tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post6581945971780599111..comments2023-12-23T13:25:43.770-08:00Comments on Rob Kremer: Would you sacrifice your children for the public good?Rob Kremerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13842508120324878364noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-64234251095713015832008-03-07T10:57:00.000-08:002008-03-07T10:57:00.000-08:00From my observation the majority of Oregon's publi...From my observation the majority of Oregon's public school districts offer a "common school" public education with all students treated alike. There is adherence to a "social contract" with all stakeholders cooperating.<BR/><BR/>In larger districts such as PPS, affluent parents are catered to with "special focus" and "magnet" schools offered as a way to retain the support of the affluent class.<BR/><BR/>It is the "iron triangle" among affluent parents, school employees and Democrat Politicians in the larger districts that needs to be exposed and disempowered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-58553726173501966512008-03-05T14:21:00.000-08:002008-03-05T14:21:00.000-08:00Looks like Terry and his union brethren (and sistr...Looks like Terry and his union brethren (and sistren - *snort*) will have to exploit their "human capital" even more to support the OEA's vendettas <A HREF="http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/08a0104p-06.pdf" REL="nofollow"> now</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-36123296330556373252008-03-04T18:07:00.000-08:002008-03-04T18:07:00.000-08:00Terry, To clarify your tripe. Your idea of who is ...Terry, <BR/>To clarify your tripe. <BR/>Your idea of who is an advocate of public education is pure political hackery. <BR/>It is far more supporting of public education to want an end to your union assault on our public education system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-64216774721319376972008-03-04T13:14:00.000-08:002008-03-04T13:14:00.000-08:00To clarify, my remarks about sending one's childr...To clarify, my remarks about sending one's children to private schools were directed to self-declared advocates of public education.<BR/><BR/>Those who don't believe in public schools have every right to send their kids elsewhere, just as they have every right to disagree with my notion of the common good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-26595615716978554442008-03-04T13:12:00.000-08:002008-03-04T13:12:00.000-08:00"The way to fight this Marxist mental disorder is ..."The way to fight this Marxist mental disorder is to work hard and elect conservatives to local school boards."<BR/>------------<BR/><BR/>Good luck.<BR/><BR/>As somebody who has served on a school board, that is easier said than done.<BR/><BR/>They are filled with liberals, moderates and RINOs. Very few conservatives. If you are a conservative, you really have little room to make a difference. Union contracts are locked in favior of the teachers (both the good and the bad teachers). If you want to take a hard stance during contract renewals, you better have a solid majority on your Board, with income streams that the locals can't touch (local businessmen and women who can be boycotted should think twice and jeopardizing their income).<BR/><BR/>Even fairly conservative folks will buy the canard that more money will fix the school problems, and therefore push for local options and higher taxes without any accountability. The other conservatives are generally asleep at the switch (apathetic), leaving the spoils to the liberals/RINOs.<BR/><BR/>Not to point fingers, but as an example to make, did the poster of the above comment (if he/she is a conservative) ever run for a school board? ... or run the campaign of a conservative running for school board? If so, then congratulations!! Good for you!!! My experience trying to get other like minded conservatives to run for school board, or even financially support those of us running, was not very successful.<BR/><BR/>As I said, Good Luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-55896817301298881692008-03-04T12:41:00.000-08:002008-03-04T12:41:00.000-08:00"We shall force them to be free." - Jean Jacques R..."We shall force them to be free." - Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778)<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://collectivist.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Collectivist News</A> blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-60302816186361176102008-03-04T07:04:00.000-08:002008-03-04T07:04:00.000-08:00Anthony:I think most normal people would be shocke...Anthony:<BR/>I think most normal people would be shocked at what is taught in the colleges of education. The scholarly standards are so low, and the politicization of the curricula so complete, that they are little more than teacher indoctrination centers.<BR/><BR/>For the most part, the colleges act as ideological screens. Those willing to suffer through the year of BS are generally the kind of people who already have the collectivist world view or are easily convinced to go along. <BR/><BR/>And the result is folks like our blogger here, who proudly proclaim how unforgivable it is to pursue Life, Liberty and Happiness.<BR/><BR/>Scary indeed. Good luck suffering through those classes.Rob Kremerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842508120324878364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-48288171289298685252008-03-04T00:17:00.000-08:002008-03-04T00:17:00.000-08:00Funny.. I am going to school to teach math at OSU....Funny.. I am going to school to teach math at OSU.<BR/><BR/>All Ed majors at OSU, including grad students, are required to take a series of "education core" classes. There is one core class that I have completed that came to mind after reading this; TCE 216: PURPOSE, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTION OF EDUCATION IN A DEMOCRACY.<BR/><BR/>The general theme of the class is education inequality in the United States with a heavy emphasis on the ills of individualism and classism that is present our educational system.<BR/><BR/>The instructor is also an admitted socialist; and he is the only person who teaches the class. I encourage you to take a look for yourself in the OSU catalog.Anthony Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07005537796756745548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-23021910722746858732008-03-03T22:46:00.000-08:002008-03-03T22:46:00.000-08:00The teacher colleges are the spawning grounds for ...The teacher colleges are the spawning grounds for this mutant strain of toxic philosophy. All the teachers have to sit through it, and it is an effective screening method to make sure that large percentages of the teaching corps are collectivist egalitarian Marxists to the core who care far more about moral relativism than they do about teaching math.<BR/><BR/>The schools will be cesspools of collectivism until there are no more colleges of education. Which will never happen. <BR/><BR/>I wish this guy was unique. He is all too common.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-79762693436620293822008-03-03T21:58:00.000-08:002008-03-03T21:58:00.000-08:00The way to fight this Marxist mental disorder is t...The way to fight this Marxist mental disorder is to work hard and elect conservatives to local school boards.<BR/><BR/>One way to do this would be to locate and root out current school board members who share this moonbat philosophy. Even moderate Democrats, who send their kids to private schools, by the way, would reject this collectivist hocus pocus.Oregon Realityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601501359287417628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12596769.post-80420310102493077922008-03-03T21:18:00.000-08:002008-03-03T21:18:00.000-08:00Of course, a high percentage of public school teac...Of course, a high percentage of public school teachers disagree with Comrade Olson's sentiments, as they send their children to private schools in overwhelming numbers.<BR/><BR/>I also note that his rubric only applies to those who are at least "nominally public-school supporting parents" and "good students with strong parental support." Apparently he'd just as soon the poor students with weak parental support go elsewhere. <BR/><BR/>Now, what was the part about hypocrisy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com