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My normal visitors know I really don’t blog about children, public education, or anything really family related.  But I read a few news stories this week that have pushed me to publish this blog entry which will, undoubtedly, result in more stacks of hate-mail.  Whatever, I digress.

If you’ve read my blog on riding a motorcycle, you’re familiar with my “if you can’t afford gear, you can’t afford to own a motorcycle” stance.  Interestingly enough (right…) I feel the same way about education for children.

If you can’t afford to put your kids in private schools, you can’t afford to have kids.

Now, take a break from your KeyboardDevil shaped voodoo doll and let me justify my statement (or further anger you, whichever you prefer).

Modern public schools are over-crowded, dangerous, and seemly specifically designed to allow students ‘slip through the cracks’.  Just read the news!

The numbers don’t lie.  See if you can name a single official in our government (from the President all the way down to your local school board administration) that allows their kids to attend public school… Yeah, I can’t either.

Tragically underpaid, over-qualified, over-worked, and under-appreciated Master’s graduates are being crammed with 30-60 kids in a classroom, and thanks to your political choices, forced to teach at varying rates so “everyone gets a chance” or some such shit.

Call me a pessimist if you like, but I just can’t see the sense in throwing an otherwise creative and intelligent kid into that mess.