Beginning thread: Thoughts about Education.

Written by: William Lee on Jan 30, 2008 12:31 PM EST

Education is vital to this Country's survival and well-being. It seems that we have an unlimited budget for War but this can not be said for Education. Why do we hear reports that Public Education is in trouble? I think the powers that be want to see Privatized Education and the budget will be the means to the end of Public Education. We can not allow this to happen! Public Education can be turned around. My wife is an Educator to Teachers: She instructs them on how to teach. Just as in any job there are bad teachers. Many good teachers have left to make more money in other jobs....Wouldn't you? Consider that they have college educations and college loans to pay for , They are not dumb they are going to make as much money as they can even if it means jobs other than being a teacher. Next Privatized school would mean better education for the financially privileged. Public education would go down even more. We need to mandate free education and consider free technical education and free college level education. Who would benefit - ALL OF US. A Smarter country: more candidates for public office, people out of poverty or at least the chance of going in that direction. We need minimum wage to be livable we need minimum associate wages, minimum Bachelor wages, minimum Masters wages and minimum Doctorate wages. So that as people progress their pay has the potential to do so as well. People want to pay as little as posible set a minimum.

This is just the beginning, I could take hours listing why education is a top priority as a national security interest as well as personal interests. This is not all inclusive and one person can not speak for all others.

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