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Teacher Sells Ads On Tests
Tom Farber, a calculus teacher at Rancho Bernardo high school in San Diego, has come up with a unique way of covering district cuts to his supplies budget. He sells ads on his tests. "Tough times call for tough actions," Tom says. The price of an ad on a Mr. Farber Calc test is as follows: $10 for a quiz, $20 for a chapter test, and $30 for a semester final. Most of the ads are messages from parents but about a third of them come from local businesses. Principal Paul Robinson says reaction has been "mixed," but adds, "It's not like, 'This test is brought to you by McDonald's or Nike.'" I see his point. Being a local business whore is much better than being a multinational conglomerate whore.
All people benefit from an educated society. Like all things, the cost for education goes up. If the money they get doesn't match, education gets worse.
The fact that you moved is irrelevant to the posters point.
"nd yeah, we pay too much for too little."
DO you have any clue how much education costs? IS it even within your simple mind to comprehend the fact that the job you have depends on other people being educated? That you pay less from crime when the populace is educated?
Some public schools suck, but many of them do not suck. In fact, there are multitudes of private schools that are worse then public schools.
I suggest you look into the budget and results.
Coincidentally, ANOTHER report came out recently showing how public workers get more work done, are more efficient, and effective the the private sector contractors.
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I hope it gets modded down.
I agree with your cause, but not your method. Post a new story with information about the trial, as there are lots of people here (I imagine) that want to hear about this. Posting a comment in a story that doesn't relate is going to reduce your audience, not increase it. You can even post your story anonymously if you wish.
I'm in Tucson Az. Our school busses have ads on them.
Exactly. It's not how high my taxes are - it's what are my taxes used for?
You don't hear Finns bitch about their tax rate (nearly 50%) because, thanks to PROPER investment in education (read "Just for Fun" sometime, it actually provides a good explanation of the way in which the Finnish education system works), they have a higher standard of living than most Americans.
I can tell you *exactly* why politicians don't put a priority on funding education: the effects of a change to the education system won't be felt for at least a decade, sometimes even more. They want something that they can use to get people voting for them; crime decreasing (whether or not it's a cause-and-effect relationship); getting rid of those nasty child predators (or at least appearing to); cutting taxes (or making it look like they did).