by Thomas Craig

Once again I am simply amazed at how the Democrats, time after time, prove to be anything but productive for minorities, yet they still capture the minority vote.  Two recent issues have caught my attention.  First, in a disgusting display of hypocrisy, the Democrats will be ending the Washington D.C. school voucher program.  This means that many underprivileged children who are attending excellent and top-rated private schools (such as the ones many Democrats send their children to, including President Obama) will now have to return to the failed public schools which continue to hash out students who cannot even name the three branches of government.  The degradation of all aspects of our society can always be traced to a healthy mixture of poor leadership and ignorance of the masses.  Many of our schools have failed and the same Democrats who insist on bankrupting our Nation by financing zombie banks, also seek to force underprivileged students to obtain mediocre at best educations in these institutions.  I wouldn't be so against this if the public school system was revitalized in some way.  To begin with, education, much like most things, should be handled at a more local level.  The thought of our children's education being decided on by the geniuses in Congress is a chilling one.  The other issue in recent affairs is President Obama's commitment to merit pay.  This is a completely foolish way to go, much like No Child Left Behind was a foolish mistake.  Let me give you an example.  In many schools, the classes are broken up into skill levels.  Students are grouped by their above-average, average, or below-average skill levels.  All three groups are given the same test.  How is it fair for the Teacher who oversees the below-average group to be penalized when their students don't perform as well as the above-average students?  What is even more ridiculous is that there are many schools that require Special Education students to take these very same tests, and they are held to the same standards as the rest of the students!  Special Education Teachers are being punished in a way for not having a student with a disability perform as well as a student in an above-average class.  This is disgusting and a gross mismanagement of our children's education.  Furthermore, we've all heard examples of Teachers and Principals changing grades on students’ tests so that their schools don't get penalized under the No Child Left Behind Act.  Imagine the cheating that will occur when a "merit bonus" is offered to an underpaid and underappreciated Teacher.  Mark my word, it will become more and more of the norm.

In addition to this, can I just ask the silly question of how the President intends on paying for this?  Or will we just continue our addiction to obscene borrowing and spending?

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