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Okay Will you win, we’ll shut down all the special needs programs in the state and let you and Howie run them for us.
Then what do we do with the other 650,000 students in the state? What do we do with the kids who are only there cause the law says so? What do we do with the talented and gifted kids who don’t have a pot to piss in and if it wasn’t for the school and the bus, they’d have no opportunity to develop their talent?
Damn Colonel,you sound almost like a Democrat,
What’s wrong?
You pissed that Fits attacked you and other soldiers the other day?
It’s amazing what constitutes an “attack”. He talked about their mission(s) being BS propaganda pieces(and most of them probably truly “believe” and don’t see it for what it is), he didn’t call them turds-I think the specific word was “misguided”.
Gee the ol Colonel is just “misguided” eh.
Whatever!
Actually, no he’s not. Maybe he started in a place where he was(I don’t know), but it’s clear he sees things for what they are now:
“Hopefully, we have finally learned that not everyone wants to be free. I’ve come to the conclusion that we would have been better off just flattening every city in Afghanistan and all of the terrorist training camps and then getting the hell out.”
here’s another one:
“Few of us like how things have worked out – nothing would make me happier than to have left Iraq and Afghanistan embracing freedom – sadly, that ain’t gonna happen.”
So do you think “The Colonel” views represent most in the military’s?
How on God’s green earth would they ever get a new enlistment if they were exposed to people like The Colonel beforehand, who is clearly seeing things for what they are even if when he entered he might not have been and had more altruistic reasons?
Hardly, in fact, I favor vastly expanded school choice just not the totally lazier faire version Folks tosses out there for his boy Howie. The problem with Will’s “success stories” is that the represent small groups of kids where the parents are extremely interested in their kid’s success and invest the time energy and money that not all or even most could or would do.
There will always be a need for “gubamint skrewls” and there is a place for a tax write off for primary education. Folks acts like both can’t or shouldn’t exist. The competition would make both better but realize that there are parent who could care less either way, they’ll be after whatever’s cheaper.
I agree totally with your first paragraph.
Thats the problem with Howie and. Fits.These “success” stories highlight schools where the parents are motivated and involved with their kids.
Wish all were.Sadly, thats not reality.
You speak as if you’re part of some minority that cares about education, and no one else does. Everyone cares. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t tolerate the wasteful system that barely educates or keeps kids safe.
Talented and gifted kids don’t need a gifted program at a huge school. They need one on one mentoring to develop their skills at their pace. There is no other way to maximize their talents.
You think the bus is the only way to get to school? You know they don’t even have seat belts, right? If no public schools exist, private schools could easily open up on any street corner, bringing the school closer to the families. They could also negotiate hours that fit with each family’s schedule. And for rural students, the bus is still an option. More options is ALWAYS better.
The biggest point here is that public schools get a guaranteed cash flow of taxpayer dollars. Private schools have to earn it. That’s why they are far more attentive to the needs of individual students and families.
My point is and always has been that there is a need for both a conventional public school system and the ability to take your dollars and go else where. The kid who needs the bus is just that, a kid who couldn’t get to school with out bus and yes plenty of them exist. Their parents could care less about their education and would only do whatever was cheapest – if you don’t believe those parents exist, explain the “corridor of shame”.
When I’m not playing Army, I spend about 100 days a year in high schools all over our state. I get to see first hand the talent development programs and the mainstream kids as well. Our schools on average aren’t that bad but when you factor in the schools along I-95, the number go down faster than a hooker in a hurry.
You are correct when you say more options is better because it forces all providers to improve or perish. However, there will always be a need for the default solution – a standard public school.
My point is and always has been that there is a need for both a conventional public school system and the ability to take your dollars and go else where. The kid who needs the bus is just that, a kid who couldn’t get to school with out bus and yes plenty of them exist. Their parents could care less about their education and would only do whatever was cheapest – if you don’t believe those parents exist, explain the “corridor of shame”.
When I’m not playing Army, I spend about 100 days a year in high schools all over our state. I get to see first hand the talent development programs and the mainstream kids as well. Our schools on average aren’t that bad but when you factor in the schools along I-95, the number go down faster than a hooker in a hurry.
You are correct when you say more options is better because it forces all providers to improve or perish. However, there will always be a need for the default solution – a standard public school.
Taxes are the inability to take your dollars elsewhere. Anything funded by them is a scam.
if you’re not paying them as in “take your deduction” then there’s no scam.
Thank you for spotlighting these schools. I have been to the Barclay School, and was so impressed.I also know that Glenforest has a wonderful reputation. Have you been to Sandhills School? They are 1 of 8 nationally accredited schools that teach the Orton Gillingham Method of reading. They are truly a treasure for kids with Learning Differences.
By all means send your kids there but don’t expect govt. to fund it.
Taxpayers shouldn’t foot the bill for slackjawed mouthbreathing racists to segregate their kids nor should they enrich corporate cheats trying to profit off racist sentiments in this shithole of a state.
The entire state of SC is special needs.
Wanna bet most of these little disabled students receive Medicaid and this school bills Medicaid for their special needs services/classes?
Well, we hope that Wil Folks is wise enough to move and set up a special wing at this hub of “learning” to be the professor of “new media”. Just imagine Wil interviewing a child about the needs that Lindsey Graham has failed on. Just imagine Wil asking a child about the lack of Landfill awareness that Tim Scott is silent upon. WOW….it would be better than a wireless carrier commercial.
May God bless these little wounded angels.