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But what if the school psychologist is your shrink and the designer drug is paid for by the local board of education?

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2006 at 06:10:20 PM EST
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That's one of those scenarios that makes NO sense but it probably true, eh? Most schools don't have enough $$$ for updated textbooks or enough teachers. But they have enough for prescription medication???

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

by p------- on Thu Jan 26th, 2006 at 06:13:28 PM EST
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Schooling has never been about education, it has been about indoctrination, training a workforce/bureucracy, and increasingly and recently, just penning children like cattle to free their parents for work.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2006 at 06:16:50 PM EST
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That's a bit of an overstatement. And a great disservice to all of the amazing, dedicated teachers out there.

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire

by p------- on Thu Jan 26th, 2006 at 06:26:39 PM EST
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My parents are both amazing, dedicated high-school teachers, so I got an inside view of the transformation of Spanish schools into cattle pens.

Well, there are the side effects (like an educated populace and independent thinking), and there are all the people who work at it who truly believe the stated purpose of their work, but from a systemic point of view that's been the historical role of universal education.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2006 at 06:30:26 PM EST
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Exactly. Medi-care and Medi-caid would cover the drugs. It's actually a bigger problem with poor kids than affluent ones. There have been stories about parents being coerced with benefits and custody issues as well.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes

by Izzy (izzy at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2006 at 06:17:04 PM EST
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