The Immorality of Wealth/the Wealthy

[TheOtherMe]

Jul 24, 2022 19:34:32 GMT -5 raeoflyte said:

Jul 24, 2022 12:59:01 GMT -5 @athena53 said:

You have a good memory! But my son is a perfect example of someone less-than-stellar, who was accepted at both NY Military Academy and Valley Forge. He was getting over my divorce after a difficult marriage from his controlling, verbally abusive, alcoholic father. He had (still has) ADD and had a poor self-image. He probably would have squeaked through the public school system and graduated but at NYMA he excelled. He needed structure and discipline that the public schools failed to impose. So much for meeting everyone "where they're at". As for race- staff and student body had a FAR higher % of POC than our school district did.

And let's look at the other side of the coin. If the public school system is not serving the needs of individual kids the ones they'll lose are the ones with the engaged parents who care enough to seek other schooling or home-school (the percentage of kids home-schooled has doubled in the pandemic). Those parents are also more likely to have the interest and resources to support the school in additional ways such as volunteering and financial contributions.

You lived in a white neighborhood which is why your private school wasn't diverse.

You've ignored the fact that private schools can and do discriminate against kids with disabilities.

It's no secret I'm not a fan of private schools, but the fact you want to take away resources from public schools is what kills my soul. You have 3 homeschooling kids you interact with. I have dozens of public/charter/homeschooling kids. Please rethink your position. Please at least try to get current real public school exposure. What your advocating for will hurt kids and hurt society.

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I just started a thread on OT since the discussion on schools was a bit of a tangent to the OP. I hope we can continue the discussion there. I know our public school system is broken in many places and I'd like to see solutions from those who are closer to the issues- teachers, people who know teachers, those with kids in school right now.