2011 "Changes" - Wave #1

[kydonky]

Thanks Tom. I agree that in this day and age if a business were to discriminate they would pay the ultimate price in lost sales and customers.

But I think a lot of programs need to be adjusted and fine tuned instead of just being thrown out. The Dept. of Education is a good example. Yes they mandate a lot of programs, teacher unions have too much power. But from what I have see from the local boards of education they do need oversite. I have seen school districts be redrawn so that new schools being built serve only the a select few. Certain high comercial properties being assigned to school districts miles from the districts borders.

Just think we don't have to throw the baby out with the bath water.

[Tom523]

Thanks Tom. I agree that in this day and age if a business were to discriminate they would pay the ultimate price in lost sales and customers.

But I think a lot of programs need to be adjusted and fine tuned instead of just being thrown out. The Dept. of Education is a good example. Yes they mandate a lot of programs, teacher unions have too much power. But from what I have see from the local boards of education they do need oversite. I have seen school districts be redrawn so that new schools being built serve only the a select few. Certain high comercial properties being assigned to school districts miles from the districts borders.

Just think we don't have to throw the baby out with the bath water.

I agree that if the system were fine tuned it would work as intended. However the corruption in our current government, both local and Federal is so deeply embedded that fine tuning has not worked. You hit a nerve when you mentioned the Education system. It is not only broke but it is also rusting away. Ask the principal of a local school how many Rank 1 teachers are employed at the school. In Hardin county , there are very few. Why? Because it costs more to hire Fully qualified teachers. They are out there, unemployed because they are fully qualified.My step daughter just got a new teacher that is minimally qualified to teach and hasn't completed college yet. Teachers are hired before the job is announced. I saw this at the new Radcliff Elementary school. Nepotism in government and our local school system is rampant and so deeply embedded in the culture that people have become apathetic.
"The federal government needs to just give us money and stay out of our schools.

"A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government." - Thomas Jefferson

[kydonky]

Amen brother, Agree teacher union way to much influence.. Would you like 2+ months off in the sumer, two weeks at christmass, 1 week spring, and now a 1 week fall break. I'm happy when the 4th of july lands on a friday so I can get 3 days off in a row.

Yet our local high school has a dropout rate over 30%. Education is the next big challenge. We need to identify talent and interest early so students can concentrate on those talents and interests.

I don't mean to be rude on this blog, but when I read some of the propaganda posted on here its hard not to respond.