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John Davis wrote:
> I am NOT against private
schools--in fact, my children
> attended one a few
> years back (for
2 years), and we placed them (happily) back
> into the public
>
schools for a variety of reasons. In addition, I do believe
> that
private
> schools (religeous affiliation included) can and do
serve
> well as part of
> our overall educational endeavors. . . in
conjunction with
> public schools.
> What I will NOT accept is
the assertions by a very limited
> number of folks
> regarding the
elimination of public schools. Those who maintain THAT
> position
will just result in a focus on my part to (in a
> bohemian fashion,
I
> suppose) fall back to the 'eye for an eye' response.
In a letter to the editor of the Washington Post, April
Falcon Doss explains why she chose to send her daughter to a private
school:
"For a card-carrying liberal, I was surprisingly unapologetic about our decision. Why should I sacrifice our daughter's future to an abstract principle? I wasn't up to battling the school system about class size, curriculum and extracurricular activities. And by the time any changes could be made, our daughter would have already missed out on a vibrant education."
Here in a nutshell is the definition of an American liberal: one who is willing to sacrifice the future of other people's children to an abstract principle.
See: 'My Public Spirit Stops at My Daughter' (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48640-2002Sep6.html)
Dale Courtney,
Moscow,
Idaho
Free to be me, free to be you (as long as you agree with
me...)