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Why One Woman Says Sending Your Kid To Private School Is Evil

Posted by samzenpus on from the price-of-a-good-education dept.

theodp writes "Slate's Allison Benedikt is ruffling some feathers with her recent manifesto, If You Send Your Kid to Private School, You Are a Bad Person. 'Not bad like murderer bad,' Benedikt writes, 'but bad like ruining-one-of-our-nation's-most-essential-institutions-in-order-to-get-what's-best-for-your-kid bad. So, pretty bad.' If your local school stinks and you send your child there, Benedikt explains, 'I bet you are going to do everything within your power to make it better.'"

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  1. Re:Oh, really? by superwiz · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    sure there is. marxist = socialism + internationalism. fascism = socialism + racial superiority complex.

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  2. Re:Oh, really? by OneAhead · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please, not that old myth again (both you and GP). Yes, "nazi" stands for "National Socialist". Well guess what? The nazi's were about as socialist as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is democratic. Fascism = totalitarianism + racial superiority complex.

    And no, not all totalitarianism is socialism. Think of all the totalitarian dictatorships the CIA helped into power during the cold war.

    Where did you guys get educated - some kind of public school? :-P (just joking)