Why School Districts need more of your money

This is disturbing but what is even more disturbing is what is accepted as US History. For example what do Weyerhaeuser, Rockerfeller, Vanderbuilt have in common. If you are like most people your reactions is these were the Robber Barrons. That is what you were taught in Social Studies of History class. Did you know that Weyerhaeuser (of Weyerhaeuser Lumber) was one of the first to realize that you could not keep cutting timber forever. He replanted 5 times as many trees as he cut down. He lead the way for sustainable foresting by planned cutting and replanting so that we would always have lumber. Rockerfeller (of Standard Oil Fame) saw the need for an economical alternative to Whale Oil for the people to light their homes with. He developed Kerosene and produced it cheaper than Whale Oil at a time when Whales were in danger. Vanderbuilt (famous for rail roads and transportation) started his business by ferrying people from Statin Island to Manhatten for $0.05 a ride. He bought a row boat and twice a day word row across the harbor to work. Through hard work and foresight these men help build this great country and they did not start out with government handouts. But all we learn about is these men were Robber Barrons. I learned this and many more in a book called A Patriots Guide to American History. This book points out the good and bad with this country. It should be required reading for every US History class.

I'm all for kids learning about our government...the right to vote. But it darn well better be a balanced introduction to the process. Unfortunately, our whole education system is tilting more and more left, such that I think the whole thing could flip and turn upside down. And more money isn't going to balance the scale, it'll only flip it faster. This is sad...but I'm finding it harder and harder to listen to administration or teacher complaints. We've poured money in to the problem and it's still not fixed. I don't get it!

Well, the biggest thing I find wrong with all of these situations, is there have been a lot of these same issues happening in a lot of different states from a lot of different people, and not just always from certain caucus either. The problem is too many people do not want Change but never thought anything of it when things happened while Bush or others were in office instead. Personally the things happening with the Schools are crazy and make no sense, and it makes you wonder what type of life will be left for children out there for sure. Some of us will still be around when some of these kids are old enough to run for President. If you are complaining now, think about lack of wanting to be able to have the $$ to educate our kids is going to do in who will be educated and knowedged enough then.

Something like this DID happen in Wisconsin. During the last presidential election campaigns, schools in Milwaukee planned "Get out the Vote" field trips for the students. It was planned to get students motivated to be more civic minded, so they will be excited to vote when they turned 18. The students were to go door to door, encouraging adults to get out and vote on election day. It would have been a great idea, but it never happened. The reason? It was learned that only predominately Democrat neighborhoods were going to be canvassed. When the schools were told that they it had to be "non partisan", they cancelled the whole thing. Once again, schools prove that they are more about re-education than education.

Our "school districts" need to be dismantled and scourged. I am starting a discussion on this matter soon. Nothing about our so called education system is right or in any way beneficial to our children. Even John Stossel suggests removing the "Dept. of Education". I consider him a liberal, but I'm glad even he can see that our schools are nothing but a wasteland.

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I do not think a school should be able to use taxpayer money to settle legal issues. As far as politics, it is a tough question. Yes, high school students really need to understand our political system. On the other hand, so much of our politics is a mixture of reality TV and a soap opera. Pretty embarrassing to presenting that to our youth. As far as the youth in Wisconsin, it would have been far more important for them to be in a classroom learning about the wrongful and corrupt agenda of the unions, and how they must be stopped.

I remember when this happened. It's amazing what activist teachers can get away with. A lawsuit is justified, in my opinion, I am not sure why criminal charges were not brought. I would be interested in knowing what, if anything, happened to the teachers involved. I remember a political science teacher in a high school who was fired and he claimed it was because of the bumper sticker on his car. He was a conservative and the superintendent of schools was a liberal. His students took up for him, explained that he never taught them one ideology over another but presented both sides and let the students discuss and debate. He was eventually reinstated. He's an example of the kind of teachers we need, but he is very rare out there. The liberal activism in education is decades old and growing stronger all the time. There is no stemming the tide, it seems. The only cure is for every parent who does not subscribe to the progressive slant to education to attend meetings of school boards, be aware of the curriculum, be quick to point out any slant in the materials presented and let the school district know when they are displeased with the direction of public education. They need to do it in groups not alone. One lone parent will be labeled a troublemaker or a right-wing zealot. While schools pull this kind of partisanship, our children belong to them, not us. It's time for parents to reclaim their rights.

Parents should be a lot more involved in what their children are learning. Yeah, sure, they're sending them to public schools. But they're also funding these schools with their tax dollars. Even parents sending their kids to private shool still pay taxes. Instead of letting teachers take kids to political rallies or protests or teaching them some mmm, mmm, mmm songs whenever they find it fitting, more communities should be involved in what their children are being taught at schools. Unfortunately, with the way things are set up in a lot of places, a teacher could literally teach anti-MSNBC or anti-Fox or anti-Bush propaganda all day, never touching the actual material, and still keep his or her job! The fact of the matter is that our public schools are failing. Now, some say it's a money issue. So we spend more on kids. Others say today's kids are stupid and distracted and just can't learn. If that's the case, wtf do we even send them to school for? The only common factor in all this seems to be teachers. A kid from the ghetto with no father and no regular meals and no healthcare is failing, while a kid from the suburbs with both parents in good health is also failing. Bad kids or bad teachers. Which one gets thrown under the bus? That oughta wise folks up. It doesn't but it sure oughta. It seems more and more that kids are having to fit into a teacher's schedule, and that means going with them to vote D or appearing at protests or whatever else. Look, maybe I'm wrong, but shouldn't it work the other way around? Shouldn't teachers be fitting the lives into the kids' schedules? The current setup we have now is the worst thing to ever happen to good teachers. The forced equality for floaters has made it impossible to tell them apart.

Off course students should be introduced to elections and how political system in country works. But what that law suit is wow.They are not punishing high school they are punishing tax payers becuse of what some teacher did.