Politics Thread

[Masterofreality]

The fact that George Santos, AOC, John Fetterman and, yes, Biden and Trump can get nominated and elected is the result of an uneducated and an electorate unable to critical think- making them tribal- that results from the US Horrible public school curriculum that has been ruined by Democrats and Democrat supported Teachers Unions with Biden Acolyte Randi Weingarten as leader. The US reading, math and science scores are lousy and falling further fast despite boatloads of money being thrown at them.

There, I said it.

[xuphan]

The fact that George Santos, AOC, John Fetterman and, yes, Biden and Trump can get nominated and elected is the result of an uneducated and an electorate unable to critical think- making them tribal- that results from the US Horrible public school curriculum that has been ruined by Democrats and Democrat supported Teachers Unions with Biden Acolyte Randi Weingarten as leader. The US reading, math and science scores are lousy and falling further fast despite boatloads of money being thrown at them.

There, I said it.

Is it though? How do these uneducated unable to critically think people fund these political campaigns to allow these people to get elected? By the time is comes to elections, you typically have two lousy choices funded by special interests and in some areas which are heavy red or blue states, one choice. The US Horrible public school curriculum is an interesting take. I take it you are talking about common core? I agree, terrible curriculum. Interesting though that the state of Ohio after receiving backlash about common core altered the name but kept most of the common core standards. The public believes itÂ’s not common core but essentially it is common core with a different name. The US is falling further and further behind in education based on parental involvement, discipline and what these kids are exposed to when they go home. Take the best ranked school in the state and the worst ranked school in the state. I bet the best ranked comes from a weather suburban area where parent are actually involved in their childÂ’s education. I also bet the worst ranked school is inner city or extremely rural areas whose children deal with hunger, drugs, violence, abuse, lack of parental involvement, no discipline and really no motivation to improve their lives. If you want to argue that Democrats have made this worse I can get behind that. To blame public schools because kids who have no motivation to learn, and go home to all sorts of trama arenÂ’t making the grade? Seems like a political statement and not addressing the root cause of the issue.

[Masterofreality]

I’m referring to the general electorate. There will always be nefarious characters in the background funding “ their guy” but now the electorate is too stupid to critical think to separate the wheat from the chaff in the primaries.
And I’m not criticizing the teachers, I have two PS teachers in my family. It’s the bloated admin staff and the woke college people in Teachers Union and Dem government power that has infused the curriculum with trash. Every major City and School Board in THOSE Cities have been Democrat run for decades. You see the result. Finally *some parents are pushing back.

[xuphan]

I’m referring to the general electorate. There will always be nefarious characters in the background funding “ their guy” but now the electorate is too stupid to critical think to separate the wheat from the chaff in the primaries.
And I’m not criticizing the teachers, I have two PS teachers in my family. It’s the bloated admin staff and the woke college people in Teachers Union and Dem government power that has infused the curriculum with trash. Every major City and School Board in THOSE Cities have been Democrat run for decades. You see the result. Finally *some parents are pushing back.

We typically do not agree but I 100% agree with what you are saying.

[STL_XUfan]

I am becoming more convinced that we are going to discover that George Santos is an actor doing a Nathan Fielder-esque reality show. Watching how gleefully he was answering questions at this press conference after posting bail was just weird.

If he is truly the chaos agent that he appears to be, I wouldn't be surprised to see him bring a motion to vacate Speaker McCarthy just to watch the place burn.

[paulxu]

Speaking of public school performance, 9 of the 10 worst states in the country in education are controlled by Republican legislature, with state departments of education. They all rank at the bottom in PreK-12 scores, critical in development. If Republicans in those states were serious about educational outcomes, they have the power to change it instead of looking for scapegoats. It is certainly true that the administration costs in the school have become bloated, but I'm not sure any teachers unions are the reason for high salaries and duplication in the administrative positions. For the most part we woefully underpay our teachers...which may be part of the problem scores are bad.
Teachers in China earn 44% more than the GDP per capita.
Teacher in the US earn 14% less than the GDP per capita.

Sadly South Carolina is among the 10.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...ings/education

[Strange Brew]

Speaking of public school performance, 9 of the 10 worst states in the country in education are controlled by Republican legislature, with state departments of education. They all rank at the bottom in PreK-12 scores, critical in development. If Republicans in those states were serious about educational outcomes, they have the power to change it instead of looking for scapegoats. It is certainly true that the administration costs in the school have become bloated, but I'm not sure any teachers unions are the reason for high salaries and duplication in the administrative positions. For the most part we woefully underpay our teachers...which may be part of the problem scores are bad.
Teachers in China earn 44% more than the GDP per capita.
Teacher in the US earn 14% less than the GDP per capita.

Sadly South Carolina is among the 10.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-sta...ings/education

Maybe they’ll enact school choice.

[xuphan]

Maybe they’ll enact school choice.

Are you saying those states don’t already have school choice such as open enrollment and online school options?

[Strange Brew]

Are you saying those states don’t already have school choice such as open enrollment and online school options?

Not sure if they have that. I’m talking about taking your tax dollars to any school you wish.

[X-band '01]

I am becoming more convinced that we are going to discover that George Santos is an actor doing a Nathan Fielder-esque reality show. Watching how gleefully he was answering questions at this press conference after posting bail was just weird.

If he is truly the chaos agent that he appears to be, I wouldn't be surprised to see him bring a motion to vacate Speaker McCarthy just to watch the place burn.

Either that or he'll just move to a place like Florida or Texas and run again as Anthony Devolder (or whatever nom de plume he likes).