On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:36:17 -0700, Each Hero Sues Ookie
<EachHeroSuesOokie@no-spam> wrote:
>On 7/31/03 7:52 AM, in article 7jshivog8h6elsv1h0gto2d1r16clehqul@no-spam
>"Obwon" <ob110ob@no-spam> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 21:55:15 -0700, Each Hero Sues Ookie
>> <EachHeroSuesOokie@no-spam> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/30/03 1:08 AM, in article 1fyvwef.1ylel9h1gbf134N%usenet@no-spam
>>> "Paul Mitchum" <usenet@no-spam> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Each Hero Sues Ookie <EachHeroSuesOokie@no-spam> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 7/29/03 10:08 PM, in article 1fyvpcz.13jmhd41fevctgN%usenet@no-spam
>>>>> "Paul Mitchum" <usenet@no-spam> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Each Hero Sues Ookie <EachHeroSuesOokie@no-spam> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 7/29/03 3:33 PM, in article 1fyv5o7.3z8mxi1aitnwlN%usenet@no-spam
>>>>>>> "Paul Mitchum" <usenet@no-spam> wrote:
>>>>>>>> whit <whit@no-spam> wrote:
>>>>>> [..]
>>>>>>>>> it's wrong, it's against everything we have learned in the last
>>>>>>>>> several decades about equality, fairness, and justice. and it has no
>>>>>>>>> place in a public school.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's a really unfortunate comparison, but do you believe that the
>>>>>>>> developmentally-disabled should be mainstreamed?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes. And if they flunk out, they should take their voucher to school
>>>>>>> that meets their (special) needs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So creating a proper learning environment in the first place isn't part
>>>>>> of your plan.
>>>>>
>>>>> Meeting every special need? No.
>>>>
>>>> Why not?
>>>>
>>>> You advocate giving them a voucher to meet every special need, but you
>>>> don't advocate meeting every special need in public school. What's the
>>>> difference?
>>>
>>> That's not the way government should work. You have a special need for a
>>> road from your house to the public library, but that wouldn't be a very
>>> efficient expenditure. So instead the government builds roads (or meets the
>>> needs) of the largest population segment. Could the government give you a
>>> voucher to pave a dirt road that connects your house to the thoroughfare?
>>> Could the government give a mentally disabled kid a voucher to go to a
>>> private school to meet his needs? Yes, if they can afford it.
>>>
>>
>> Funny you should mention it... The state built the "private"
>> Public road that connects the Rockefella estate to the main
>> highway; I remember reading somewhere. While the road is
>> supposed to be public, the only people likely to use it would
>> have to be visitors to the estate, it just doesn't go anywhere
>> else. :-D
>
>Quite a rip-off. Would that be Jay Rockefeller?
>
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