Last edited by Toolert; 06-11-2005 at 08:27 PM.
You're right, the education system is failing our youth.Originally Posted by Toolert
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First off welcome to the AK Forums. Our Political Forum is usually heated but we all learn to be understanding and listen to other points of view. That being said:Originally Posted by Toolert
It's funny how you "do not want the US government telling me how to develop my children" yet you want government funding for just such an activity.
And clearly money is not the issue. Since the 40's and the birth of the welfare state and cradle to grave government, time after time money has been the democrats solution to all social ills. We spend more now (in adjusted dollars) on education, child welfare, child medical programs, after school programs, etc than in anytime in history. Perhaps, just maybe, money is not the answer. In fact I propose that money is the problem. By taking away all responsibility (financial and moral) from the parents government has done nothing more than make a society of victims. 'My child is bad because the government doesn't offer midnight basketball.'
Personal accountability, involvement in community, school and church. Strong family ties. Mother's and Fathers staying together and raising children. These are the things that result in a well-balanced and emotionally stable child. No government hand out will ever replace these.
And in regards to the U.S. Government being involved in any of these programs... that concept is wrong. I firmly believe in a Constitutional government. A Republic. The programs you listed should be the responsibility of individual states and not the federal government. Money is wasted in the bureaucracy and as Ronal Reagan said, the purpose of a bureaucracy is to sustain the bureaucracy.
Originally Posted by [AK]Nuts
You brought a tear to my eye man...
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Nuts speaks the truth. The long lost ideal of "accountability" has gone away. Being married to a primary school teacher, you have no idea how often it's the school's fault, the teacher's fault, community, student body, diversity, or lack thereof (please place your scapegoat here). Two items are never to blame, the student, or their parent.
Great post nuts.
I couldn't agree with you guys more, people tend to occupy their kids time with video games or plop them in front of the tv, or enroll them in after school programs (whether the kids want to or not) just so they dont have to watch them. Lack of parental involvement is to blame most of the time. Granted not every problem child can be blamed on bad parenting or lack of parenting but all too often that is where it starts. In the case given the parents should have taught their child not to do things they see on tv. I on the other hand would never let my 8 year old watch Beavis and Butthead. My kids are younger than that now but they won't be watching re-runs of it either, especially not at 8 years old.
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Last edited by Toolert; 06-11-2005 at 08:28 PM.
Welcome to the forums...........
Originally Posted by Toolert
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Oh yah, and welcome, Toolert! :-)
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