When I was in school over a decade ago, We didn't pay for school supplies. Now, in both Georgia and Alabama, we buy school supplies for our kids. For most school activities, parents must pay for nearly everything their children do. WHERE IS OUR MONEY GOING?
2006-07-01 17:23:55 · 10 answers · asked by Cliffather 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
The US spends $11,000 per student on average a year. Your concern seems well-founded on the surface. However as a parent my concern is not about secondary costs; it's about the overall educational quality. If they had to attend school in a parking lot but came out of it with the tools and techniques needed to progress in their future aspirations I would be happy. Most people putting kids into school are not pay $11,000 a year in taxes so the system has become diluted. I put my son into private school and he's doing very well.
2006-07-01 17:31:14 · answer #1 · answered by Keith 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey, here in Ohio, some of the *teachers* pay for their classroom school supplies.
Anyway, it's because this generation of taxpayers are whiny and self-obsessed. They don't want to pay for anything they don't think they'll immediately benefit from. So the schools get less funding, and the parents pick up the tab.
2006-07-02 00:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weapons are bought in return to kill other students in the middle east. What? Do you want the people in the middle east to be educated... and in years become an economic power? Japan did it, and China is doing it, and Russia seems to be doing it.... so this is enough! You have to pay for school supplies so that we ensure future jobs for your kids.
2006-07-02 00:29:19 · answer #3 · answered by RigorMortis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out what the school principal and superintendant are driving. The school board also has very nice vehicles and then there are those summer vacations to places that even the teachers cannot afford to go to. Where does that money go? Look at the higher levels within the school district and it will become very clear, very fast.
2006-07-02 00:28:30 · answer #4 · answered by solpredator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a few people 1 the war and 2 the tax payers and 3 the president
2006-07-02 00:32:02 · answer #5 · answered by emailmerite 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh just wait for the joy of sending the kiddies to college...the school supplies are nothing...the books will make you take out a second or third mortgage on your house...and that won't even touch the tuition for college
2006-07-02 00:27:58 · answer #6 · answered by USuck79 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask your State Senator what Public School thier child attends, that will show you where our money is going.
2006-07-02 00:31:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The war effort.
2006-07-02 00:27:05 · answer #8 · answered by Sunshine1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
iono...but i think everything is going to the Iraqi War
2006-07-02 00:26:34 · answer #9 · answered by wahoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
teacher's pockets
2006-07-02 00:26:41 · answer #10 · answered by ♥*´`*ღPink♥*´`*•.¸¸ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