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K-12 education is more about keeping kids off the streets and out of their parents hair until they are adults. It does a fair job of teaching the three R's but pretty much students by age 12 or so have learned it and the rest is not very effective. Some exceptions of course. Some students do benefit from the full 12 years but most would be better off with some form of trade or apprenticeship for the last four years. But once you are 18 and are an adult your free "babysitting" should end, don't you think?

#1 OneGuy on 2017-10-07 10:43 (Reply)

Is free K-12 Education also bad for students? It ain't free pal. I've been paying hefty taxes to fund K-12 for almost 70 years. My six kids went to public school a total of three years in that time, and I fronted the rest of each one's education in private schools through four years of college the rest of the time. Why public school for three years you ask? Simple. We lived in Los Angeles for three years, and 50 years ago, the LAUSD had the best schools accessible to us. Beverly Hills, near where I worked, was better, but you had to live in Beverly Hills, and we didn't want to live there in any place we could afford.

#2 BillH on 2017-10-07 11:15 (Reply)

Free college? For everyone? Given what the "students" are being taught? No. N. O. No way.

#3 Sam L. on 2017-10-07 11:27 (Reply)

Frisco restaurant patrons believed in fairies and unicorns, so they were all-in on the $15 minimum wage.

#4 Sam L. on 2017-10-07 11:47 (Reply)

Why we like fires.

I feel as if I could have come up with that on my own in two minutes if someone had asked me the question. They're warm; sometimes hot. They give off light. You have to get along with people well enough to have at least a little division of labor. Conversation is nice.

#5 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2017-10-07 12:55 (Reply)

Our home has a "real" fireplace, and my mother's special spot was always to the left of it. Every time she came over, we had a fire. On her 99th birthday, after a celebratory dinner at her favourite Chinese restaurant, we returned home for cake and champagne. Mum went straight to her corner, saying "this is my place". Yes it was, Mum, and still is. Mum died a month later, but every time we have a fire, I look at that corner of the chesterfield and think of her.

#5.1 Frances on 2017-10-08 00:01 (Reply)

San Franciscans Pissed To Learn Their Liberal Policies Caused A Wave Of Restaurant Failures

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There was also a move to institute mandatory tips of 25% in San Francisco a few years ago, not sure where that is at.

A similar increasing minimum wage has also killed off a number of businesses in Berkeley.

#6 Jim on 2017-10-07 13:29 (Reply)

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Saturday, October 7. 2017

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