tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post1256863729606909203..comments2024-03-18T13:27:42.621-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: CNBC: Gates Needs a BurgerPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-53031733271278201862015-06-01T04:36:35.455-04:002015-06-01T04:36:35.455-04:00The thing I don't like about Gates is the way ...The thing I don't like about Gates is the way he spent $100 million to build a big data-sucking monster machine to shop-vac up everything they can grab about everybody else's kids (private schools are not included). The Educationists going along with this assure all is it "optional" which is a lie as all the leftopian enclaves like California and NY are "all in"-whether you like it or not!<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/06/09/privacy-concerns-grow-over-gates-funded-student-database/<br /><br />But meanwhile the feckless fuming over "why those richies won't send their kids to the public schools" doesn't add up. There aren't enough of them to begin with. Over-educated fools like Kozol and Orfield are still sputtering about "resegregation" in LA when the white majority was gone 25 years ago (it's 15% now and 25% in the California school-aged population). There's no majority to integrate into. And here's the latest from Silicon Valley, courtesy of Victor Davis Hanson: the shroom-like sprouting of $30-$40K per year private academies for the techno-elite's kids (a "minority majority" population itself at this point)--as the formerly excellent public schools in the area (which once produced Jobs and Wozniak) turn....majority Mexican. That unlimited immigration scheme worked real good for the left wing takeover of the state--but the Law of Unintended Consequences has a way of reasserting itself. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957815134581815866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-77501196393653637872015-05-10T13:16:46.323-04:002015-05-10T13:16:46.323-04:00LOL! Genius! : )LOL! Genius! : )Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-91647122142099071452015-05-10T09:02:32.866-04:002015-05-10T09:02:32.866-04:00I don't think he believes that the rich should...I don't think he believes that the rich should be forced into public ed-- I think he just understands that as the dynamic that has gotten us here. Peter Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-89748922782162383922015-05-10T07:42:46.133-04:002015-05-10T07:42:46.133-04:00Thank you, Peter, as always, for your insights (an...Thank you, Peter, as always, for your insights (and for watching so that I don't have to ruin my mothers' day morning). So here's my question... if Buffet believes so strongly that the key is forcing the wealthy to have skin in the game regarding truly public education, why doesn't he finance a Vergara-style lawsuit aimed at overturning Pierce v. Society of Sisters? https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/268/510 Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18088743701308742371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-27330174855164355812015-05-09T22:18:41.805-04:002015-05-09T22:18:41.805-04:00Our übermensch overlords have emerged from the cap...Our übermensch overlords have emerged from the capitalistic crucible of competition to "save humanity." Snavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00791842506865658394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-28395716661266296412015-05-09T22:17:07.449-04:002015-05-09T22:17:07.449-04:00An anagram for Bill Gates: Glib TalesAn anagram for Bill Gates: Glib TalesSue Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01188747239999583011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-38397482114921438262015-05-09T20:42:40.827-04:002015-05-09T20:42:40.827-04:00Angry voice again. It suits you. Thanks for watc...Angry voice again. It suits you. Thanks for watching so I don't have to.laMissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516322307725011313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-50227294123194359102015-05-09T14:25:39.136-04:002015-05-09T14:25:39.136-04:00Just another example of "why would we even wa...Just another example of "why would we even want a college dropout, lawyer, or investment banker to be the 'education czar?'" Haven't we learned our lesson yet? How many educators were on that stage?Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15854925612517206979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-27917009051998426262015-05-09T11:43:50.237-04:002015-05-09T11:43:50.237-04:00If I had to watch that clip it would be vomit on t...If I had to watch that clip it would be vomit on the screen instead of spit.<br /><br />Nothing against Valerie, but your take is incredibly more insightful.<br /><br />And yeah, Buffet's assertion that if public school were the only option, public education would be better is the only intelligent thing said in the conversation and is worth spotlighting.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-1317843556872475212015-05-09T10:29:26.450-04:002015-05-09T10:29:26.450-04:00I love that they keep comparing public schools to ...I love that they keep comparing public schools to colleges (and implying that we're spending a lot on public schools), when *cheap* colleges run you about $30K per year nowadays, and they don't deal with severe special needs. Thoruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06920942947587151565noreply@blogger.com