Comments on: On the Education in America http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/04/01/on-the-education-in-america/ Bursts of Clarity, Illuminated. Thu, 07 May 2009 15:48:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: FlannelDoormat http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/04/01/on-the-education-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-36 FlannelDoormat Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:04:42 +0000 http://thestormypresent.com/ocean/2008/04/01/on-the-education-in-america/#comment-36 I know I’ve mentioned this before, but I don’t remember in which capacity, so ignore my speech if you’ve heard this before…I have a fundamental belief that education, public or private, it what the student makes of it. I always went to public school, and I’ve done quite well for myself (social awkwardness not withstanding), and having gone to Marquette I went to school with plenty of private-school brats that had no ambitions of their own, let alone useful thoughts in their pretty little heads. Not that I’m bitter. My local public school system is notorious for low graduation rates and tough schools, but I choose to send my kids to one of the specialty public schools, with the belief that I have instilled the importance and value associated with learning and making your own way. The school I’ve picked has a very diverse population, my son is by far the minority as a white boy, but I made a conscious decision to have my children learn in the same world they will inherit; one full of different people and different ideas and backgrounds. I will not have my kids growing up thinking that the only safe and healthy place is run by white middle-class Christian people, the very though churns my stomach. I could probably afford the private schools, with or without the various grant monies, but that really is what makes this country so fascinating; I don’t have to reach the spending caps if it conflicts with my personal views. Even crack-pots like myself get a choice, it doesn’t matter if my professional peers think I’m crazy; I get raise my children as I see fit. On a personal note (as personal as strangers can be), I’m glad to see the return of your editorial insights, I like to start my day with a little bit of thinking; I thank you for your continued good work. I know I’ve mentioned this before, but I don’t remember in which capacity, so ignore my speech if you’ve heard this before…I have a fundamental belief that education, public or private, it what the student makes of it. I always went to public school, and I’ve done quite well for myself (social awkwardness not withstanding), and having gone to Marquette I went to school with plenty of private-school brats that had no ambitions of their own, let alone useful thoughts in their pretty little heads. Not that I’m bitter.

My local public school system is notorious for low graduation rates and tough schools, but I choose to send my kids to one of the specialty public schools, with the belief that I have instilled the importance and value associated with learning and making your own way. The school I’ve picked has a very diverse population, my son is by far the minority as a white boy, but I made a conscious decision to have my children learn in the same world they will inherit; one full of different people and different ideas and backgrounds. I will not have my kids growing up thinking that the only safe and healthy place is run by white middle-class Christian people, the very though churns my stomach.

I could probably afford the private schools, with or without the various grant monies, but that really is what makes this country so fascinating; I don’t have to reach the spending caps if it conflicts with my personal views. Even crack-pots like myself get a choice, it doesn’t matter if my professional peers think I’m crazy; I get raise my children as I see fit.

On a personal note (as personal as strangers can be), I’m glad to see the return of your editorial insights, I like to start my day with a little bit of thinking; I thank you for your continued good work.

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