en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/943679 Comments by SophiaFreeman http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87960047 I had to go back to this ""They were able to help you with your homework?" bit because it also burns me up that you automatically judge people based on their education levels. I think that's totally wrong. What makes a high school drop-out less privileged than someone who chose to finish high school? How could I possibly control who my parents were, and how does that make me more "privileged" and thus owing society a debt? Why am I debted to society and "owe" the people you think are underprivileged just because my parents had a high school education? That's ridiculous. I disagree with your definition of privileged. Privileged is what all Americans are. . . do you not realize how wealthy even the poorest of us is with the rest of the world? Some of our "underprivileged" have cellphones, don't work and collect benefits from the government footed by the taxpayer. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:33:22 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87960047 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87959105 agreed Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:27:19 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87959105 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87958975 How do you make a living? Just out of curiousity. I think it's great that you give like this, but do you really think that government forcing citizens to give to particular organizations or people groups is right? Should people who don't support abortion be forced to foot the bill for it? Does the conscience of the individual matter to you? Isn't it nice to have a choice of which church or organization you will support instead of having the government force you to choose something you may not agree with? Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:26:19 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87958975 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87951483 How is that the end? The welfare queen is alive and well. I spent 13 weeks on bedrest in a hospital and saw and interacted with plenty of them. I think it would be quite useful to discuss the welfare queen and her counterparts. Are you scared of discussing that? I'm not. They are human beings, and they have been trapped by your very thinking into their lifestyles. It's easy to end "useful discussion" when you realize you are wrong. Why don't you just grow some cajones and say, "Shut up!" instead of cowardly backing out of a discussion you started. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:37:37 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87951483 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87943677 Um, the problem with me homeschooling inner-city, single parent children would be that I was not at all responsible for the conception of those children. Where is personal responsibility in any of what you say? What you think is compassionate is nothing but enslavement. Without the requirement of personal responsibility factoring into your philosophies, you basically set up a system where another human being thinks it's okay to be dependent on others. . . You set up a system of the workers and the dependents who can get whatever they want without working. Such a system is very convenient to the elite's ego who must always yield power over the dependents. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:55:01 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87943677 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87942872 I do not care only for my own children, and that is precisely why I went into education. . . because I cared about children all over the world. I worked in an underprivileged school, and there I saw children trapped in a cycle of dependency on the government and welfare. . . Their parents were trapped too. At home, their parents didn't expect more from them, academically or morally, so the bar was set low. People tend to perform to the standards we set for them, and sadly, children in that situation tend to perform lower because NO ONE BELIEVES they can do better, doesn't expect it from them, and UNDERESTIMATES THEM (as you do to so many American parents and citizens - obvious through your posts). That sort of estimating doesn't share a concern for American children. It shows a snobbery, an eliteness so repugnant that it is inhumane. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:50:08 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87942872 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87940190 "Common Need". Is common need a flatscreen TV and a new vehicle? Because I don't have one of those flatscreens or a vehicle less than 10 years old, and I know plenty who do who don't pay for their own groceries. I'd personally rather have my liberty and freedom intact than allow the government to make decisions for me because they are giving me all I need. You sound like you want to be dependent. Beta male, any? Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:32:41 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87940190 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87939531 The fortunate thing about Charter schools is that a parent can select whether he or she wants to send his/her child there. Academics aren't the only performance standards a parent might choose for his/her child's schooling. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:28:29 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87939531 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87937166 (last continuation) Do you know best for yourself and your offspring? Or does the government, supposed "authority" who is no smarter than you, know best? Government leadership and teacher unions are not the elite, but you seem to think of them as "better qualified than you". I went into teaching and also have a degree in architectural design. Trust me, the vast majority of elementary school teacher candidates are NOT professionals, and many of them are not the authorities on academics or character as you seem to think they are. QNetter, think. