Tea Lover Denise

Since becoming an unschooling advocate, I have become so enlightened! I
just shake my head at newspaper articles like the one in today's
(Charleston, SC) paper:

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~ EDUCATION WINS OUT IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ~

"Toddlers to teachers will be affected by $418 million in new education
spending and a $1 billion school bond bill passed during the 1999
legislative session under Gov. Jim Hodges' leadership."

"'We had an extraordinary year in public education,' Hodges said."

"He listed initiatives including a 2000 vote on a state lottery with
proceeds going to education, the $1 billion bond bill for school
construction, increased teacher salaries...a program to help districts
start and operate alternative schools for discipline, and $20 million
for First Steps, an early childhood education program."

"Hodges predicts that parents will feel better about their children's
schools by this time next year, and test scores will start going up."

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That's a lot of money. A lot of MY tax money.

They just don't get it, do they?


Denise in South Carolina


From Sandra: <There is a lot of money involved in schools, aside from
just teachers wanting to keep their salaries. There's federal grant
money, textbook publishing, materials manufacture and sale, school bus
manufacture, sales and driver training and drivers' salaries; there's
the whole school cafeteria industry; school library industry;
substance-abuse education industry, and so on.>

From John: <Not to mention the big contracts for the construction and
maintenance of schools.>