tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486020167848564517.post8942684456446695350..comments2024-03-14T12:28:32.425-06:00Comments on Doves Today: Spring BreakGlennishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486020167848564517.post-56215525248792343672012-04-08T18:00:59.008-06:002012-04-08T18:00:59.008-06:00When I began at community college, classes were fr...When I began at community college, classes were free. I actually think paying something helps people appreciate them more, but I think it should be on a sliding scale, with free classes available to those in need. <br /><br />We need educated people. We need to make sure education is available to those motivated enough to pursue it. I'd be happy to pay more taxes to make that happen.SUEB0Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301963922769609715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486020167848564517.post-87704377339581745952012-04-06T06:12:45.955-06:002012-04-06T06:12:45.955-06:00Conservatives like to think that college is for el...Conservatives like to think that college is for elites and only benefits the individual who gets the degree, whereas the truth is, you put in a like, a nickel, towards education and you get back a dollar. There are a lot of smart people that can use education to make this a better world, and why do we have to make that point? As the expression goes "if you think education is expensive, try ignorance".Gary's third pottery bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517401528128108791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486020167848564517.post-72332709356133132972012-04-05T15:37:23.307-06:002012-04-05T15:37:23.307-06:00We (at the CC where I teach) have been quite inter...We (at the CC where I teach) have been quite interested in the Santa Monica story, even before the pepper-spraying. <br /><br />The whole point of public education was to create a system where everyone had equal access. Charging more for certain classes is just another step on the way to privatizing education in this country, and another way to increase the already-huge gap between the rich and poor. <br /><br />But public education is probably going away. Communities do not want to pay taxes to support the schools or teachers, whether it's college or secondary schools. At my college, the number of students choosing to go into education is tanking --they look at the news, and don't see teaching as a viable career choice anymore. Perhaps when teachers get scarce, and communities are faced with the prospect of not being able to find people to teach their kids, teaching will again become a valued profession.<br /><br />Can you tell I'm bitter? :-)Cassihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058787761575567910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486020167848564517.post-35273111799828756062012-04-05T15:12:13.600-06:002012-04-05T15:12:13.600-06:00Yet so many people wrote in to say that the studen...<i>Yet so many people wrote in to say that the students deserved what they got, they were "spoiled brats." Others asserted that anyone who dared to protest policies should be pepper sprayed or even beaten up.</i><br /><br />Authoritarian propaganda has found a fertile field in this country. <br /><br />And neither of our political parties has the integrity to stand up to it. (For example, here's <a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/04/03/the_obama_doj_and_strip_searches/singleton/" rel="nofollow">our Obama-Holder D.O.J.</a>)<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com