>In article <3A770F71.48D6F...@bellsouth.net>,
>  Mike Owen <m_o...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> > And we expect nationwide to find hundreds of thousands of
>excellently
>> > qualified teachers willing to work for very little money -- money
>> > we often would not work for.  And we put them in lousy physical
>> > facilities, overcrowd their classrooms, give them no supplies,
>> > equipment, or modern books, and then complain that they are not
>> > doing their jobs.

>> Gosh, it sounds almost as if public schools could do with a dose of,
>> oh what's it called? Competition?

>I'm with G. Gordon Liddy.  Let us abolish the public school system.  If
>a person cannot afford a private education, they do not deserve one.
>Besides, educate the poor folk and you're kids will just end up
>competing with them in the job market.  I'm telling you, granting the
>unwashed masses the economic power that comes with a decent education
>will spell doom to the republic!