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Originally Posted by DAVES
Surprised this thread has been allowed this long. Sadly, there is no question our country is perhaps more divided than since the civil war.
My view a major problem is what we allow. The teacher's union as a group is far left.
Any opposing view will be snuffed out. Charter schools has been proposed. We have one in the Villages and it is one of the top schools. For some a solution. My view I try to see pluses and minuses of every issue. Charter schools would mean that the best students would leave the public school system. The public school system would be left with the worst student population.
Our constitution is a miracle. Imagine written by humans, no internet, no cell phones, heck a pen was a sharpened feather. Law is being tied into knots. Freedom of speech,
right to gather, no state religion all in the First Amendment. Many on both sides of the divide need to read it. It does not say freedom to agree with me, right to gather only if you agree with me, or the right to have a faith so long as it is mine.
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If you are saying that the pubic school system would be left with those that are of lower education, or have more difficulty in school, then that would also be a plus. Good students SHOULD progress to higher grade levels or learning pressures. We have a grade levels for a reason. We usually base them mostly upon age, but learning ability and knowledge is also a possibility. More attention should be put on those that have difficulty in learning and more devices and mechanism utilized for those that need special attention. That way, those that have more ability can progress at their own speed without becoming bored while waiting for others to catch up. Diversification should not be qualified by learning ability. Putting fast learners with slow learners only makes the fast learners stagnant, due to being forced to governor their learning speed. It is not the fast learners charter to teach the slow learners, it's the teacher's mandate to teach. Having levels of learning in school is a good thing or we would be back to one room schools again. This is a case where segregation (of ability) is a good thing.
I am totally FOR charter schools, as well as private schools.