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My point is that compartive foreign schools don't have the sheer volume of students to deal with. While we fail an unacceptable percentage, the graduation/failure rates are reflective of a large number.
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It makes little difference the total quantity of students in a school. What makes a difference is how that institution is designed to handle 'whatever' quantity of students. What if one school has 1000 students and 50 teachers and another school has 1000 students and 30 teachers?? I'll bet schools in major foreign nations have about the same average classroom quantity as the US--around 24/25 students.
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But it does come down to money. Only a moron thinks he can get something for nothing.
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To use your colorful language...only a moron would believe that pouring in more money on a broken system will do any good.
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Every school built has to fight for funding, once opened the fight continues. School supplies are non-existent. This is due to people not wishing to pay, and you get what you pay for. Endless money doesn't equate to success, but a lack of money can gurantee failure. Your analogy doesn't fit, as your supposition is in error.
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Have you bothered to notice that the discussion is always about money--never about the faulty system, never about bad teachers, never about bad administrators, never about crumbling school facilities, never about bad government decisions...just keep harping about the money like we have for decades yet nothing every changes so just keep harping more about the money in hopes some day something will miraculously change.
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The trap of Federalism. I agree as to a national standard, tho not by way of NCLB. But actual control thru funding must remain at the state to fend off educational despotism and the threat of Nazi Youth type national propaganda endocrinations.
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Interesting reasons you choose to quote?? The real reason is that this remains the USA...not Alabama...and as a nation there must be minimum national standards. States can excel if they wish but there must be minimum standards that create a system for 95% graduation rates.
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But then again, you only post to pick fights so your post probably isn't a true representation of any real feeling you have on this matter.
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Yeah right...I just sit here and fabricate stuff with no personal interest whatsoever. What I do wish is that I could learn from these discussions instead of the pissing and moaning scenarios...