So many interesting, provocative blog posts this week. So little time to discuss them all…
Children of the poor get tougher and more unmannerly slowly. In time, they lose respect for authority. Perhaps because adults are rarely able (or willing) to protect them. Maybe because many public authorities quite openly treat them and their families disrespectfully. Over time, they come to depend on “the streets” and their “peer culture” for safety, and they imitate the public swagger offered on “middle-class” media of wealthy athletes, talk show hosts, et al.” Deborah Meier at Bridging Differences
The Obama administration has announced that it’s going to see if it can get Democrats in Congress to not immediately zero out the D.C. voucher program, but to wind down funding in a manner that allows currently enrolled students to remain in the program through high school. Like a guilty teenager who wrecks the family car and then generously offers to pay for a tank of gas, the administration’s proposal is insulting in its earnestness.” Rick Hess at The Enterprise Blog
Every day I wish I had never gone to college. It has been the biggest mistake of my life. Sometimes I wish I had gone to prison instead of college. At least I would have learned a trade or two and started being independent once I got out.” Hernan Castillo at MSNBC.com. Castillo is over $30,000 in debt and working in a warehouse despite holding a degree in accounting (HT: Joanne Jacobs)
Government, in short, has enormous difficulty fulfilling its current responsibilities, coordinating its various parts, and accomplishing its present objectives. You don’t have to romanticize the private sector’s competence to harbor serious doubts that giving government even more duties is a formula for disappointment. That’s true in education and in much, much else.” Checker Finn on Forbes.com
A friend of mine went to his first day on the job at the United States Department of Education and was chagrined to see a sign on the door warning, “The door be broke.” That sign is emblematic of what’s wrong with education in America: our schools be broke!” Janice Shaw Crouse at townhall.com
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