RE: Wilson's Kid on Government Schools

[Daniel Kronemann <kron4155@uidaho.edu>]

>> No.  Bill already answered this.  Public schools have the
>> responsibility to educate everyone, not just those who can pay
>> financially or ideologically.
>
> And this is where I would disagree with you 100%.  From a biblical
> worldview, the *parents* have the responsibility to educate their
> children -- however they best see fit.

And so those that can't afford anything but public school?  We just take
money away from their children's education, so they have no means to
educate them?  And no one negates your right to educate your children the
way you want.  But I don't think you should forget the other children who
are less priveledged than your own.  I'm sure in the Bible talks about
that too.  Something about being your brother's keeper?

> It is a socialist worldview that says the state is responsible for
> education.

So were you trying to point out that I was a socialist?  As an insult?
Actually I like to be labeled Marxist.

> > Does Logos have a bus system?
>
> Not any more.  It was done away with 5 years ago. Parents carpool now.
> But what's your point? If there were demand and financial capability,
> Logos could if it choose to do so.
>
> Under a capitalistic system, parents who don't need a bus system could
> elect to send their children to a school that spends more of its
> resources on other educational services. Parents who need that service
> (and are unable or unwilling to carpool or do alternatives) could send
> their children to a system that does provide that capability.

Under a truly capitalistic system, education, which is not directly
profitable, would be done away with.  Capitalism is not the last evolution
of the human social order.  Hopefully we can do better.

> I attended college in Europe. They distinguish between vocational
> schools and educational schools (read: college-bound) at the junior high
> level.
>
> In the United States we have chosen the lowest common denominator --
> government schools *are* vocational schools now. Everything is
> pragmatically oriented.
>
> Again, those of us who are pro-choice see the state-sponsored monopoly
> of education as dumbing down the entire masses to the lowest level.

Still not convenced of that yet.

Yours

Daniel