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Is anyone in this thread making the point you’re arguing against?

bryanrasmussen 4y ago
The original poster I replied to thought that for some reason people who thought that school was unimportant should not be against people being allowed to choose what school to go to. That being against it was somehow contradictory. To quote: >I keep seeing people arguing that school isn’t important, but also against things like school choice and I really wonder what’s motivating them. so what did I say, I said >If you think school isn't important why would you want to spend the extra money on school choice that such a program would entail? for which I got three downvotes, because reasons I guess. someone said it wouldn't be expensive, I said ok it seems to me like logically it would but I could be wrong, here are my points why I think it would be expensive. The guy above the post of mine you're replying to said it wouldn't be expensive for any of those reasons but there would be a lot of disruptions the first few years, and I said ok, so then a person who thought schools were unimportant wouldn't want you to shift schools for that reason, because who wants to deal with a bunch of disruptions in an unimportant system? (and in my world systems that have lots of disruptions tend to be expensive) I think the thread should be pretty clear.
- ch4s3 4y ago
  That isn't the argument I was making. I was pointing out that people supporting the school closures make a host of weird and at times contradictory arguments. People will at the same time argue that in person learning isn't important, school choice is evil, children have to go to public schools, but whether or not it's over zoom or even with their teacher doesn't matter. This is to my my an incoherent set of positions, unless you view it as an argument from a labor organization trying to maximize member(public school teacher) benefits. > someone said it wouldn't be expensive, I said ok it seems to me like logically it would but I could be wrong This is information you can easily find. Charter schools for example spend 61% of what public schools do per pupil per year on average in the US.

The original poster I replied to thought that for some reason people who thought that school was unimportant should not be against people being allowed to choose what school to go to. That being against it was somehow contradictory. To quote: >I keep seeing people arguing that school isn’t important, but also against things like school choice and I really wonder what’s motivating them. so what did I say, I said >If you think school isn't important why would you want to spend the extra money on school choice that such a program would entail? for which I got three downvotes, because reasons I guess. someone said it wouldn't be expensive, I said ok it seems to me like logically it would but I could be wrong, here are my points why I think it would be expensive. The guy above the post of mine you're replying to said it wouldn't be expensive for any of those reasons but there would be a lot of disruptions the first few years, and I said ok, so then a person who thought schools were unimportant wouldn't want you to shift schools for that reason, because who wants to deal with a bunch of disruptions in an unimportant system? (and in my world systems that have lots of disruptions tend to be expensive) I think the thread should be pretty clear.

ch4s3 4y ago
That isn't the argument I was making. I was pointing out that people supporting the school closures make a host of weird and at times contradictory arguments. People will at the same time argue that in person learning isn't important, school choice is evil, children have to go to public schools, but whether or not it's over zoom or even with their teacher doesn't matter. This is to my my an incoherent set of positions, unless you view it as an argument from a labor organization trying to maximize member(public school teacher) benefits. > someone said it wouldn't be expensive, I said ok it seems to me like logically it would but I could be wrong This is information you can easily find. Charter schools for example spend 61% of what public schools do per pupil per year on average in the US.