many folk who got good education still turn out to be assholes.
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True, but the lack of a good education makes undesirable outcomes more likely. Your argument resembles one that asserts there is no point in having driving lessons because we still get traffic accidents.
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I agree with that Hermit. At least give everyone a half decent chance by giving them the best education possible. Nobody should be written off because they cant afford to pay. What they do with their life further is purely up to them.
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I like the 'school choice' options coming up. Attaching the money to the student, instead of an administration sounds a lot more sensible.
Get those smart, greedy education administrators competing for students. Rather than the current set up I mean.
Parents will choose best, a lot more often than a distant administration will.
Get those smart, greedy education administrators competing for students. Rather than the current set up I mean.
Parents will choose best, a lot more often than a distant administration will.
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What we need are MOAR LAWS!Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 2:11 pmIndianapolis shooter Brandon Hole bought the two assault weapons he used in his attack months after his pump-action shotgun was confiscated due to mental health concerns.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... gun-seized
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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The government is terrible and racist.laklak wrote: ↑Wed Apr 21, 2021 4:48 pmWhat we need are MOAR LAWS!Brian Peacock wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 2:11 pmIndianapolis shooter Brandon Hole bought the two assault weapons he used in his attack months after his pump-action shotgun was confiscated due to mental health concerns.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... gun-seized
And you should give up your guns to them, because reasons.
In other news, America is trusting the science!
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/ ... 7802972164
Sure glad all those experts are invited to the Vatican. It gives me nearly double my earlier confidence in both the Catholic Church, Dr. Fauci and Deepak Chopra.JUST IN: The Vatican has invited Chelsea Clinton, Dr. Fauci, New Age figure Deepak Chopra, and the CEOs of Moderna and Pfizer to speak at a May conference focusing on "health" and the "soul"
All equally serious, and equally important.
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Ugh. . Deepak Chopra is not a serious person. It's not guilt by association if they're at the same meeting, but like CNN's resident Dr Gupta, had "his friend" Deepak Chopra on to talk about coronavirus. That's ridiculous and I can't take Gupta seriously after that. But being on a debate stage or zoom call with Chopra in attendance isn't necessarily cause for concern. All of the people who shared a platform and challenged him were not discredited for it. Someone has to do it.
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