Comments on: Does “belief in” public schools matter? http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/does-belief-in-public-schools-matter/ Random musings from the radical feminist Christian antiracist left - some having to do with Ubuntu Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ubuntucat http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/does-belief-in-public-schools-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-1443 ubuntucat Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:58:49 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/does-belief-in-public-schools-matter/#comment-1443 No, I don't think you're hypocrites, as long as you have the right perspective on things. Public school can be a good thing, but so can private (or rich public or specialized public). I just don't see why some people villify the private educational sphere and make it sound as if public is inherently better than private. No, I don’t think you’re hypocrites, as long as you have the right perspective on things.

Public school can be a good thing, but so can private (or rich public or specialized public).

I just don’t see why some people villify the private educational sphere and make it sound as if public is inherently better than private.

]]> By: Christopher Rios http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntucat/does-belief-in-public-schools-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-1442 Christopher Rios Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:55:50 +0000 http://ubuntucat.wordpress.com/2007/06/28/does-belief-in-public-schools-matter/#comment-1442 You're right. Just sending your kids to a public school doesn't necessarily count as support. Belief in public schools has to translate into direct action: holding fundraisers, volunteering in the library (elementary librarians can always use a little extra help), tutoring, etc. We are in a large urban school district and we feel that there is segregation at work even if it is indirect. We will send our kids to the local primary school, but when they get old enough to go to the middle, we probably won't because students are required to pass through metal detectors. We trying to figure out what to do and confront some of these issues in ourselves. We may even end up sending our kids to private or magnet when they get to be that age. We don't want to sacrifice our kids but we also want to support our local public school (primary and middle), does not sending our kids to the middle school make us hypocrites? You’re right. Just sending your kids to a public school doesn’t necessarily count as support. Belief in public schools has to translate into direct action: holding fundraisers, volunteering in the library (elementary librarians can always use a little extra help), tutoring, etc. We are in a large urban school district and we feel that there is segregation at work even if it is indirect. We will send our kids to the local primary school, but when they get old enough to go to the middle, we probably won’t because students are required to pass through metal detectors. We trying to figure out what to do and confront some of these issues in ourselves. We may even end up sending our kids to private or magnet when they get to be that age. We don’t want to sacrifice our kids but we also want to support our local public school (primary and middle), does not sending our kids to the middle school make us hypocrites?

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