tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post2636851874207368250..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: The Rich Pay Taxes TooDr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-91687937490017038532013-04-07T17:38:28.958-04:002013-04-07T17:38:28.958-04:00Kirk: you share EdRealist's bad habit of putt...Kirk: you share EdRealist's bad habit of putting words in people's mouth they haven't actually said. However, the quality of Ed's research and writing means he has earned some forbearance. You have not.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-67716830512907408662013-04-06T17:51:03.907-04:002013-04-06T17:51:03.907-04:00School "quality" is about student qualit...<i><br />School "quality" is about student quality. <br /></i><br />So it is IMPOSSIBLE to create a curriculum that will negatively effect learning. That is truly fascinating. All books are created equal. All homework is created equal. All teachers are created equal. All subjects are created equal. The time spent on each subject is also meaningless.<br /><br />Wow. Really, after you got that out of your mouth how am I supposed to take any thing you say seriously?<br /><br />How can anyone take anything seriously that comes out of the mouth of someone who can say what you just said?<br /><br />Oh. But I'm not giving "examples" am I? I need to PRRROOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVEEEEEE it. Don't I?<br /><br />Fine. Learning to read by sight word is very inferior to phonetic <br />reading and can in fact create dyslexia where it did not exist before. <br /><br />The United States has switched from phonetic to sight words over the past few decades.<br /><br />So I'm done. Not really any reason to pay attention to anything you say ever again.<br /><br />Bye.Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427283389001533872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-22107426069186406362013-04-06T17:33:36.786-04:002013-04-06T17:33:36.786-04:00Kirk: thank you for commenting. I detect, I thin...Kirk: thank you for commenting. I detect, I think, possible sarcasm in your reaction, so let's review a few things.<br /><br />School "quality" is about student quality. I don't actually know what that means in the rest of Bullis' district, but whatever it is, it isn't the fault of Bullis' students and parents; they did not create the "sewage", deliberately or otherwise. Do we actually know the true attitude of Bullis' parents (as opposed to their mandatory public recitations) towards immigration, "diversity", and the rest? Do we know how that attitude affects policy? If you have actual evidence for this, I'd be happy to hear it.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-67088087170926051332013-04-05T20:05:12.359-04:002013-04-05T20:05:12.359-04:00I agree the Bullis parents are engaging in class w...I agree the Bullis parents are engaging in class warfare. It's FUNNY to kneecap their middle class competition with horrible schools. But, as your have so wisely pointed out, SOMEONE should have a good education, and wouldn't it be great if it were their kids? Of course it would be. Now, of course, most of them have in the past avoided the public schools by paying a small fraction of their absolutely fairly gotten wealth to send their children to private schools where they won't be kneecapped the same way the parents have their children's competition kneecapped. Accidentally of course. It's always accidental.<br /><br />But the problem with that is they had to pay money to avoid the sewage they deliberately created. And that is UNFAIR. These charter schools provide a unique opportunity for them to avoid the mess they created and not have to pay as much for it. That sounds super fair and anyone saying otherwise is engaging in class warfare.<br /><br />I think we should send their children in forced busing to "vibrant" neighborhoods. You know, what they do to middle class people while they live in gated communities.<br /><br />Does mentioning how they cut themselves off from the VIBRANCY they create also count as class warfare?Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427283389001533872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-77375872777846047962013-04-04T22:52:52.031-04:002013-04-04T22:52:52.031-04:00EdRealist: a couple of more points . . .
