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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was joking with the "Yes, I am a socialist" comment, because whenever you start talking about social justice people get all rabid like 14:36.  Perhaps I needed an emoticon?

My kid goes to private school, because the state has not fulfilled its responsibility to provide good to schools to all.  I live in PG county.  And I'm not a socialist.  But even socialist countries have private schools...i.e. they are not communist.

I know inequality will always exist.  But I think it is the state's role to foster and promote equal opportunity, and if you provide some with "more equal" education than others, you are fostering inequality.

Not saying there is no role for private money in public schools (though I don't know where the line is) but I'm not sure allowing rich schools to get richer (even if they don't make poor schools poorer) is the way to go.
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Is there an emoticon for hypocrite?!?!?  You say that you are concerned about equal opportunity but...wait for it...you send your kid to private school.  To borrow an old expression, "isn't that special?"  Just hilarious! You think there should be equal opportunity and you don't think "rich schools should get richer" but you send your kid to private school?  Do you get how off you theories are from your reality?

Also, part of the problem with socialist societies is that there really are haves and have-nots.  You are right, there was a whole separate system for the politically connected and then an inferior system for everyone else (all the while this system was sold as for-the-greater-good).  Hmm, actually it sounds like maybe you are a socialist after all.  You want to be able to chose the perfect school for your kid b/c you can afford it...but you want to tell other parents that they can't use their resources for make their kid's school better for all the kids in that school.  Shame on you.  Take a look in the mirror and take a long hard look at your choices before you start telling other parents what they can't do.[/quote]

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