[fintstone]

Originally posted by 350HP930
And there are the looney right wing parents who think that the liberals, communists and unions are all participating in a conspiracy to destroy america through the public education system.

Tell us more about this bad curriculum of which you speak? Is it the sex education and evolution they are exposing your poor child's defenseless mind to that has you all in a tizzy?

Whether it is a conspiracy or accident doesn't really matter...the problem is that no-one is happy. Teachers don't think they are respected or paid well enough; parents think that many schools and teachers are incompetent and children are not getting educated properly. It doesn't matter if the curriculum is liberal or conservative. If I want my child to be able to pray in school and learn the truth about Kerry and Fonda and you want your child to learn about threesomes with sheep and the communist manifesto..that is our right. Any parent that thinks public schools teach inappropriate materials should have the right to send there child and the money the school gets to educate their child...and send both to a school that teaches materials they approve of. Competition would improve schools for everyone.