tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post5912835080135675512..comments2024-02-27T15:47:47.923-05:00Comments on Principled Perspectives: Letter: ‘Vouchers Will Hurt Public Schools.’ So?principled perspectiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-82275423208334274202018-04-25T23:03:08.748-04:002018-04-25T23:03:08.748-04:00I mentioned one of the educational needs not addre...I mentioned one of the educational needs not addressed by government (public) schools: civics.<br /><br />Since June, 1962, I've not seen the inside of a K-12 classroom nor been directly concerned with one, since I've never had any kids nor have tried to put any other kids thru school, and I've never independently researched the issue in an intellectual, scholarly way. So, I'm a second hander on all this, even regarding civics. I just take the say so of anybody I consider credible by my own judgment in the context of a grossly deteriorating culture, starting at an already very low point to which I was lethally exposed, in my time, namely, the leading Objectivists going back to, and including, Ayn Rand. I take their say so. (But I don't always take their solution, education, as always fully adequate.)<br /><br />If Objectivist say government schools de-emphasize not just civics, but also the three R's, math, science, classics, reading, etc. in favor of, in two words, social adjustment, I believe them, in the context of our grossly deteriorated culture to which I was lethally exposed. Am I wrong?<br /><br />But, I go by my own withers as to the ultimate (basic) nature of the cultural deterioration and as to what needs to be done about it. Something more than education is needed. Again, am I wrong, I ask, without specifying what I mean by something more? On both counts, I don't think I'm wrong, but I'm open to looking at reasonable arguments one way or the other.Mike Kevittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-39290961624672864472018-04-25T10:09:41.240-04:002018-04-25T10:09:41.240-04:00BURR: Thanks for the encouraging comments.
As to...<b>BURR</b>: Thanks for the encouraging comments. <br /><br />As to those arguing that "public education came to be precisely because of educational needs not addressed by private education," my answer is: Go ahead, address it. In a free market, or even a semi-free market of universal school choice, who could stop you? One of the best features of a fully free and private education market is precisely to allow education entrepreneurs to identify unmet needs and offer new and innovative solutions. Everyone should be free to implement their ideas — <i> by voluntary consent and agreement </i>. The minute someone decides to use government force to impose and pay for her “solution” to what <i>she</i> has decided are unmet educational needs, she is denying to others with different ideas the same freedom: She is defeating the very purpose by which she defends public education.. <br /><br /><b>MIKE</b>: Good point. What about the educational needs not addressed by public education?principled perspectiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-7172065012445116812018-04-24T17:00:21.836-04:002018-04-24T17:00:21.836-04:00The "educational needs" not addressed by...The "educational needs" not addressed by private education are the collectivist indoctrination of students. Those are the "needs" of advocates of government schools. It's government schools which don't address educational needs, such as civics.Mike Kevittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-11226279370578802432018-04-23T13:35:10.297-04:002018-04-23T13:35:10.297-04:00As always, you present a coherent argument for the...As always, you present a coherent argument for the libertarian view, in this case against the exclusive funding of public education over private alternatives.<br /><br />We published a link to your article. As might be expected from a left of center site, there was articulate disagreement.<br /><br />The thrust of that opposing argument is that public education came to be precisely because of educational needs not addressed by private education.<br /><br />I like your habit of publishing views with which you disagree, alongside your reasons for disagreeing. We try to follow your good example.<br />Burr Deminghttp://fairandunbalanced.com/?p=10762noreply@blogger.com