"R...EdRealist: a couple of more points . . .<br /><br />"Respect for the law" and "gaming the system to feed off the public trough" are red herrings. I would be extremely surprised to find any of Bullis' critics, with yourself the honorable exception, who concerned themselves with either of these in any general way. The article's author was clearly motivated by almost straight-up class warfare with a racial tinge, as I pointed out at length. So sure, when in the by-and-by we set about abolishing public troughs like Medicaid, TANF, and Section 8, I'll see you your charter schools and raise you the rest of the public education system. But 'till then, I don't subscribe to any moral principle prohibiting wealthy whites (and Asians) from creating a charter school.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-91597542682456178732013-04-04T22:14:17.248-04:002013-04-04T22:14:17.248-04:00EdRealist,
Re: ignorance. Putting aside the fact ...EdRealist,<br /><br />Re: ignorance. Putting aside the fact that I've spent a significant amount of time in South Bay, therefore I have a decent idea of the demographics of Silicon Valley, before I wrote my post, I referenced CityData for Los Altos' demographics. <br /><br />I invite you to do the same. <br /><br />Here, I'll <a href="http://www.city-data.com/city/Los-Altos-California.html" rel="nofollow">help</a>.Elusive Wapitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825547465295622621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-34248820871354699982013-04-04T22:07:58.488-04:002013-04-04T22:07:58.488-04:00Ed Realist: thank you for commenting. It is an h...Ed Realist: thank you for commenting. It is an honor to have you take notice of my no-account little blog. That said, I should tell you candidly that you can come across a bit snippy with people even when they basically like you.<br /><br />Nowhere did I call you a liberal Democrat, and I know from your blog that you are neither of those things. Nor did my post make a link between attitude towards charters and political affiliation; yes, I am aware that support for charters cuts across party lines.<br /><br />Honestly, I don't think we disagree with each other on any facts; indeed, most of what I know about charters comes from your blog. And I might even concede that your recommendation (if I read you correctly) that charters should be used to isolate the problem students rather than as an escape for well-behaved students is a good one.<br /><br />But as you yourself concede (again, if I read you correctly), in the current political environment, there is <i>zero</i> probability that the demographics of that isolation would be tolerated. What then? The present arrangement, against all odds, does in fact allow some families to select their children's peer environment. And that I'm in favor of, by whatever means it is achieved.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-32570358000800867902013-04-04T14:25:20.250-04:002013-04-04T14:25:20.250-04:00You don't read carefully, if you think I'm...You don't read carefully, if you think I'm a liberal. I'm not even a Democrat, nor did I vote for the current president. <br /><br />You see the world a tad simplistically. If one opposes charters, must be a liberal. If one supports charters, must be an anti-tax Republican. That sort of thinking is tedious. <br /><br />You apparently don't have much respect for the law, or people gaming the system any way they can to feed off the public trough. I do. That, not taxes, is the difference between us.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><i>But then again, blacks and Hispanics aren't there in appreciable strength</i><br /><br />The first, yes. The second, you're ignorant. Read up. There are roughly as many Hispanics as Asians in Silicon Valley. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-75635725556228264842013-04-04T10:59:26.154-04:002013-04-04T10:59:26.154-04:00Good point! "Bullis Charter School" has...Good point! <a href="http://www.greatschools.org/california/los-altos/14281-Bullis-Charter-School/?tab=demographics" rel="nofollow">"Bullis Charter School"</a> has 29% Asian and 5% NAM, although I'm not sure if the article refers to this or <a href="http://www.greatschools.org/california/los-altos-hills/15008-Gardner-Bullis-Elementary-School/?tab=demographics" rel="nofollow">"Gardner Bullis Elementary"</a>, also in Los Altos. Both have similar demographics.Dr. Φhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-28013087886805761682013-04-04T06:24:28.152-04:002013-04-04T06:24:28.152-04:00Great post. Yet again, we see that the Left would...Great post. Yet again, we see that the Left would rather all be equal in misery/mediocrity ("It could bring a whole new level of inequality to public education”) than to have unequal educational excellence.<br /><br />Also, Silicon Valley isn't populated solely by white folk, but by a sizable contingent of Asians. But then again, blacks and Hispanics aren't there in appreciable strength, thus part of the reason why the educrats complain so much.<br /><br />Given the demographics of this school district and other wealthy areas (i.e., disproportionately white/Asian), I'm wondering if all this soak/penalize the rich talk isn't really a dog whistle to the racialist wing of the Democrat party. A way to cloak their anti-white, anti-Asian tribalist feelings in a veneer of wealth-envy.Elusive Wapitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825547465295622621noreply@blogger.com