For my Libertarian friends

Dean wrote:   What is a race?

If you live in the southeast USA you'd know that race is NASCAR:

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Ok, time for my questions to libertarians all around the globe...

What about education? Should the government help those who have the talent yet not the funds? Should there be public education? Do you think something like financial adi could exist in an all-private world? Should education also be something only people who can pay for it should have access to?

Do you love my questions?

The only death I have ever literally mourned is Milton Friedman's.

I think Rob is right in that it makes more sense to care about someone directly helping you than someone who has no affect on your life.

I think Equality is correct in that construction workers provide a service to society just as much as policemen do.

I think (in reference to the T's question) that there should be no public education and especially no mandatory education.

These are just a few of the things I think.

JJLehto wrote: The death you've mourned EVER, or outside those directly affecting you? Because if you've never mourned anyone close to you, but still Milton Friedman than you are dedicated

No close family members or friends of mine have died yet.

Maybe his name is Llama Friedman .

A better educated people is a freer people. A people without educations is destined to be somebody's slave.

I think education till what in America is the twelfth grade should be mandatory and the goverment provide it for thise who can't afford private one. College and beyond should also be a mixture of options, just as it is now.

What has to improve is the level of high school education here in the States. I am an example: barely even studying, I got an associate degree's with staight A's. I had seen it all long ago. Getting the BA has been slightly more difficult really. It's said graduate education like MD and up is excellent here in the US. I hope I soon find out. It's obvious that the best schools are great, but is it so the average?

I sure hope so! I'm pretty damn lazy and nearing the end of my bachelors, hope I didnt screw up too badly. 

The T wrote: A better educated people is a freer people. A people without educations is destined to be somebody's slave.

A people educated by the state will be a slave to the state.


Edited by Epignosis - July 30 2010 at 22:41

thellama73 wrote: The T wrote: thellama73 wrote: Bah humbug. I didn't attend a single day of school until college, made straight A's and am now well into my master's in economics. If I can do it, given how lazy I am, then anyone can. Home schooled? Yes, sir.

I have never really understood that concept. Is very alien to me. Who taught you things? What were you taught? How do you learn about things that would escape your parents (or whoever schooled you)'s knowledge?

The T wrote: Epignosis wrote: The T wrote: A better educated people is a freer people. A people without educations is destined to be somebody's slave. A people educated by the state will be a slave to the state. By that logic, a people educated by organizations for profit would become their slave... Helping with funding and providing of education doesn't mean the state is actually the teacher.

Heard much about the NEA?

I was both a student and a teacher here in the US.  The government manipulates children.  Granted some private schools do as well, but in those cases it's up to the parent to make a decision at least.

The T wrote: thellama73 wrote: The T wrote: thellama73 wrote: Bah humbug. I didn't attend a single day of school until college, made straight A's and am now well into my master's in economics. If I can do it, given how lazy I am, then anyone can. Home schooled? Yes, sir. I have never really understood that concept. Is very alien to me. Who taught you things? What were you taught? How do you learn about things that would escape your parents (or whoever schooled you)'s knowledge?

There are several different methods of homeschooling. The method I experienced is known as "unschooling" and it has generally been very hard to explain to people.

Basically, no one taught me anything. My parents encouraged my interests, and if I wanted to learn something, they got me a book on it and said "if you have any questions, let me know and I'll try to help." I studied what I wanted to and when I was a teenager my parents explained what was required to go to college. "If you want to do well on the SAT, you'll need to study X, Y and Z." I wanted to go to college, so I studied those things. If I was learning something my parents had no knowledge of, and had trouble with it, they would read the book and explain it to me. I had a keen interest in reading, languages and I was pretty good at math. My sister was schooled in the same method, and had completely opposite interests. She started reading very late, and hated math. If she had been in school, she would have had a very hard time. Now she has just finished her thesis for a Master's degree in art education. I am a strong advocate of this system.