03-14-2003, 03:09 PM
Quote:Investing in education, with the caveat that it has to be investing as opposed to throwing money at it, is the most important investment a society can make. We have agreed that there are systemic problems that need addressing. I don't see them being addressed well at all.
The most cynical way you can look at education is that you are preparing the next round of tax-payers for participation in the economy. Taking money away from E.S.L. (for example) is utterly stupid in that light. We have an unprecedented number of immigrants within the T.D.S.B. - not children of immigrants who started within the system, but children who came here and started within the system afterward. We need them to be able to communicate in at least one of our official languages ASAP, and the sooner we do it, the sooner they will thrive within the system instead of dragging on it.
That is exactly how I feel, here in South Texas. Exactly. :)
Great minds working alike? :)
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete