Since the inception of the Federal Dept of Education the quality of
education in the U.S. has taken a steady downturn.  Eliminating this massive
governemtn boondoggle will free up badly needed funds that can go to schools
instead.  It will remove career beurocrats frm the education system and put
control in the hands of local school boards and parents - people who are
more likely to care about the outcome of a childs schooling.
The DOE is one of Jimmy Carters legacies, thanks to his incompetence and
caving in to the demands of the teachers union, another group we would be
much better off without.

JM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gates, Scott" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Your tax dollars at work


> While I'm not sure exactly how eliminating the Dept/Ed will solve this
> problem, I once saw a 100lb math teacher put a football player on the
floor
> for acting as if he were about to strike her(he may well have been).  She
> held him there for several moments until she got an apology and his word
he
> would never do that again.  She didn't call the cops, or the principal,
and
> neither did he.  When she died a few years back, the kid, now a teacher
> himself(and football coach, but we won't hold that against him), was one
of
> her pall bearers and cried as hard over her passing as any member of her
> family.
>
> Brute force isn't usually the best way to deal with disruptive students,
but
> some will learn their lesson no other way.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Lalley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 5:28 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Your tax dollars at work
>
>
> Tell me why we should be spending more money on this monopoly?
>
> Unruly Students Facing Arrest, Not Detention
>
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/04/education/04TOLE.html?ex=1073797200&en=362
> ad4e842b613a9&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE
>
> My solution is to eliminate the Federal Dept of Education.
>
> -Craig
>
>
>
>
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