Replies to '11/24 Great School Debate'

It is NOT a FREE education.  I pay extraordinary property taxes to fund the local publc schools that my children do not even atttend.  My mother and grandparents also pay outrageous property taxes, and they do not have children or grandchildren in the schools either.  Public Education is not FREE.

You are right we as a whole are blessed and can be proud to know that all the children have the resource of an education. Unfortunately that resource does not always benefit our children. I feel for the students who may live in more rural areas that may be hard to draw good teachers or big cities that may be overcrowded and understaffed. I don't want to sound as if the teachers who take on the roles for those schools are not good enough for these kids. They are likely working extra hard to meet their demands. I think in many ways they have their hands tied to budget constraints and administrative red tape. But we are a country that believe it or not has to have commercials telling us that children in our country are going hungry on a regular basis. That seems unreal for me. One of the richest nations in the world and we still can't get it all right.  On Oprah I watched a show on different school systems, even ones not far geographically from each other, and the huge differences between them. Socio-economics shouldn't determine our children's education. If it is meant to be free for all shouldn't also be good for all.