Towns and cities should be allowed to return to the school districts they used to be in. Other schools should not be forced into districts that they do not want. Schools should have the freedom to withdraw from a district if their financial liabilities have been met. Schools should be able to change districts if they wish. The use of force, fines and mandates to gain the ends the state wishes should end.
Before the mandate, fines and force pushed schools into consolidation, there was some semblance of democracy. That is gone. In its place is the mentality that trading freedoms for money is a desirable end.
The concept of democracy in education is gone.
Two individuals, if alive today, would applaud the direction of the present education system — Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, the fathers of communism and total state control. On the other hand, George Orwell, who wrote "1984," would comment, "I told you so."
Gary A. Hutchinson, Carthage
In order to make comments, you must verify your account.
In order to comment on SunJournal.com, you must use your real name and include the town in which you live in your profile. A member of our staff will call you to verify this information. To join in, fill out your user profile completely and check the box "please verify my status." We'll get back to you within one business day to verify your account.
Login or create an account here.
Our policy prohibits comments that are:
- Defamatory, abusive, obscene, racist, or otherwise hateful
- Excessively foul and/or vulgar
- Inappropriately sexual
- Baseless personal attacks or otherwise threatening
- Contain illegal material, or material that infringes on the rights of others
- Commercial postings attempting to sell a product/item
If you violate this policy, your comment will be removed and your account may be banned.