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Originally Posted by George W. Bush
Education is one of the few institutions which must be supported by the government, because without it all society crumbles. With state-sponsored education, those who would otherwise shlump off (illegal imigrants) are given the oportunity to be truely productive.
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I COMPLETELY disagree with this statement. State-funded schooling leaders to ignorantn and irresponsible teachers that cannot be fired. State and federal funding for schools is unrealistic because a federal gov't more than a state gov't cannot address the community issues that a local gov't can. Gov't sponsored bills like the "No Child Left Behind Act" are downright stupid. Their intention is good, but these issues are not federal issues, but community issues. Making a teachers equally responsible for students at the same grade level is wrong, because all students mature at different levels. Punishing schools for not scoring well on some state-mandated test only forces schools to teach the test instead of providing a well-rounded education. These state-funded tests do not assess creativity, which is the building block of the future, as long as it is supported by education. As you can tell, the biggets issue I have with state and federally mandated education is that it tries to create boundries in a ecosystem that thrives without them.