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Originally Posted by PaulS
Agree - mainly bc I went there also. I don't know that we had "poor" kids. Prob. blue collar. Most teachers (public and private) have summer jobs in the summer. Atleast the younger ones.
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You went to ND? Great! I liked it there. We had plenty of poor kids when I was there. Not abject poverty, but not middle class either.
Paul, can you explain how the public schools are made worse, if the few kids who actually want to learn, are sent somewhere where they can learn?
You're saying you're willing to punish those few heroic families, for what, exactly? What's the upside of forcing those kids to remain where they are? It keeps some more public teachers employed (which is a big reason why liberals oppose school choice), but what's the point of education? To give children the best chance of realizing their dreams? Or something else?
The troublemakers left behind in public school, obviously won't care if a few dedicated students leave.
So who does it hurt, and how does it hurt them, to send those few kids to a better school?