As CAR pointed out – you do have options. You are not forced to send your kid to a public school, unless your kid has special needs (not necessarily due to medical condition, but also due to socio-economic conditions).
You don’t have options when it comes to paying your taxes. You have to pay your taxes and some of that money will be used to fund the public education system regardless of your participation in that system.
I am not saying that public schools are outperforming private schools. Au contraire, I am not satisfied with my kids’ school and I am reevaluating options.[/quote]I never said we don’t have option. I just took offense to the claim that we have a lot of option. I’m fully aware of the socio-economic “special needs” you claim. Which is why I say the status quo isn’t working, at least for people who are not rich. It gets even worse when you’re an immigrant who are not fully aware of the options and the language skills to navigate the system. Which is why I say we don’t have a lot of choice. It shouldn’t be that hard to choose a better school for your kid.
I’m fully aware we don’t have an option for paying our taxes. But that’s where our agreement ends. The status quo is that our tax $ goes to fund public education system. I would much rather our tax $ goes to fund the education of a child. I place the child’s education first, not the system that educated the child. If there’s a better system out there, it should be very easy for parents to choose the new system that does a better job.
I’m not saying all public school are bad, but there are some really bad public schools out there and the kids there are stuck because of where they live or their parent’s socio-economic situation. I want those kids to have a better option.
