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At the end of the day I want all children to have a higher chance to succeed. I don't think it should depend on districts, it's not the poor kids fault and they shouldn't suffer because of where they're born with something like education. With the proper education they could change their areas eventually and we wouldn't have a need for redistributing funds.
We clearly aren't operating on the same logic. I have a kid and am empathetic to others though so I could see where the difference in thought could arise.
I agree. Education is definitely the great equalizer. But everybody isn't born equal, no matter what they preach. And many times you have to work harder to get again.
Every year we hear stories about poor kids that got perfect SAT scares, got into ivy league skills or did some other amazing thing despite socioeconomic status. It's not luck. It's hardwork and sheer force of will.
I find it funny that on one hand, Rico advocates the use of librairies, and on the other hand, he complains about making poor schools better.
You do realize that librairies use public funds, and many of the people who advocate for the current way of funding our education system would not have a problem with less taxpayer money going to librairies outside their districts (or even in general), right?
At the end, this is another example of your "penny wise, pound foolish" approach to society.
And you still owe for that k12 education btw.
If we had to run a 400m race and judge everyone based on their ability, this is were we would all start ideally:
In reality, this where we start:
Those in the inside lanes will run a shorter distance than those on the outside, and all speeds being equal, those on the inside will win all the time.
As long as we don't reconfigure the starting blocks, all this talk about hard work is just masking the fact that access to opportunity is unbalanced.
Im working with my first hand knowledge of my state so i admit it might not be like that elsewhere. But in texas its the case. Having libraries is one thing but letting folks know about these orograms through outreach is one of the major problems facing poor people
If we had to run a 400m race and judge everyone based on their ability, this is were we would all start ideally:
In reality, this where we start:
Those in the inside lanes will run a shorter distance than those on the outside, and all speeds being equal, those on the inside will win all the time.
As long as we don't reconfigure the starting blocks, all this talk about hard work is just masking the fact that access to opportunity is unbalanced.
You want me to admit that there was racism? I've never denied racism exists or existed. Our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents gotta back ******* deal. I won't revise history for rhetorical points.
However, it's 2017. There are so many avenues that we can take to counteract the effects of past racism and that's what I advocate.
major factor. Parking your horse in the driveway is a *****
Explain to me why black people in the 60s didn't simply "move to the suburbs" like the white people at the same time.
Surely, they had equal access to money/cars and housing back then right?
At the end of the day I want all children to have a higher chance to succeed. I don't think it should depend on districts, it's not the poor kids fault and they shouldn't suffer because of where they're born with something like education. With the proper education they could change their areas eventually and we wouldn't have a need for redistributing funds.
We clearly aren't operating on the same logic. I have a kid and am empathetic to others though so I could see where the difference in thought could arise.
I agree. Education is definitely the great equalizer. But everybody isn't born equal, no matter what they preach. And many times you have to work harder to get again.
Every year we hear stories about poor kids that got perfect SAT scares, got into ivy league skills or did some other amazing thing despite socioeconomic status. It's not luck. It's hardwork and sheer force of will.
I find it funny that on one hand, Rico advocates the use of librairies, and on the other hand, he complains about making poor schools better.
You do realize that librairies use public funds, and many of the people who advocate for the current way of funding our education system would not have a problem with less taxpayer money going to librairies outside their districts (or even in general), right?
At the end, this is another example of your "penny wise, pound foolish" approach to society.
And you still owe for that k12 education btw.
Of course I know they are publically funded. People try to use my advocating for them against me all the time. But libraries been around long before I was born and I grew up on libraries. Even now I still go. I'd fight tooth and nail if anyone in my area tried to defund or shut down a library.
Yeah that's why better education is essential. Then more kids can make these strides, that's more future business owners in the hood, more doctors, lawyers, etc.
Every year we also hear "maybe if they had better education" in reference to poor people making a way for themselves. The tricky part is, to many of those people, if you already have the resources then you deserve them and more - but if you don't well then obviously you need to do more and try harder.
We also tend to hear these same people talk about "entitlement".
What if it meant your child would receive more resources? Would you still fight it?
I agree. Education is definitely the great equalizer. But everybody isn't born equal, no matter what they preach. And many times you have to work harder to get again.
Every year we hear stories about poor kids that got perfect SAT scares, got into ivy league skills or did some other amazing thing despite socioeconomic status. It's not luck. It's hardwork and sheer force of will.
And some of your money is going to a good cause, attempting to provide more equal opportunities for the less fortunate.The inner city schools are already title 1. They are getting public funding.
And my problem is and always will be MY money going to things I have nothing to do with. We're debating this and I don't even have kids! But it's the principle of it all that irks me.
Mother Russia will also help him fix those approval polls just like they did the election polls: Those who don't approve will get hacked..... to pieces.Don't expect dude to listen to reason anytime soon:
The inner city schools are already title 1. They are getting public funding.
And my problem is and always will be MY money going to things I have nothing to do with. We're debating this and I don't even have kids! But it's the principle of it all that irks me.
The inner city schools are already title 1. They are getting public funding.
And my problem is and always will be MY money going to things I have nothing to do with. We're debating this and I don't even have kids! But it's the principle of it all that irks me.
@juliaioffe
Russian parliament doesn't see why Russia should have to give up anything to get sanctions lifted. Leverage - gone.
https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20170116/1485791747.html
It's almost like america has nothing to gain...
If we had to run a 400m race and judge everyone based on their ability, this is were we would all start ideally:
In reality, this where we start:
Those in the inside lanes will run a shorter distance than those on the outside, and all speeds being equal, those on the inside will win all the time.
As long as we don't reconfigure the starting blocks, all this talk about hard work is just masking the fact that access to opportunity is unbalanced.
But I'm not masking the fact. I outright said everyone is not born equal, that's a simple fact of life. And because of that there will be those that have to work harder to attain the same thing.
The inner city schools are already title 1. They are getting public funding.
And my problem is and always will be MY money going to things I have nothing to do with. We're debating this and I don't even have kids! But it's the principle of it all that irks me.
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And some of your money is going to a good cause, attempting to provide more equal opportunities for the less fortunate.
Do you really have a problem with every taxpayer-funded program that disproportionately benefits the poor/disadvantaged rather than yourself?
Not coming at you, it is what it is but I'm just curious.