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:13:39 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87937166 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87937103 (continued from above) Compare parent-led public charter schools to your run of the mill public school where parents and children are held at the mercy of whatever the admin says goes. I do know what's best for my health, and I don't want the government telling me what to eat or punishing me for my own choices. (I don't expect my fellow citizens to pay for my choices either.) I think I can learn about plumbing and wiring and attempt it myself, but I'm not interested. . . I don't mind paying a professional for his honest services there. QNetter, I can't wait until the government controls every aspect of your life and some homeschooled, well-educated youth gets to decide whether you get the health treatment you need to live, gets to decide whether you go into the primo old folks' home or the budget-rate old folks' home, gets to decide whether you can drink the beverage of your choice or that the particular beverage will no longer be available because it's too expensive for the government to provide for you. . . etc. (continued below) Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:13:10 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87937103 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87937005 I respect quality teachers and administrators, QNetter, and I do believe the cream of the crop in their profession, deserves to be rewarded and paid well. Unfortunately, the unions protect those who are doing a poor job of educating our children. . . The best qualified (with the exception of the very brave best qualified) are fleeing from the profession and choosing other careers because they can be better appreciated and not so frustrated by the bureacracy and ridiculousness of union control. I believe I can home-educate my children better than what the local public school system can provide. Heck, I'm confident I can provide them with an education better than the local private school. Do some research on home education (provided by parents and caregivers), and see how well these home-educated youth are doing as compared to their peers. continued Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:12:24 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/kolson/2010/07/21/bad-news-teachers-unions-every-parent-is-an-education-expert/#IDComment87937005 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-to-naacp-chief-go-to-hell/#IDComment86997508 Years ago, my folks were invited to an NAACP dinner in NC, and according to my parents (who chose to attend out of respect for the individual who invited them), the NAACP had their own pledge of allegiance and so forth, refusing to use the standard American pledges, etc. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:32:57 +0000 http://tv.breitbart.com/breitbart-to-naacp-chief-go-to-hell/#IDComment86997508 http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2010/07/04/we-will-astonish-you-with-our-ingratitude/#IDComment84894441 No. It doesn't specifically say America. But any closer studies of Israel's history will reveal that there are some similarities between Israel of the Old Testament and of America's current situation. I dare you to check it out and do some studying yourself. . . it's history, and you know what they say about history and those doomed to repeat it. Mon, 5 Jul 2010 14:05:06 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2010/07/04/we-will-astonish-you-with-our-ingratitude/#IDComment84894441 http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2010/07/04/we-will-astonish-you-with-our-ingratitude/#IDComment84773372 We must never forget that these people who call themselves Americans are actually anti-Americans. Psalm 80:12- 13 These anti-Americans are the "boars of the forest and the creatures of the field" who do damage to our security from within the very borders that protect their right to do such vulgar and destructive things. Sun, 4 Jul 2010 20:24:10 +0000 http://bigpeace.com/pschweizer/2010/07/04/we-will-astonish-you-with-our-ingratitude/#IDComment84773372 http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2010/03/25/obamacare-signing-ex-con-at-the-scene-of-the-crime/#IDComment64100024 Geez, now I'm feeling real sick and dirty after reading this list. . . and need a bath like Breitbart's in that Time photo. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:31:38 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2010/03/25/obamacare-signing-ex-con-at-the-scene-of-the-crime/#IDComment64100024 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/03/25/time-magazine-profile-citizen-breitbart/#IDComment64098825 Thanks for posting the link. We will. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:25:46 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/03/25/time-magazine-profile-citizen-breitbart/#IDComment64098825 http://biggovernment.com/jmattera/2010/03/25/forget-all-that-hope-and-change-talk-okay/#IDComment64066105 Jason, thank you! Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:18:42 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jmattera/2010/03/25/forget-all-that-hope-and-change-talk-okay/#IDComment64066105 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/03/25/coward-russ-carnahan-pushes-bogus-tea-party-lie-to-media-claims-prayer-service-with-coffin-was-a-violent-threat/#IDComment64063753 Your condescension, sir or madame, smacks of the same attitude as that of the British prior to them being defeated in the American Revolution. Pride comes before a fall. Isn't that what they say? The worst violence done will be what people like you do to your fellow Americans. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:59:53 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/03/25/coward-russ-carnahan-pushes-bogus-tea-party-lie-to-media-claims-prayer-service-with-coffin-was-a-violent-threat/#IDComment64063753 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/03/25/coward-russ-carnahan-pushes-bogus-tea-party-lie-to-media-claims-prayer-service-with-coffin-was-a-violent-threat/#IDComment64063281 The mentally insane party gets a free lunch from the MSM. No free lunch for able-bodied, free-thinking-for-themselves people! Maybe we should legalize drugs in some sort of commune out in the middle of nowhere, all the old hippies will flock to it and be contained! Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:56:16 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/03/25/coward-russ-carnahan-pushes-bogus-tea-party-lie-to-media-claims-prayer-service-with-coffin-was-a-violent-threat/#IDComment64063281 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/03/25/coward-russ-carnahan-pushes-bogus-tea-party-lie-to-media-claims-prayer-service-with-coffin-was-a-violent-threat/#IDComment64062581 Why again must they go? It's not clear from what you've written why they must go. You seem very intolerant for someone on the left, dude. I thought you guys were all about tolerance. . . the party of acceptance and allowing people to think what they want to think, do what they want to do, and never taking it so personally. I guess it's just not true. You guys are narrowminded. Let's get rid of all the hatred. Don't stop with Sarah Palin! I think many folks here would love to see y'all get rid of Farrahkan, Rev. Wright, and all of your other kooks out of Dodge at that. You need to speak up and denounce your own kooks so you can have more people jumping on your own bandwagon. Get busy, Ryan. . . before you attempt to clean up our aisles, you'd better go mop up the muck from your own. By the way, I love Sarah Palin and what she stands for. . . she is a TRUE American. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:51:09 +0000 http://biggovernment.com/jhoft/2010/03/25/coward-russ-carnahan-pushes-bogus-tea-party-lie-to-media-claims-prayer-service-with-coffin-was-a-violent-threat/#IDComment64062581