My sister teaches fifth grade in our public schools.  She does an excellent
job, and her students are very blessed to have her for a teacher.  I'm sure
there are many other public shcool teachers just like her.  I don't mind
paying taxes to help support our public schools.

My wife and I have five children and we are homeschooling them.  My wife does
an excellent job, and our children are very blessed to have her for their
teacher.   I'm thankful that we have the freedom in North Carolina to teach
our own children with the curriculum of our choice. We would rather pay taxes
and pay for our children's schooling ourselvs than to have the government pay
for it and mandate what we teach them.
--
Tim

"PAULA R. REICHL" wrote:

> [log in to unmask] writes:
> >On the contrary, I think vouchers stand for the notion that people who
> >don't use
> >the public educational system shouldn't have to pay for it.
> I am in a dilemma:
> On one side, I feel that everyone 'uses' the public education system.
> This is where the bulk of our future citizens are educated.  If we let
> public education fall to rack and ruin because the people with money are
> no longer forced to support it we will have an even more elitist society.
> On the other side, my children are grown and no longer using the public
> education system.  Can I stop paying school  taxes?
> >If I send my
> >children to private school, then I pay their tuition PLUS paying for
> >everyone
> >else's kids (with my taxes).  Rather than vouchers, I'd prefer that
> >families who
> >don't make use of public schools simply be exempted from paying whatever
> >percentage of their taxes goes to fund education.
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> >
> >
> >Wayne
> >
>
> Paula R. Reichl
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