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Article #264Re: private schools, vouchers, etc.
From: Jeffrey W. Janner
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:41
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:41
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In article <1842@airgun.wg.waii.com>, miller@hmsp04.wg3.waii.com (Griff Miller X7114) writes: > In article <1993Jan23.050143.18558@cactus.org> janner@cactus.org (Jeffrey W. Janner) writes: > >BBTW: Both of my in-laws work for a border-area school district & I can > >state for a *fact* that the number one problem (NUMERO UNO) is a lack of > >discipline & a lack of an effective method to enforce discipline. (It > >also ight help if more of the teachers/administrator took an active > >interest in the *kids* rather than just punching a time-clock and > >considering themselves as under-paid babysitters!) > > ...and the parents took some responsibility for their kids' discipline and > education rather than viewing the school system as a big daycare facility. > > THIS is the major problem with schools today. Everything else is merely a > sign that something is wrong. Anything the gummit does is simply treatment > of the symptoms. The cure is to be found at the base level of education, > the parents. > -- > Griff Miller > miller@monarch.wg3.waii.com < use this for email. > My point exactly Griff. At least there's someone out there paying attention who can think for himself (rather than just regurgitating what they have been told by the almighty pol. pundits of the major parties, etc.) BTW: Most kids start doing better in school as soon as they realize that *somebody* is interested in them, in their welfare, and not just trying to keep them in a room for 6 hours a day. Jeff Janner | janner@cactus.org No .sig yet...using the wife's machine and she's been busy lately....
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Newsgroups: tx.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!agate!iat.holonet.net!news.dell.com!natinst.com!cs.utexas.edu!milano!cactus.org!janner From: janner@cactus.org (Jeffrey W. Janner) Subject: Re: private schools, vouchers, etc. Message-ID: <1993Jan26.004142.19157@cactus.org> Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx References: <MCINTOSH.93Jan20143601@dawn.rice.edu> <C16I1v.1uMH@austin.ibm.com> <1842@airgun.wg.waii.com> Distribution: tx Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 00:41:42 GMT Lines: 31