tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980269.post1771325965935289248..comments2023-10-21T07:24:52.604-05:00Comments on Fat Jack's Erratic Rants: IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME …Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980269.post-77806639891194417702009-02-08T14:29:00.000-06:002009-02-08T14:29:00.000-06:00The problem is, you see, we got a whole bunch of k...The problem is, you see, we got a whole bunch of kids who would rather play guitar hero than a real guitar.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to write on this, how this comment, while it is only one sentence, one thought, less than one paragraph, is the result of about 60 years of thought and experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980269.post-88601972605757366422009-02-08T12:07:00.000-06:002009-02-08T12:07:00.000-06:00Very interesting. How systemic is this problem th...Very interesting. How systemic is this problem that you describe? I haven't ever observed anyone in that circumstance, but I cannot say that my personal observations are by any means broad.<BR/><BR/>I think that the solution to education is the same, whether it is the institution that is failing because of bad management, or it is simply bad parenting. Parents must have responsibility for their children's education. How can children be educated against their parents' wishes? Or even educated when the parents just can't seem to care? <BR/><BR/>In my estimation, it isn't sufficient to force children to go to school. If you want to break the cycle of poverty, you have to reform entire households. You cannot do that against people's will. You have to make it something that people are willing to fight to accomplish. Christians are completely failing their neighbors in this and many other areas, and the attitude that education is a government provided right hinders both the charitable, and the needy. The charitable think that the problem is covered by government, and the needy are too proud to admit that they must have help.<BR/><BR/>The next major phase in education in america must be the private charitable schools that see it as their mission to take whole families into their care and teach them to be better parents and to educate the children. The government cannot accomplish this in a fair and equitable way, so it must be left up to private schools or even home schooling groups.<BR/><BR/>As to Mark Slouka's article, I will read it in it's full version instead of just excerpts and see if his intentions were misconstrued.Jeremy D. Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06005090849332175472noreply@blogger.com