Well said. So much needs to be done. Parents and communities need to wrest education from the teachers' unions. All the teachers care about is their pension fund and time off. They also spend a tremendous amount of time trying to figure out how to teach, with little thought about LEARNING.
$100,000 is on the low side for an experienced engineer and it will get worse. With all the socialist Biden free money giveaways, increases in minimum wage, inflation and all.... it will soon take $300K/yr to live in a 3rd floor tenement walkup, buy one new pair of shoes every year, and eat beans every night.
Those numbers reflect how much is required in the various areas and don't necessarily indicate the level of commitment.
Meaning what in this context? Some redistribution makes sense--healthcare, retirement programs, education, job training, etc. We should start a national dialogue on what to do about a future where paid work will be negatively impacted by artificial intelligence, quantum computing and high-speed wireless. I think we have to be careful about separating income from work for the able-bodied.
I'm no Biden fan, but I would support him again over Trump. Running Trump again could cost Republicans the 2024 election.
Compared to what? A quality private school? No. Too much memorization and not enough student initiative. Good school discipline, something sadly lacking in most public schools. I went to a public high school in Southern California, went to college at 16, graduated at 20. No need for Catholic school. Comfort for believers? Yes. Otherwise? No.
Students typically blame themselves. Schools too often fail to show them how they can be successful. It's like learning to play a sport without fear of failing.
So, your jacuzzi story was BS. No mortgages. Down to one house. Live part of the year in Canada, part in Oregon. Until covid, traveled the world for months every year with my wife. Generac? Nah. Have a Jackery 1500. Power here comes from two directions, so no need for a Generac. Not everyone. My wife and I have never kept a budget. By the time we were in our 20s, we had enough money we didn't need my teacher salary. (Nothing ever from the Bank of Mom and Dad.) I might make more investing in a single day.
Teachers unions don't control schools, and in many states the union doesn't have collective agreements.
Right wingers pick a bogeyman and beat it to death and then move on to the next one presented to them by right wing media and politicos. As long as they all hate the same thing together, they can be fleeced like sheep and led off cliffs while singing "Camptown Races". Today its our poor teachers and public schools, tomorrow it will be sanitation workers, then it will be probation officers, the list of possible enemies is limited by the imagination.
There aren't enough nuns willing to work cheap. You won't even make a dent in public schools with $3,000 vouchers. "Teaching" people to believe in imaginary friends isn't education. It's brainwashing, not education when you tell people they should believe that stuff. A good secular education is what we need. Vouchers? Yes.
"Redistribution" is just a left wing code word for "free stuff". The best way to "redistribute" is to get a good education, a good job and EARN everything you need. Folks with disabilities (mental, emotional, physical) however, should be considered for special help.
Son, I went to Catholic grammar and high schools.Then I went to West Point and later earned an MBA. Your hateful, biased, anti-God, racist hate of religion is disgusting.
Blame the schools.... not yourself.... blame the boss... not yourself.... blame the cops... not yourself.... blame the judge... not yourself... blame the teacher.... not yourself.... blame the coach... not yourself.... WE GET IT
Actually, you can. When the Iron Curtain came down I went with a buddy across the border to Czechoslavakia. We went into a Czech version of a 7-11 to buy some toothpaste. One guy took our order. Another guy brought it to the counter. A third guy put it in a bag. A fourth guy took our money. It was obvious that this was all the result of government tax dollars, not a winning business.
Look at Chicago. The unions there are controlling the schools RIGHT NOW. When they are open or closed. Whether its reality or virtual. And all the rest.
