Quote of the Day

Public Schools too often fail because they are shielded from the very force that improves performance and sparks innovation in nearly every other human enterprise – competition.
– Robert Lutz/Clark Durant

Quote of the Day

In order to make possible to every capable and industrious [citizen] the attainment of higher education and thus the achievement of a post of leadership, the government must provide an all-around enlargement of our entire system of public education … We demand the education at government expense of gifted children of poor parents … The government must undertake the improvement of public health – … by the greatest possible support for all clubs concerned with the physical education of youth. We ... are convinced that a permanent recovery of our people can only proceed from within on the foundation of the common good before the individual good.
– From the political program of the Nazi Party, adopted in Munich, February 24, 1920

Quote of the Day

Public schools are government-established, politician- and bureaucrat-controlled, fully politicized, taxpayer-supported, authoritarian socialist institutions. In fact, the public-school system is one of the purest examples of socialism existing in America.
– Thomas L. Johnson

Quote of the Day

In our government-controlled schools we are taught that Lincoln was our greatest president because his war ended slavery and saved the Union. As usual, the other side of the story – the side that reflects poorly on the government – somehow gets lost.
– Richard J. Maybury

Quote of the Day

There are three things which I do not want the government choosing for me: my doctor, my school, and my God.
– Doug Newman

Quote of the Day (Scary)

In 1940, teachers were asked what they regarded as the three major problems in American schools. They identified the three major problems as: Littering, noise, and chewing gum. Teachers last year were asked what the three major problems in American schools were, and they defined them as: Rape, assault, and suicide.
– William Bennett (1993)

Quote of the Day

Historically, much of the motivation for public schooling has been to stifle variety and institute social control.
– Jack Hugh

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First, God created idiots. That was just for practice. Then He created school boards.
– Mark Twain

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If the only motive was to help people who could not afford education, advocates of government involvement would have simply proposed tuition subsidies.
– Milton Friedman

Education

I've decided that October is going to be "Education Month" on my little blog here. So I'm going to start off with a link to a speech that I found to be rather compelling.

Here I Stand

As the girl who gave this speech says; this is not to insult those who are trying so hard to educate within the system we are speaking against. I believe that anyone whose heart is in the right place (thinking about what's best for the children) would agree that the current school system in America is ridiculously flawed.