[Vision2020] NYTimes: The Uneducated American

[keely emerinemix]

I can't speak for Andreas, obviously, but I think his question stemmed from a belief that you might not really be a guy named "Glenn Schwaller," and that you might, instead, be one of Moscow's famous anti-public education Christian Libertarians.  

I can speak for myself, however, in declaring that Andreas, if I've represented him correctly, might just be on to something.

Keely
www.keely-prevailingwinds.com




> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:53:44 -0700
> From: vpschwaller at gmail.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] NYTimes: The Uneducated American
> 
> Andreas --
> 
> Quit asking silly questions.  Of course I do.  I have said nothing to
> indicate that I don't believe in public education.  I aIso believe in
> home education - admittedly, perhaps a bit more so.  I also believe in
> attempting to find out why it (public education) is suffering before
> resorting to only throwing money at it.
> 
> If I seem to be obfuscating it's because I AM bewildered. In fact I
> think the entire education system in a state of obfuscation since it
> is difficult to understand why, in spite of all that has been tried,
> it is still failing. Perhaps part of my obfuscation is that I have not
> seen anything else in this thread attempting to address the original
> issue, with the possible exceptions of  HDP Joe (throw money throw
> money throw money) and Nick Gier who suggests massive unionization
> (which I think means throw money as well . . .)  Admittedly the
> original tenant of subject was "The Uneducated American - Education in
> America, suffering for years, is about to get much worse
> thanks to cuts caused by the financial crisis."
> 
> So I guess the answers have been given.  Throw money at it.  Maybe BHO
> can toss a cool mil into the pot.
> 
> Wasted again in obfuscationland
> 
> GS
> 
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Andreas Schou <ophite at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Glenn --
> >
> > Quit obfuscating. Do you believe in the public provision of education at all?
> >
> > -- ACS
> >
> 
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