11-17-2018, 12:22 PM
(11-17-2018, 11:57 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: I don't even vote for local parcel taxes anymore because I want to see all districts funded equally. But in my district parcel taxes always get 2/3 vote anyway and they are well-funded and perform well. I get their mailings and they seem to be proud of their accomplishments.
My sister, back in the 70s, attending the University of Massachusetts at the time, had to listen to a black girl saying how lousy the local Rockland MA school system was. Naturally, Sally pointed out she had a 4.0 average at Zoo Mass, that how good a school was depended on how much work one was willing to put into it. The instructors in suburban Rockland would work if a kid was putting some effort into it, but often would let kids not trying go. You couldn't help a kid who was not trying.
But I would tend to agree. While I never married, never had kids, I never begrudged the spending and taxes required to give kids the same chance I had back in the day. You can lead a horse to water, and I made sure there was lots of water available. I'm not so pushy on making the horse drink.
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