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Not sure why you're getting downvoted, this makes a lot of sense. Not everyone can afford to stay home to teach their kids, because you wouldn't be able to feed

Not sure why you're getting downvoted, this makes a lot of sense. Not everyone can afford to stay home to teach their kids, because you wouldn't be able to feed them then. I agree that the education system all over the world is fucked up, but I don't advocate tearing it down, rather we should fund it better and more effectively, make sure the education people get is actually useful in the real world, not the fluff they currently teach.

project2501b 5y ago
$100 bucks to your favorite charity and two WaWa sandwiches says i'm getting downvoted cuz libertarians and liberals don't like the idea of re enforcing the public school system ( and the whole thing about taxing millionaires and billionaires )
- asxd 5y ago
  What you're saying seems like a very liberal idea though, right?
  - amanaplanacanal 5y ago
    Depends where they are from. In the UK, liberals are what are called conservatives in the US, when it comes to economic stuff.
- zdragnar 5y ago
  Funding is often not the problem. I believe it is Boston that currently has the third highest per-pupil funding (around $16k per student) and third worst outcomes among large school systems.
SuoDuanDao 5y ago
I downvoted him because it sounds totalitarian and anti-parental-choice. A power grab by a failing education system, "If only we had more money we'd do things right!" Hogwash. The industrial model of education can't be solved by throwing more money at it, and I'm suspicious of anyone who pretends there hasn't been enough money thrown already.
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- capableweb 5y ago
  I feel like you're not reading my comment in a charitable light here. I explicitly said "fund it better and more effectively", not throwing more money at it. How is that a power grab?
  - SuoDuanDao 5y ago
    I also didn't downvote your comment, I was explaining why I downvoted project2501b's. "Tax the living daylights" and "Put all that money" is absolutely the language of power-grabbing and money-grubbing. You may agree with them in theory, but in discourse they are absolutely making your side look bad.
    - capableweb 5y ago
      Rereading your comment now I realize you were commenting about the comment project2501b made, not mine. Sorry for the confusion, I agree with you.

project2501b 5y ago

$100 bucks to your favorite charity and two WaWa sandwiches says i'm getting downvoted cuz libertarians and liberals don't like the idea of re enforcing the public school system ( and the whole thing about taxing millionaires and billionaires )

asxd 5y ago
What you're saying seems like a very liberal idea though, right?
- amanaplanacanal 5y ago
  Depends where they are from. In the UK, liberals are what are called conservatives in the US, when it comes to economic stuff.
zdragnar 5y ago
Funding is often not the problem. I believe it is Boston that currently has the third highest per-pupil funding (around $16k per student) and third worst outcomes among large school systems.

SuoDuanDao 5y ago

I downvoted him because it sounds totalitarian and anti-parental-choice. A power grab by a failing education system, "If only we had more money we'd do things right!" Hogwash. The industrial model of education can't be solved by throwing more money at it, and I'm suspicious of anyone who pretends there hasn't been enough money thrown already.

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capableweb 5y ago
I feel like you're not reading my comment in a charitable light here. I explicitly said "fund it better and more effectively", not throwing more money at it. How is that a power grab?
- SuoDuanDao 5y ago
  I also didn't downvote your comment, I was explaining why I downvoted project2501b's. "Tax the living daylights" and "Put all that money" is absolutely the language of power-grabbing and money-grubbing. You may agree with them in theory, but in discourse they are absolutely making your side look bad.
  - capableweb 5y ago
    Rereading your comment now I realize you were commenting about the comment project2501b made, not mine. Sorry for the confusion, I agree with you.