CBS "News" strikes AGAIN

"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Dude" wrote in message
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I figured you would want to throw parents who wouldn't pay for their
kids
education into jail. Looks like it was a bad guess.

People would educate their kids that same way the feed them, cloth them,
care for their health..the same way they do those things for them now.
If
they fail to do those things now, we call it...what?

That depends. If the failure is because the costs far exceed the parents'
income, we call it poverty and lend a hand, as we should.

No; it's called "irresponsibility". Any money spent on "educating their
kids" is going to be $$$ down a toilet...as wee see now where such kids
rules the schools. So, thus, it's a double whammy.

First, if the cost of feeding, etc, exceeds the parents income, they would
be less prone to breed IF there was no subsidy for irresponsibility. OTOH,
if someone decides to help those in trouble through no fault of their own,
there's already programs in place. Today scholarships and other programs
would be great, and are in fact reaching a heck of a lot of kids. It's also
amazing that so many parents that can't afford books, a computer, etc., can
afford all sorts of other "toys".

Now, if you want to sell your plane and donate the proceeds to some
open-ended education fund (no strings attached on the parents) be our guest.

Tom,

I agree with a lot of what you are saying, and would really like to see many
of these irresponsible parents get slapped. Especially the ones that had no
buisiness having kids in the first place.

However, what do you do to keep from punishing the kid for his parents
irresponsibility?



"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
news:KJdQb.3700$U%5.21168@attbi_s03...
"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
...

"Dude" wrote in message
...
I figured you would want to throw parents who wouldn't pay for their
kids
education into jail. Looks like it was a bad guess.

People would educate their kids that same way the feed them, cloth
them,
care for their health..the same way they do those things for them now.
If
they fail to do those things now, we call it...what?

That depends. If the failure is because the costs far exceed the
parents'
income, we call it poverty and lend a hand, as we should.

No; it's called "irresponsibility". Any money spent on "educating their
kids" is going to be $$$ down a toilet...as wee see now where such kids
rules the schools. So, thus, it's a double whammy.

First, if the cost of feeding, etc, exceeds the parents income, they would
be less prone to breed IF there was no subsidy for irresponsibility. OTOH,
if someone decides to help those in trouble through no fault of their own,
there's already programs in place. Today scholarships and other programs
would be great, and are in fact reaching a heck of a lot of kids. It's
also
amazing that so many parents that can't afford books, a computer, etc.,
can
afford all sorts of other "toys".

Now, if you want to sell your plane and donate the proceeds to some
open-ended education fund (no strings attached on the parents) be our
guest.

"Dude" wrote in message
...
Tom,

I agree with a lot of what you are saying, and would really like to see
many
of these irresponsible parents get slapped. Especially the ones that had
no
buisiness having kids in the first place.

However, what do you do to keep from punishing the kid for his parents
irresponsibility?

You don;t punish the kid...you punish the parent.

As for the kid, as mentioned there are a lot of programs (such as School
Trusts in the various states), but the problem is dealing with kids that
just don't want to learn. Throwing them into schools only causes enormous
disruptions.

As for me, we made sure all my kids got good _educations_, (not
indoctrinations) so that they could support my wife and I in our old age.

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
...

"Dude" wrote in message
...
Tom,

I agree with a lot of what you are saying, and would really like to see
many
of these irresponsible parents get slapped. Especially the ones that
had
no
buisiness having kids in the first place.

However, what do you do to keep from punishing the kid for his parents
irresponsibility?

You don;t punish the kid...you punish the parent.

As for the kid, as mentioned there are a lot of programs (such as School
Trusts in the various states), but the problem is dealing with kids that
just don't want to learn. Throwing them into schools only causes enormous
disruptions.

They used to be segregated from the normal kids. Now days everybody gets
thrown into the same pot and everybody in the pot rots. Doesn't seem it
would take much brain power to figure out this particular social experiment
doesn't work.

As for me, we made sure all my kids got good _educations_, (not
indoctrinations) so that they could support my wife and I in our old age.