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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    So far, online learning programs have been a failure. With the same number of teachers, it does far worse than in person learning. You are talking about removing the teachers to save money, and that means even more of a failure. Youtube videos will simply not replace real schools in K-12 education. Even in college education, they are much worse.

    There might be some hope with artificial intelligence, decades from now, but right now online education is not a good replacement for schools.
    And I am not talking about 'YouTube' videos.
    I am talking about live, online classes with live teachers for the tougher courses.
    And 'recorded' videos with instant access to live teachers for questions/assistance...for the simpler/easier ones.
    But, the class sizes could be far larger than in a school...saving money.
    And the gigantic amounts of money to build/maintain schools would be gone.

    Plus, no more busing worries/costs.
    No more bullying or school shootings or peer pressure or 'having to fit in' or dress right, etc..
    Public schools can be a nightmare for many children for these reasons.
    And that is ridiculous.
    And ALL of that would end with online classes (as far as school problems are concerned).

    I was pretty big and went to generally tame schools - so I was never bullied.
    But I bet you millions of children whom do get bullied every year would LOVE an online option.
    'About 20% of students ages 12-18 experienced bullying nationwide.'
    https://www.stopbullying.gov/resources/facts


    We have severely underfunded schools in much of America, and your response is to cut 10% of their budget.
    No.
    My solution is for the feds to GET OUT of the public schooling business.
    But leave an online backup for those states/municipalities that do not do an adequate job themselves.


    BTW - I feel the EXACT same way about welfare.
    The Feds should put a welfare center in every major city that offers free shelter/food/bathrooms/basic medical/Wi-Fi to any American who wants it.
    It would virtually end the 500,000 homeless Americans problem.
    But end all federal welfare funding otherwise (outside of medical)...leave welfare to the states.
    And have the fed shelters as a backup.
    Save taxpayers $100+ billion dollars per year.
    And every American would b e guaranteed food/shelter.
    Which they are NOT now.


    Sorry...I get carried away with this stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    The second part is where we disagree. You think America is spending too much on education, and I think America is spending too little on education.



    We have a shortage of teachers, and an even bigger shortage of competent teachers. Pay cuts will just mean worse teachers.
    Youre wrong

    We have had "worse" teachers for decades. They are overwhelmingly leftists and it's destroying America

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yakuda View Post
    Youre wrong

    We have had "worse" teachers for decades. They are overwhelmingly leftists and it's destroying America
    One thing about teachers is they are evenly spread throughout the country, so have political views that are evenly spread throughout the country.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    One thing about teachers is they are evenly spread throughout the country, so have political views that are evenly spread throughout the country.
    They are OVERWHELMINGLY democrats. Stop the foolishness

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yakuda View Post
    They are OVERWHELMINGLY democrats. Stop the foolishness
    They are slightly more Democratic than the average American, but slightly less Democratic than the average female college graduate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    They are slightly more Democratic than the average American, but slightly less Democratic than the average female college graduate.
    And they are all leftists. Filthy leftists.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yakuda View Post
    And they are all leftists. Filthy leftists.
    You really hate your local teachers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    You really hate your local teachers.
    Yeah I really do. They really don't care about the kids.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    You really hate your local teachers.
    That's because he's a commie fuckwad and terrorist supporter.
    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

    "Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    but slightly less Democratic than the average female college graduate.
    White Woke Women..'Karens' and such

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    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    So in South Dakota they do this thing. A bunch of one dollar bills are set out on some ice in a hockey rink. Then teachers from local schools are told to spend the next ten minutes trying to grab as much money as they can to fund their classes, while people laugh at them for being dumb enough to try to educate the next generation of South Dakotans when clearly no one in South Dakota cares about education.

    America slowly fading into oblivion? Instead of looking at things from a nitwit micro perspective, consider the overall macro perspective in terms of the reality of it all:

    The United States is perceived to be the most powerful country again, and you want to know why? Consider the following reasons why:

    The world’s most powerful countries also are the ones that consistently dominate news headlines, preoccupy policymakers and shape global economic patterns. Their foreign policies and military budgets are tracked religiously. When they make a pledge, at least some in the international community trust they will keep it.

    The 2021 Best Countries rankings, formed in partnership with BAV Group, a unit of global marketing communications company VMLY&R, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, are based on a study that surveyed more than 17,000 people from four regions to assess perceptions of 78 countries on 76 different metrics.

    https://www.usnews.com/news/best-cou...power-rankings
    Last edited by gemini104104; 01-25-2022 at 03:03 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gemini104104 View Post
    America slowly fading into oblivion? Instead of looking at things from a nitwit micro perspective, consider the overall macro perspective in terms of the reality of it all:

    The United States is perceived to be the most powerful country again, and you want to know why? Consider the following reasons why:

    The world’s most powerful countries also are the ones that consistently dominate news headlines, preoccupy policymakers and shape global economic patterns. Their foreign policies and military budgets are tracked religiously. When they make a pledge, at least some in the international community trust they will keep it.

    The 2021 Best Countries rankings, formed in partnership with BAV Group, a unit of global marketing communications company VMLY&R, and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, are based on a study that surveyed more than 17,000 people from four regions to assess perceptions of 78 countries on 76 different metrics.

    https://www.usnews.com/news/best-cou...power-rankings
    We are dominant, especially culturally. Then again, the Roman Empire remained culturally dominant for a thousand years after it ceased to exist.

    If we do not have a good education system, we will slowly fade away. It will not be quick, but it will happen. The rest of the world will continue to use American culture, just without it coming from America.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doc Dutch View Post
    Agreed. Shooting angry Trumpers should be a national pastime.
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    Only conclusion. Going to a Christian school causes you to be a mass murderer.

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    God bless America and those who defend our Constitution.

    "Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yakuda View Post
    And they are all leftists. Filthy leftists.
    Odd how conservatives can't seem to cut it when it comes to education/being educated. There's got to be some correlation there.

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