My own education rant ( Re: Reading, Writing, and Multiple Choice)

[melclaros]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> 
> So let me summarize, they consistently keep giving you more money as
> long as you keep proving you don't need it, and as long as you keep
> proving that you do need more money/resource, they keep taking them 
away?

Mel:

Yes, that's it exactly!

bboy:
> 
> Then they raise your taxes so they can afford to continue to do the 
same.

Mel:
But here's where you get it wrong. They won't raise taxes, in fact 
they're trying to cut taxes. Where's this money coming from? God Only 
Knows. "Elsewhere". "The Lottery". No, they're too busy fighting for 
corporate tax breaks (can you say DISNEY?) right now to figure out 
where this "education" money is going to come from so that 
our "education governor" (who just happens to be the brother of 
our "education president") can hand it out as "rewards" to those Hard 
Working High Performing schools!




> 
> Is that a fair assessment?

Yes, it's a fair assesment.

> 
> Again we are stuck with people/politicians who are desparately 
trying
> to modify the symptoms so as to disguise them, because once they 
have
> sufficiently disguised the problem and sufficiently distracted the
> votes, they can comfortably go back to ignoring the problem.
> 
> ...or did I misunderstand?



Nope...You're right on target!

Melpomene who has 2 kids in FL public schools who are being tested AT 
THIS MOMENT!