Doesn't it seem silly that schools are getting renovated, yet students are still reading the same textbooks their parents used when they were in school?
I ask you, what should come first in priority? because sometimes both cannot be taken cared of at the same time, I think public schools have made that obvious.
what are your thoughts?
2007-06-15 03:18:35 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Rachel- I meant one before the other, not one and disregard the other.
2007-06-15 03:26:22 · update #1
Charity G has the correct answer. Not only are the computers more cost-effective than textbooks (especially when the schools can buy them in bulk with a government discount), it will reduce paper consumption and keep the students supplied with the most up-to-date information possible.
Contrary to what some people might think, computers will *increase* the literacy rate and reading level of students--you must be able to read to access information via a computer.
2007-06-15 03:39:07 · answer #1 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My county in simple terms desperate that we mandatory new faculties; fee: 500 million! properly, it did not pass with the standard public, so as that they're going to attempt & restoration the faculties, something they could have been doing all alongside! a number of those faculties are actually not even twenty years previous yet! not basically can we pay for the land for the faculties, the homes, the warmth, light fixtures, cooling etc., yet we could continuously lease the books at a extensive fee each twelve months, then return them to the faculties on the top of the twelve months & in the event that they be sure that injury has been finished to them, we could continuously purchase the e book! i'm not speaking $50 greenbacks for apartment, i'm speaking hundreds of greenbacks for apartment! not basically are we being ripped off on all that is going with education for infants with the aid of way of property tax, yet our state is plenty down interior the scores interior the intelligence quota! So the youngsters are not even being knowledgeable! No, the youngsters do not owe any with the aid of mothers and dads, they're meant to tutor the youngsters yet, the darn college device particular owes us a super vast thank you!
2016-11-24 21:24:11 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There shouldn't be an issue. It should actually be both. We should be happy to budget and fund the system that educates our children.
That being said, textbooks can easily be supplemented whereas my school building is disgusting. It's falling apart, we have roaches, rats, and mice, and is in a horrible state of disrepair.
I'd rather copy texts and have a room that makes my students and myself proud than have a brand new book and have to dust the mice feces off of it.
Edit: Right and I stated in my situation I'd rather have the school renovated and copy supplementary material.
2007-06-15 03:23:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, of course it's more important to renovate the buildings first. Remember we live in a society that glorifies property not people.
Perhaps if we could create a free market for the sale and trade of children they would finally receive the educations they deserve.
2007-06-15 03:23:07 · answer #4 · answered by Robert B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the money should be spent on the students. Also, more than just renovations, somewhere upwards of 56% of all the monies go straight into the Teacher's union coffers.
2007-06-15 04:23:42 · answer #5 · answered by nom de paix 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We could eliminate the need for text books if we just made sure every student had access to computers . . . Is it 2007 or 1967?
2007-06-15 03:23:33 · answer #6 · answered by CHARITY G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