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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t disagree that there are many, many problems in public education.  I have seen them firsthand as a teacher and a parent who had three kids in MCPS.  That said, vouchers will never be a positive thing for our country.  I would have liked a voucher for one of mine who we needed to pull out of public because it did not work for her and it was hard financially.  But....and it’s a big but...if we take money away from public education the kids who have parents that aren’t savvy or who do not speak English, they will just attend a worse institution.  The long term impacts on society would be huge.  We would have an even larger equity gap.  Maybe the me first generation doesn’t care about those other kids but I do.  They will be my kids coworkers and my kids will have to pay when they aren’t properly educated.  What we need is to reevaluate the entire system.  Find the inequities that are built into the system and fix them.  We can’t just let the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.  Maybe I feel so strongly because I am a first generation college grad that made more money at 22 than my dad did at retirement. If it weren’t for public school, I would still be in my small town and super poor.  Instead, I actually made it. There are millions of kids just like me in our schools today.  Let’s at least give them a chance. [/quote]

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