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I agree totally. Why isn't the fact that the schools are closed a major issue in this election? Why isn't on the front pages of the newspapers on a daily basis? We are sacrificing a whole generation of citizens.

In Canada, the premiers of the provinces are giving daily news conferences about the fall surge and what people need to do to preserve the school year and keep the schools open. It is in the news daily.[/quote]

American Exceptionism-  In the United Sates of America there is the unique belief that parenthood is a personal hobby, children are the  sole responsibility of their parents and we have certain guidelines in place to   treat them humanely, otherwise they are of no social good and have no value to society at large.  The only reason we have public school is b/c this is a fairly recent phenomenon and tax for schooling is grandfathered in to our social set up.  We are teh only society that feels that way about parenthood and child rearing but the truth is that Americans as a whole are pretty much the witches in Roald Dahl's book. the reason that our schools are so poorly funded is bc many tax payers feel it is not their responsibility to provide for an educated populace, as the  share of people who have children grows smaller, public schools will actually close. It is difficult for people to understand this but it was your personal choice to bring children into this world and they are your responsibility and no-one besides yourselves cares wether they are ok or not. I don't actually agree with this at all and think it is the sign of a sick society but  that is the prevailing sentiment in American society- your kids, like your God,  are permitted but they need to be as unobtrusive as possible.  The second weird belief that only americans hold is that: children are NOT a social good or capital for the engine of the economy (how the heck people figure that last idea is lost on me but they believe it)

No other society in the world holds these beliefs about children or the economy or parents, even countries with lopsided populations like Japan and italy and Spain are super supportive of parents and societies with huge populations like Pakistan and China also accept that children are important members of society and that supporting families is  the ultimate goal of the economic engine and that parenting is contributing to society. This is one of those strange americanisms like everyone should be able to go to walmart and buy a gun, no questions asked.  Everyone else in teh world thinks we are strange, exceptional in fact for holding this belief about families. this is also b/c we have a ready supply of immigrant and easy naturalization so native born americans hold no political or economic value. [/quote]

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