[Jim Sims]

"Public schools are failing for one very simple reason, we reward failure!!

The public schools are the only industry in the world where if you do bad, you get more money, ie a reward for failure.

The simple solution to the public school problem is to simply reward the successful schools and shut off the money to the bad ones. Even a moron can tell that, after a while, without more money, bad schools will go out of business, that simple. If you only fund successful schools, you will only have successful schools.

Get the commies out of our schools or shut the public schools down.

Since getting the commies out is highly unlikely, I say stop funding public schools. Vote NO on every funding request. Its the only way. Support free and private education. Leave no child behind, in a public school."


Typical statements and a simple minded but wrong solution from someone who thinks they have succeeded in some facet of life and that therefore qualifies them to make pronouncements about any and everything else.

Spend a year working as a substitute teacher (there is crippling shortage - pay is poor and working conditions are tough) in the public schools and you will become vastly more informed.

Poor parenting (for numerous reasons) and the low value placed on education and learning in popular culture are two of the many factors that hinder our education system.