Re: If Kerry is elected...

From: Jim Yanik (jyanik_at_abuse.gov.)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: 21 Oct 2004 00:22:35 GMT

Robert Monsen <rcsurname@comcast.net> wrote in
news:ZJzdd.285487$D%.29130@attbi_s51:

> John Larkin wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 07:15:05 GMT, Robert Monsen
>> <rcsurname@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>And, governement wastefulness is a myth. Take schools. Everybody says
>>>they are totally wasteful. However, private businesses that have tried
>>>to take over have failed. Its *very hard* to do as good a job as 'the
>>>gummit' in this field.
>>>
>>
>>
>> The one organization that does consistantly better at education is the
>> Catholic Church. Oakland, California is notorious for miserable
>> educational outcomes, but the Catholic schools do far better than the
>> public ones, with about the same student mix, and spend about half as
>> much per student. The entire Catholic school system is administered by
>> - last time I heard - three nuns.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>
> Agree, but the point is that they have very deep pockets, and don't
> measure their success by profit or loss.
>

I suspect it's not how much money they have,but how they deal with
discipline,what they teach (*aside* from religious stuff),and how the
students PARENTS handle their children.They have a no-nonsense,conservative
approach that public schools no longer have. 

-- 
Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net

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