"Scott Weiser" wrote in message
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A Usenet persona calling itself KMAN wrote:
in article , Scott Weiser at
wrote on 4/5/05 5:32 PM:
A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:
Scott recommends:
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Hire another teacher or put the disabled students in a Grade 1 math
class.
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Oh yeah, I totally forgot about the budget surplus.
It's not a matter of budgets, it's a matter of social priorities.
Cough. Sputter. Cough
Did SCOTT WEISER just say that?
He's becoming...gasp...a SOCIALIST right before our eyes!!!!
Social priorities is not socialism.
No! But you want to force taxpayers to support social needs!
Put Scott in charge of the school system, and each person with an
intellectual disability will be mainstreamed with their own personal
teacher! If the school needs 483 teachers for 600 students, so be it!
It's a
social priority!
Well, only if they can afford it and are willing to pay for it.
Good luck with that!
I also
recognize that it is the taxpayers who are in charge of things, and if The
People don't set education as a social priority, they have every right to
end up with ignorant children. That's democracy for you!
Great!
Now howsabout ensuring access to health care for every child in
America...BEFORE your "a teacher for everyone" program kicks in?
I'm not opposed to providing public health care for poor children.
However,
if you can pay for it, or can afford private insurance to cover it, you
should pay for it. Only if you can demonstrably and verifiably not pay for
it should your children get public medical assistance.
Good luck with that!