wjb@burl.UUCP (Bill Buie) (12/10/84)
This line is not blank. > but if you read the >arguements for free schools you will find that they are overwhelmingly >presented by poor, and especiually poor Black people. >Before you talk about the greatness of universal education, talk to >the people who are the supposed beneficiaries of this -- the poorest >people -- and see if they are pleased with what they have received. >utzoo!laura Citing the source of any arguement is effective rhetoric, but does not negate the validity of the arguement. If Hitler had claimed that clear skies are blue, I wouldn't disbelieve it. Yes, please, talk to me. I am black but am not poor, thanks to "the greatness of universal education". Without giving the net my family history, I'll just briefly say that my family would have stayed poor if it weren't for public education. My (and my family's) ability to go to schools just as good as anybody elses while we could not afford it has resulted in my now being able afford any school I'd care to send my kids to. I can afford the best of schools, but I remember my own roots, and deeply believe that my ability to afford it does not entitle my kids to education better than public education, if it has to be at the expense of public education. The ideal society provides each person an equal opportunity to rise to the limits of his own ability. It is also in the best interest of society that the most talented persons (not those with the wealthiest parents-- it's not the same thing) get the training for jobs that benefit society. -- --Bill Buie