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[quote=Anonymous]Hey, grumpy posters (22:24 and 22:36 - now there’s two of you!  a treat for the rest of us!) – settle down.  I am the poster you quoted - if you go back and actually read the post you quoted, you’ll see that my kid is already in a great school – I have no dog in this hunt.  I was just observing that there is a flaw in the system.  Also, you appear to have missed the entire point about how as a result of the current system, there are fewer Pre-S and Pre-K slots for there kids that really need them.

Now as for the notion that no one should criticize the system – just start your own school! – don’t be ridiculous.  Taking the position that public education in the District of Columbia is above reproach?  Seriously?  And no one is berating anyone – at least I’m not.  But there is a weak spot in the public school system that is an unintended consequence of a great program (free pre-s and pre-k).

Also, do you think “starting your own school” is really that simple?  Well, it’s Saturday, I have a few free hours, the laundry is all done – I know, I’ll start a charter school!  Really, that fact that I have no expertise in education?  No big deal, I’ll look it up online – how hard could it be?  There’s gotta be a Wikipedia entry on “starting a charter school,” right?

Come on.  By repeating over and over “just start your own school” you just give the impression that you don’t want to engage in a serious debate.  It’s the equivalent of:

“Don’t like President Bush?  Move to Canada with all the pinko liberals and stand in line for a shitty doctor!”

“Don’t like President Obama’s tax hikes and gun control proposals?  Move to Somalia – they have no taxes or gun control there!”

It’s a rhetorical point with no substance.  You can disagree that there is a problem, and you can debate solutions, but if all you want to do is castigate people for not starting their own charter school, and imply that this is the only solution, all I can say is we have heard you – now please let other people have a rational discussion.   
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