Comments on: Teacher Sells Advertising On Tests

CBS Evening News: Economic Crisis Leaves School Systems With Huge Deficits, Teachers With Few Options

[greeneyes222]

Disgusting. We''re educating our kids, all right - in all the wrong ways.

If I lived there, that school board would be in court.

[linfinster]

This is disgusting! And NO I can''t open my wallets ANY MORE. So that shouldn''t be then end of the discussion! Shame on our school funding system!

[incog-nito]

As a lifelong conservative I believe this is an example of the free enterprise system at its best. Candy, fast food, and video games companies will now have an extra outlet for their advertising dollars. What better way to advertise than directly to your intended target market, to a captive (literally) audience? Come to think of it, why not have these companies come to the school and directly compete for the kids'' dollars during recess? That way the kids can have first-hand experience of the "invisible hand" of the free market, and thus be ready for a lifetime of blissful consumerism.

[rhs648]

Gee....A dentist buying time on the bottom of a test paper???? What''''s next???? Selling a seat in the senate?????

Posted by willo1301

In what teacher''s manual is it written that advertising on the bottom of a test sheet should be prohibited or is innappropriate. If the dentist wants to spend his money this way, why not? Most of us would love to earn what dentists make each year. Whatever the denstist spends for the advertising at the bottom of the test sheet is money saved by taxpayers. Congratuations to both the teacher selling the advertising and the dentist who purchased it.

[rhs648]

After the first great depression, when (thanks to FDR) the nations wealth was more evenly distributed and the working class had a greater share, school system funding was never a problem.

After the Reagan administration initiated the republican great lie (trickle down policy). Those trickle-down taps have all closed and school funding and all social programs have steadily dried up.

The present Bush administration has accelerated the destruction of the American working class, starting with the fabricated excuses for the Iraq fiasco, and finally in the last year of this administration they are striking the most fatal blow, literally giving corporations the entire wealth of the nation through fabricated bailouts....

Posted by jn122736

It is doubtful many Americans would want the lifestyle of the 1920''s, 1930''s, or 1940''s. Americans today have more of everything. We have more cars, larger homes, tvs, computers, cell phones, etc. Our standatd of living is miles apart from our parents and grandparents. Is the glass half full or half empty? Too many Americans today are whiners and not doers.

[rhs648]

The corrosive effects of corruption.

How much time will students be required in the future, to recite the advertisements on their exams?

We need to properly fund our schools, and not sacrifice what quality remains with destructive gimmicks like this.

What kind of message does this send to the students? Study THAT.

They should fire whomever came up with this ridiculous scheme.


Posted by smurfcrusher

Advertising is part of the real world. We see it on busses, TV, Radio, and newspapers to name a few. If money can be raised through advertising, it is a great idea. Money raised through advertising is one less burden on the taxpayer. What money there is can be used for other educational purposes. Why not eliminate football which attracts money to public schools? Advertising is as sound an idea as sports events for raising money for schools. It is time to think outside of the box.

[jn122736]

After the first great depression, when (thanks to FDR) the nations wealth was more evenly distributed and the working class had a greater share, school system funding was never a problem.

After the Reagan administration initiated the republican great lie (trickle down policy). Those trickle-down taps have all closed and school funding and all social programs have steadily dried up.

The present Bush administration has accelerated the destruction of the American working class, starting with the fabricated excuses for the Iraq fiasco, and finally in the last year of this administration they are striking the most fatal blow, literally giving corporations the entire wealth of the nation through fabricated bailouts.

When Reagan took office the national debt was less than $1 trillion. When this administration is through the debt will exceed $15 trillion, and effectively end freedom in America as we have always known it.

They were able to do this due to several reasons.

First: They took full advantage of the overall trust Americans had in their government. This allowed them to get away with their lies and deceit.

Second: Americans no longer think for themselves or care enough to get involved.

Third: there are enough pseudo democrats in leadership positions, to prevent any opposition, even when the democrats are supposedly in the majority.

America is being destroyed because greed is always self-destructive in the end.

[spiritwalk]

How much time will students be required in the future, to recite the advertisements on their exams?
Posted by smurfcrusher
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The do already. It''s called American history

[smurfcrusher]

The corrosive effects of corruption.

How much time will students be required in the future, to recite the advertisements on their exams?

We need to properly fund our schools, and not sacrifice what quality remains with destructive gimmicks like this.

What kind of message does this send to the students? Study THAT.

They should fire whomever came up with this ridiculous scheme.

[irmcvet971]

"I think it''s sad that we have come to the point where we have to do that," says Christine Rafla, one of Farber''s students.

Don''t y''all just LOVE southern fascism?? ROFLMAO