Comments on: The Obama School Scandal?

National Review Online: Public Schools Are Unacceptable To Pretty Much Anyone, Liberal Or Conservative

[david-12345]

So where is the "Change"? Where is the "Yes We Can"?

The teachers union as a special interest is more important to Obama and Democrats than actually educating the children of America.

Same old politics, again. And I thought we voted for change...

Posted by david-12345 at 12:29 PM : Nov 30, 2008

What''''s this ''''WE'''' stuff. I doubt you voted for Obama.

Posted by kazoodan at 02:53 PM : Nov 30, 2008
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Whether I voted for Obama or not doesn''t matter. He was elected President and I''m an American. There aren''t two Americas, only one.

What is important is change. We don''t need generations of under-educated Americans.

I think you would agree that Obama promised change. It''s time to deliver.

[hotwitch]

Obama = hypocrit. Security is not the reason, stop trying to convince yourselves by repeating that over and over. The Carter''s sent Amy to public school in D.C. What, Jimmy Carter can do what Barack Obama can''t? Or have D.C. schools gotten so bad in the past 30 years? In which case, even more of an arguement for vouchers.

[jbright9]

Obviously it is not true everywhere but there is not a private school in my area that could compete with the public schools as they are excellent. The only people I know whose kids aren''t in the public schools are those who want their religion taught. Those schools are inferior when it comes to teaching academics.

[janeyre-2009]

The Obama''s had their children in private school in Chicago. They don''t owe an explanation for their choices. Their children should get the best. Both parents are well education and have the money. So what? They aren''t asking the public to pay for their children''s education. Sounds like a bunch of cry babies again. Gee, people, get over it. Shut up.

[sparks224]

Is this the biggest "scandal" the NRO can come up with?

How sad.

[nursehope]

SECURITY IS THE REASON!....what is wrong with the people?

[wgh922]

I agrea with them. If they''d wannt to put their kid in a Privacy School then thats up to thems. You know if they be like a republican then nobody aint'' going to be say nothing ebout it. I cant not be waitin becaus next year I know the government gonna take care of my morgage and my benefits go up. This is gonna be a change I can believe and.

[kansas1946]

I am not sure that I support vouchers, but I do support choice in where you send your kids to school in your area. I know in my home town, you can send your kids to any school you want provided you get your request in early. That is elementary school. We only have one midde school and one high school, so if you don''t want to send your kids there, you have to pay for a private school. I think it would probably be crazy for the Obama''s to send their kids to public school with the security requirments for those kids. Public schools can do a lot better than they are, but they have got to be allowed some flexibility, and that means less power and control coming from the NEA. In high schools, the kids would really benefit from having industry people teaching some of those classes, but the NEA refuses to let anyone teach without a teaching degree. That is really hurting our kids and needs to stop.

[ausus-2009]

As a person who went to American public schools in small towns, I managed to survive. In the end I got postgraduate qualifications at one of the leading overseas universities.

The concern is that Washington DC is not small town America. It is a city with huge crime problems and a seemingly substandard education system. In such circumstances Obama has no choice about the school for his daughters.

[chad55555]

Why is it people can''t see the truth, America was great ubtil we accepted ham''s people,Now the crime is out of control and school''s
are usless.America''s decline can be traced back to equal rights and lowering standards and calling it equal. NOW AMERICA IS A JOKE TO THE WORLD, WE TURNED OUR BACK ON THE GOD THAT STARTED THIS COUNTRY AND ON OUR FATHERS THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES TO GIVE AMERICAN CHRISTIANS A BETTER LIFE. WE DESERVE WHAT HAPPENS TO AMERICA FOR BEING SO STUPID AND GIVING OUR COUNTRY AWAY TO ANY MUSLIM THAT RANS FOR AN ELECTION.SCHOO MEANS NOTHING ANYMORE,GOING TO SCHOOL MEANS A FUTURE,america has no future,