Texas -- a failed state

[TwiceHorn 31231]

1 hour ago, Anastasis said:

Indoctrination camps with better reading lists and shitty athletic programs?

Ok, then.  The non-sectarian established private schools are around $30k/year.

What's the alternative?

[Frank Drebin 5611]

11 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Ok, then.  The non-sectarian established private schools are around $30k/year.

What's the alternative?

Homeschooling co-ops with University Models seem to be pretty effective with people I know.  Their kids absolutely crush it on standardized tests.  I used to think homeschoolers were nuts.  Now I do not.

 

[Anastasis 23390]

2 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

Their kids absolutely crush it on standardized tests.

First, we throw all the standardized tests into a barrel and light it on fire. 

[wildcat09 29212]

I imagine Ana's ideal educational system is whatever religious indoctrination the worst fictional version of Opus Dei would come up with.

[softlynow 1783]

35 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

First, we throw all the standardized tests into a barrel and light it on fire. 

That's all you have. Torch shit because something happened that you don't like.

Stop being a pussy.

[tx 3 putt 76285]

god help us …

 

[Anastasis 23390]

44 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

I imagine Ana's ideal educational system is whatever religious indoctrination the worst fictional version of Opus Dei would come up with.

I don't know what's in your imagination, but I find it hard to believe that it is worse than mindless regurgitation of check boxes to clear the system for college admission so they can go upside down in debt and still not understand how to formulate independent thoughts.  

[wildcat09 29212]

5 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

I don't know what's in your imagination, but I find it hard to believe that it is worse than mindless regurgitation of check boxes to clear the system for college admission so they can go upside down in debt and still not understand how to formulate independent thoughts.  

It involves that dude who whipped himself in the Davinci Code so it definitely doesn't generate graduates capable of forming independent thoughts.

[Anastasis 23390]

8 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

It involves that dude who whipped himself in the Davinci Code so it definitely doesn't generate graduates capable of forming independent thoughts.

You got weird shit going on inside your head man. 

[mchookem 16171]

i honestly didn't think this was where this discussion was headed. advocating for elimination of the public school system. 

 

 

i once again offer my sincere sympathy for those of you with children still in the school/university system.

 

ETA i have clarified that Ana did expressly state on the previous page that he is not an actual advocate of complete public school elimination. 

he thinks parents should instead take responsibility for that role, but he doesn't necessarily think it should be eliminated. my bad.

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 10:07 PM by mchookem

[miguelito 11209]

Fyi, republicans have been in control of this state for over 30 years. They are responsible for the current state of public education.

[tx 3 putt 76285]

5 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Fyi, republicans have been in control of this state for over 30 years. They are responsible for the current state of public education.

 

maga gqp - lies !!!!!!!

 

[mchookem 16171]

33 minutes ago, miguelito said:

Fyi, republicans have been in control of this state for over 30 years. They are responsible for the current state of public education.

 

[Evil Bill Obrien 3174]

 

This would be hilarious to watch if it came to pass, might finally rid us of Maryland Dan at he same time

 

[Anastasis 23390]

3 hours ago, mchookem said:

i honestly didn't think this was where this discussion was headed. advocating for elimination of the public school system. 

 

About as reality based as the lead in to a dear penthouse letter. 

[gmr548 16469]

43 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

 

This would be hilarious to watch if it came to pass, might finally rid us of Maryland Dan at he same time

 

That's what would make Texas look incompetent?

[mchookem 16171]

32 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

About as reality based as the lead in to a dear penthouse letter. 

i mean...ok. yay? P2025 is gonna cause some deep, deep pain for a lot of families, but yeah, i don't think it calls for the complete elimination of public schools, right? RIGHT?? i was more commenting on you being a proponent of it. somehow i never knew that before, but maybe it just never came up.

[Anastasis 23390]

1 minute ago, mchookem said:

 i was more commenting on you being a proponent of it. somehow i never knew that before, but maybe it just never came up.

Cause you just made that up. It had no basis in reality. 

[mchookem 16171]

8 hours ago, Anastasis said:

They can't all be bangers from outside the box. Our public school system is a fucking joke. Basically just organized indoctrination camps with some math and an athletic program tacked on. 

 

18 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Imagine thinking that it is the states responsibility to educate your children. True brain worms. 

??

 

ETA ok i had to search all your posts here bc this discussion is moving fast, i missed the line where you denied that. apologies. in my defense, i did ask several times for direct clarification. 

Edited Tuesday at 09:59 PM by mchookem

[Pancho 44429]

 

[DDD Dad 14238]

10 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Indoctrination camps with better reading lists and shitty athletic programs?

My high school had a pretty fucking good athletic program.  A-Rod went there among other several other later major leaguers.

Ever heard of Mater Dei?  DeMatha?

[DDD Dad 14238]

8 hours ago, Anastasis said:

First, we throw all the standardized tests into a barrel and light it on fire. 

Look, we do agree on something other than food!

[sasquatch69 581]

 

[TwiceHorn 31231]

10 hours ago, Frank Drebin said:

Homeschooling co-ops with University Models seem to be pretty effective with people I know.  Their kids absolutely crush it on standardized tests.  I used to think homeschoolers were nuts.  Now I do not.

 

Ok, great. I'm sure the great unwashed can do that, especially with that stay-at-home mom or dad.  And those "University Model" schools are missing from entire states and swaths of states all over the place.

[Rex Kramer 1301]

10 hours ago, Anastasis said:

You got weird shit going on inside your head man. 

[Cairn Horn88 8151]

10 hours ago, miguelito said:

Fyi, republicans have been in control of this state for over 30 years. They are responsible for the current state of public education.

……but….they do not take responsibility….it’s obviously the other party’s fault….and they have a plan…..yea.

[Biff Tannen 45491]

12 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

god help us …

 

If that’s not the face of someone who is absolutely going to drive this state into the ground, I don’t know what is. God damn simulation. 

[Dutchrudder 11110]

4 hours ago, sasquatch69 said:

 

Does that mean we are going to have primaries for local School Boards???

[Brisketexan 104532]

10 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

If that’s not the face of someone who is absolutely going to drive this state into the ground, I don’t know what is. God damn simulation. 

That image right there captures the exact moment of his spurting orgasm as one of his eyes stares at a child failing to be educated.

[Pam Cummings 9559]

8 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

That image right there captures the exact moment of his spurting orgasm as one of his eyes stares at a child failing to be educated.

I wonder how many tens or possibly hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars have been siphoned off into that guy's pockets? The number has to be staggering.