"Not so meaningless now, is it? ;-)"

Well, it's now off topic, but still equally detached from the statement that followed.


I could say "because kids sports helps child development, the government shall not infringe on the right of the people to bear sports equipment".

So, would it then be that only sports teams can have sports equipment? Only children? Only young children?
Or how about people (i.e. multiple persons) can bare sports equipment, just so if/when they want to teach their kids to play and put them on a team, they have that ability?

Honestly, it sounds more like a rule that is in place to preserve a specific capacity, and less like a rule in place to assign a restricted use.
Otherwise, it would make more sense to replace 'the people' with 'kids sports teams' and make it particular to a restricted use. There's no need to even mention the people.




Ok, I think we read around each other.

I though that earlier you had said that Hamilton was in opposition to the idea of the lesser "1-2x a year assembly instead of military style education" - which confused me because I thought that Hamilton was in favor of a "1-2x a year assembly instead of military style education".
And now I see you actually meant the same thing I wrote.

-scheherazade

I don't think incentives would make much (if any) difference in the performance or recruitment of educators. Despite all the bashing done to educators, I've still not seen any evidence to suggest that they are proportionally worse than employees of other professions. Teaching is a very public activity with a high level of accountability. Between parents, administrators, fellow teachers, students, public performance, testing and grading, there is plenty of incentive not to suck.

If you were going to offer some kind of monetary incentive, why not give the teacher extra funds for his or her class? Money for extra books, desks, repairs, music, instruments, art supplies, sports equipment and other educational materials etc. That would mean a lot to a teacher in these days of ever shrinking education budgets. Or you could send the teachers off to one of the many teaching conferences that are hosted each year. A weekend at a teaching convention in Washington DC on New Orleans would not only be fun for the teacher, but productive for the school and students as well. The flip side of this argument is that the teachers with tougher assignments might be better served with extra funds and professional training.

Here are the 3 best things we could do to fix education:

1) Fix our economy/Fix our democracy: No small task, but it would be a miracle elixir of sorts. It would curb our war machine, help create new jobs, and in the process, provide food, shelter, less stressed out parents and stability for American kids.

2) Limit corporate influence over our political process: Corporations want public education to fail so that they can privatize and profit. As long as big money runs the government, it's going to be difficult to get the votes for a decent education policy.

3) Create a decent education policy: Find an intelligent alternative to NCLB (or whatever Obama is calling his redux) that students can connect with. Perhaps you could analyze the most successful education models out there and make a hybrid of characteristics that would best fit the particulars of our culture.

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Paying a bit more for quality is a good rule of thumb in all areas of performance hardware, be it computers, automobiles, or sports equipment. Buying cheap shit usually means it doesn't work as well and doesn't last as long.

Just picked up a Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W on Friday!

"Get rid of government schools already. Private schools do a better job at half the cost."

Not in Australia. Here studies have shown that public school students outrank private school students very often. Especially when public students go to university/college they've been found to do much better than their private counterparts (and the dropout rate is higher for private students too).

And the ridiculous thing over here is the government actually invests a fuck-tonne MORE money into the private system than the public system. I went to a public school and both my parents are teachers in the public system. While the private schools have brand new textbooks, computers, pools, gyms, tennis courts etc... our school always had to fundraise to build anything new or get new sporting equipment for example. And while we did have free textbooks, most of the time it was 1 (old edition) textbook shared amongst 2-3 students.

The major, major problem I see with especially the US privatising their education system is religion. Your country is already in the shitter because of religious indoctrination. More private schools, will mean more religious schools not bound to teaching regulations... which will mean more kids being taught creation over evolution, superstition over reason etc. And then you can say goodbye to any scientific or technological advances in the US.

I fail hardcore at proper golf (read: cannot hit the ball), and have zero patience, so disc golf is way more fun for me. And dirt cheap compared to normal golfing... common discs are only like $8 at a used sports equipment store.