home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   alt.buddha.short.fat.guy      Uhhh not sure, something about Buddhism      155,846 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 155,777 of 155,846   
   Wilson to Noah Sombrero   
   Re: Tall poppies? Off with their heads,    
   23 Feb 26 16:26:42   
   
   From: Wilson@nowhere.invalid   
      
   On 2/23/2026 4:06 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 15:39:06 -0500, Wilson    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/23/2026 1:58 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>> On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:35:51 -0500, Noah Sombrero    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>> On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:07:56 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2/23/2026 9:49 AM, Julian wrote:   
   >>>>>> They say independent schools don't educate kids, they just make for   
   >>>>>> exclusive networks and access to power. This is confected "DIY   
   >>>>>> economics" and belongs in the bin.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> So, I've been thinking about this for several years now. We have   
   >>>>> families around here in Sonoma County that moved here for the schools.   
   >>>>> Some are paying a million dollars for a house just to be close to the   
   >>>>> High School.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The question is, are private schools superior to public schools?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> According to reports I've read, private schools often provide a   
   >>>>> superior, tailored educational experience through smaller class sizes,   
   >>>>> allowing for more individualized instruction.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Which is simply gingerpeachy for those who can afford such schools. So   
   >>>> provide those for the wealthy, and let everybody else go to the trashy   
   >>>> schools.  Because we really don't give a fuck about you, or your life   
   >>>> prospects or anything else.  Diediedie ifucan.   
   >>>   
   >>> Doing nothing being the path of choice in most such situations.  Do   
   >>> not improve public schools.  Simply allow it to be possible for   
   >>> wealthy to avoid such schools.   
   >>   
   >> What specific measures would you recommend to improve the schools?   
   >   
   > You shouldn't need to ask some bozo on usenet for that.  Would it be   
   > so very hard to observe what private schools do and do the same?  Too   
   > bad that becomes a tax issue.  And we know how well off people feel   
   > about that.  "I'd  rather pay tuition for my kids than taxes.  It   
   > feels more like another privilege of being well off, than more onerous   
   > tax duty.  In that battle, privilege wins every time.   
   >   
      
   You posted no specific measures. "Be more like private schools" is just   
   vagueposting. Complain and bitch all day, but never any answers.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca