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People would take this stuff more seriously if it was presented without the crazy tin foil hat. Salient points mixed with conspiracy theory just fails to most people. Just sayin' 

 

It's why people don't like TMD very much.

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Quote:So I guess the question is, should these government programs, bureaucracy (Department of Education) and institutions be changed or go away?  I'm all for getting rid of the Department of Education since it serves no purpose whatsoever.  Imagine how much money would be saved when dealing with the Federal Budget.

 

Next I would use a portion of the funds saved by getting rid of the Department of Education to subsidize private schools that don't teach "common core" and actually teach students to think.  Imagine that, private schools actually doing better and providing an actual education rather than the indoctrination education that public schools provide.

 

The whole point is to challenge these students to put man on the moon again.  Challenge them to come up with a better way to do things.  Get government out of the way and let the younger generation open up their minds.

 

Imagine how much money would be saved if we cut back on our military spending, which outspends the next 7 nations combined.  Our department of defense wastes money like it grows on trees.  


I have to laugh every time the public schools are called 'indoctrination'.  I attended public school, and was certainly not brainwashed.    In fact nobody I know was.  All those that say that can bring up are the president song (at one elementary school mind you) and how they're taking prayer out of school (even though prayer in school is not forbidden, it just can't be lead by a teacher, which makes sense because that would be indoctrination)


Subsidizing private schools would accomplish nothing.  Many private schools only accept certain students, and certainly have no reason to accept students with disabilities.  Then you would have the rise of schools opening up just to make a profit.  And you certainly have parents who still wouldn't be able to afford the other costs of going to private school.  


Challenge students to put man on the moon again?   Surely if the private schools are so wonderful, those students should have put a man on mars by now, right?  I mean that's what you're asking of public schools, so why can't I ask it of private schools?  Neil Armstrong attended public school btw.

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