That guy looks like he always beats his wife for enjoying sex.
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So he probably "thinks": "school did not work for me, why waste money on other having a chance?"
I don't know the guy in question, but the more likely conservative mindset is "why bother educating the unwashed masses? It's a waste of resources when we could instead keep them ignorant, under our thumbs, and working in our factories for next to nothing. We'll just make sure that education is available for people who can pay for it (us)."
Taliban has made their country shittier than republicans have made america and god dammit they're not losing that battle anymore.
Republicans, pro-stupid since 1980!
It is what keeps them in power, after all.
Fine, just murder it already. Sorry we wanted society to have enlightenment. Sorry that got in the way of your insatiable greed.
And religious indoctrination.
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
~~Ignorance is Bliss!~~
"Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." Thomas Gray [TIL]
FUCK ALL THE WAY OFF, SOUTH DAKOTA.
You're a deadbeat state.
The federal share of South Dakota's state budget has been above 40% since 2021, when it spiked to 56%.
The federal government provides aid to states and local governments in the form of grants for programs like education, transportation, and Medicaid.
If the feds ever pays more than half of a states budget that state should immediately have all standing politicians removed and replaced with a temp government while the Fed undoes whatever garbage policies caused that
In the meantime that state and it's citizens don't get representation, they didn't fucking pay the membership dues to the union
No taxation without representation works the other way
100% agreed
Any bets on how far US will fall in global rankings? I am guessing maybe two or three places in the next five years
Why do some people think that smart immigrants would want to come to the US if the general population is hard to deal with? What part of quality of life do they not understand?
Okay, let’s take some prosaic examples.
— H1-B visa man goes to a restaurant. Restaurant staff are racists, QOL degrades, H1-B visa man rethinks staying long term in the U.S.
— H1-B visa man enrolls children in private school. Private school staff is religious fundies, and education at a public level would be cheaper and better in another country. QOL degrades, H1-B visa man decides to move from the U.S.
For most skilled immigrants the calculus is based around money and what they get out of it, you shouldn’t expect there’s any intrinsic worth to staying in the U.S. if standards are shit and qualify of life degrades.
So in simple terms, you’ll have dumber people on average in house and smarter people on average in other countries.
Hell, who is going to want to come study in the US on a visa if we have mass deportations going on? It’s a pretty safe bet that many of those visa holders will get stopped and challenged multiple times by roaming gangs of thugs looking for illegal immigrants to haul away. And it’s also a pretty safe bet that some of them will simply claim the visas are fake or otherwise invalid and make those students lives miserable as they try to sort things out.
Pros/Cons:
-No more student loans
-No more endless IEP reports
-No more standardized education criteria
Thoughts?
IEP ensure that all children receive a free and appropriate public education in the least restricted way possible. Unless you want kids with special needs just shoved in a special education classroom until their 18, they are absolutely necessary.
As a parent of a child with special needs, all of this scares the crap out of me. The second the department of education is gone so will the enforcement of the IDEA act. And that is the only thing keeping states like the one I live in from providing these services. It is already hard enough to get schools to do what they are supposed to. I've had to threaten a lawsuit against ours, and it's one of the better school districts.
The second they don't have to provide for these kids they will shove them in the deepest darkest hole and leave them there until they age out.
IEP is necessary for kids with special needs.
It provides clear and protected guidelines which allow a kid with physical disabilities like being born missing 8 fingers to be allowed something like a tablet to write out essays through dictation rather than be forced to try keep up with children without such challenges in writing said essays with pen and paper when their ability to come up with an answer has nothing to do with their ability to wiggle a writing instrument upon the surface of card stock.
No (white, straight, christian, able bodied) child left behind.
I think you already know people thoughts on these.
I thought so, then they voted for Trump. Did they actually want this or did they not know?
Critics warn this could undermine protections for students with disabilities and marginalized groups.
Meanwhile Republicans:
At first I thought, "ok they've got their mind made up no matter what, nothing can convince them" Then I realized it meant they were enjoying marginalized students being at a bigger disadvantage. Clever panel.
Trump (and Republicans) love the poorly educated. This is all part of their plan to keep people stupid so they're easily manipulated, thus keeping the GOP in power.
This is all part of their plan to keep people stupid
and poor from unplanned pregnancies they don't want and can't abort, and future unplanned pregnancies due to lack of contraceptives.
fuck every republican who voted for this.
fuck every republican ~~who voted for this~~.
Not even if I wasn't ace.
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This is the chance for one underpaid government tech worker to delete the wrong folder in the transfer and erase the debt
It makes for a good movie plot, but there are likely backups, etc. that could be recovered fairly easily.
well, duh. it's the natural progression of the gops war on education theyve been waging since the 60s. turns out it's way easier to get people to vote for you if you master propaganda and refuse to teach people critical thought.
They done great job too. Not only does my mega family now believe that moon landing was faked, but that the earth is flat. Seriously they are getting dumber by the second. All based on where they get their information.
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Let's think this through... The US Department of Education's functions are primarily:
- Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education and distributing as well as monitoring those funds.
- Collecting data on America's schools and disseminating research.
- Focusing national attention on key educational issues.
- Prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education)
Regarding #1, blue states don't receive nearly as much in financial aid for schools as red states. So abolishing the DOE will reduce the tax burden on citizens living in blue states, at the expense of schools in red states.
Regarding #2, without the DOE compiling this information, it will be up to schools themselves and private research organizations. Badly-performing, severely under-funded schools in red states will, of course, not be able to. Not that they would want to anyway, because without federal assistance, these schools will be in a state of collapse.
Regarding #3, blue states will just focus attention on key educational issues for themselves, while red states focus on fixing their problems by getting bibles into classrooms.
Regarding #4, red states will rapidly descend into systematic discrimination again.
End result: No one will want to hire "graduates" from red states.
This is a self-own of astonishing proportions. The blue states that don't heavily depend on the DOE will manage, while the educational infrastructure in the red states completely falls apart. And businesses in need of skilled employees who can, y'know, read will recruit primarily in blue states.
And the leopards will roam freely through the streets of MAGA-America, feasting on faces in unprecedented numbers.
As a teacher, I have a really strong aversion to framing this as a simple battle between states.
What you're talking about may well come to pass, but in reality what it means is that an entire generation of children in poor states -- through no fault of their own, but solely because of the geography of their birth -- will be woefully undereducated and therefore not competitive in the university admissions process or the job market.
Whatever face-feasting-leopard karma we think the adults who voted for Republicans might deserve, their children should have the right to a proper education rather than be saddled with a legacy of poverty and ignorance. And in your scenario it's apparently going to be up to the blue states to care enough about these kids to help ensure their rights.
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Why would you believe taxes will be reduced? We gave fascists power, they don't have to negotiate anymore.
Fair point, but since they're planning to basically obliterate the IRS, who is going to check that you've paid your federal taxes?
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Ok yes I’m concerned about marginalized and disabled students, but I’m mostly concerned about Americans being too damn dumb already
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These people are just such pieces of shit. They truly want to destroy this country and give a decisive lead to the likes of China.
Letting states like Texas run rampant with teaching total bullshit like creationism without any restraint whatsoever is going to further down this country and we might as well cede all advances to other countries.
Traitors, all of them.
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