[PRCo] Re: Political debate rages on

[John Swindler]

>Fred Schneider commented:
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>
>Neither am I.  I had 36 years of government service.
>
>I suspect that, in spite of how we preach our love for our fellow man, few 
>congressman (-woman) will willingly put money into a black school district 
>for fear of loosing the vote of their white constituents.  Until there are 
>more blacks than whites, and until there are more Spanish than whites, and 
>until we quit gerrymandering voting districts, this problem will continue.  
>  Woodrow Wilson isn't dead yet.
>

Sometime back in the 70s I came across an observation that race will cease 
to be a divide between haves and have-nots.  Instead the discriminator will 
be education - those willing to learn and change will 'have'; those not 
willing to learn and change will 'have-not'.  And it seems to be happening.


>That is one side of the issue.  The other is that I simply can not accept 
>the idea that every education problem can be corrected by throwing money at 
>it.  I do not agree with the teachers who claim we need to keep class size 
>down to 20.  (I don't think I ever had a public school class with fewer 
>than 35 kids in it and 40 was the norm when I was in elementary school.)   
>We don't need small classes, we need a return to parents who keep their 
>kids in order instead of blaming teachers for their own omissions.
>
>What the hell does this have to do with Pittsburgh Railways
>


Nothing, or maybe everything.  I dunno.

John



>Fredbruhn at aol.com wrote:
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> > BTW - I am not a fan of politicians.


Who was it back in the 30s that commented that "we have the best politicians 
that money can buy?"




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