Too low a student-teacher ratio is usually harmful. It puts the pupil under a lot of stress, and is likely to foster an intense dislike of education. People don't like someone always watching over their shoulder.
Where I live, 2/3 of non-federal taxes goes to K-12 schools. Spending more on schools would not help students, but it sure as hell would bankrupt many residents.
Ah yes, wonderful public schools. Except in inner cities, where there has to be two adults in every classroom, so that the teacher isn't knifed in the back when she turns to write on the blackboard.
What you suggest works only in very limited and special conditions. Memorizing addition tables is something most children won't do without pressure, and it certainly isn't play.
Actually, adjusting the brightness of an incandescent lamp so that it's twice as bright cuts its life by about a factor of 10. That's assuming it isn't driven so hard that it burns out almost immediately.
We shouldn't let politicians stand in the way of improved education, which is what happens most places, especially union- and Democrat-dominated big cities. That can only be done by separation of state and education, for the same reasons as the separation of state and church (namely, they corrupt each other.)
There are undreamed vistas of technological advancement that are abandoned by not helping the most intelligent children advance as fast as possible. Hampering the development of smart kids by corralling them with dummies in the false hope of achieving some fuzzy sociological goal helps nobody.
It's the teacher's job (not the job of bright students) to see that everyone learns, and putting children with a wide range of abilities in one class makes the teacher's job more difficult and less effective.
Capital gains: only long term capital gains are taxed less than ordinary income, and much of that isn't real gain, it's smaller dollars ("inflation") used to price assets that have unchanged value. Additionally, capital gains on stocks are representative of corporate gains, which have already been taxed.
Similarly, inheritances are gains from a person's lifetime that have already been subject to a whole array of taxes, primarily income and property. You are claiming that there's something wrong with a person passing along the whole remaining product of his life to his offspring. That is naked evil.
a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function
This is actually a very good definition, superior any of the 6 definitions in the paper dictionary by my desk. It also agrees with the critical distinction provided by "sjbe", who you needlessly flamed.
We all benefit from having a well educated society, so we should all pay for schools.
That's a blatant non sequitur. Furthermore, people who send their children to private schools or who home-school are still forced to pay the same taxes as everybody else, despite the fact that they're already paying for more than the burden they're placing on the education system.
It gets worse. Many modern public schools are teaching political indoctrination and historical lies, and are generally crippling the minds of their students. That sort of education does not benefit me, it harms me.
We all benefit from living in neighborhoods full of happy people. Puppies make people happy. Therefor we should all pay taxes to buy puppies. Puppy ownership should be made mandatory.
We all benefit from the oxygen given off by plants. Therefor tax money should be paid to put grass on every possible surface.
This is fun, I could go on all day. "We should all pay for schools because we all benefit from a well educated society" is a completely broken argument.
damage to roadways occurs by the square of the vehicle's weight.
Where'd you pick up that fiction? It doesn't take much thinking to realize that it's a complicated function closer to weight per unit area than weight alone. There's probably a critical point where added burden actually starts breaking up the road, rather than just wearing it faster. Old-style tire studs are very hard on roads, and metal treads or metal farm vehicle wheels are downright destructive (and often illegal on public roads).
You haven't been paying attention. Consumers will flock to a gas station that charges 1 per cent less than another a mile away. Gasoline retailing is very price competitive, and owners sometimes change the displayed price daily.
Tolls generally cost less than the extra gas burned by driving around then, and certainly cost less than the time spent avoiding them. Seriously, is it worth 50 cents to lose 20 minutes of your life?
As long as taxes on semis reflect the actual expenses they cause in road maintenance, etc., then justice is being served.
Road maintenance has to be paid for through some mechanism. If that mechanism doesn't accurately track expenses, you're demanding that someone pay for things they have no responsibility for. That's an improper burden on them, and should be avoided if it's practical to do so.
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The Garbo quote is genuine; it comes from the movie Grand Hotel and she says it twice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tojjWQvlPN8
How much is noise reduced, at what frequencies, under what conditions?
I am not a resource
Life is a test.
You have no clue what "liberty" means.
Too low a student-teacher ratio is usually harmful. It puts the pupil under a lot of stress, and is likely to foster an intense dislike of education. People don't like someone always watching over their shoulder.
Where I live, 2/3 of non-federal taxes goes to K-12 schools. Spending more on schools would not help students, but it sure as hell would bankrupt many residents.
Ah yes, wonderful public schools. Except in inner cities, where there has to be two adults in every classroom, so that the teacher isn't knifed in the back when she turns to write on the blackboard.
What you suggest works only in very limited and special conditions. Memorizing addition tables is something most children won't do without pressure, and it certainly isn't play.
Actually, adjusting the brightness of an incandescent lamp so that it's twice as bright cuts its life by about a factor of 10. That's assuming it isn't driven so hard that it burns out almost immediately.
We shouldn't let politicians stand in the way of improved education, which is what happens most places, especially union- and Democrat-dominated big cities. That can only be done by separation of state and education, for the same reasons as the separation of state and church (namely, they corrupt each other.)
There are undreamed vistas of technological advancement that are abandoned by not helping the most intelligent children advance as fast as possible. Hampering the development of smart kids by corralling them with dummies in the false hope of achieving some fuzzy sociological goal helps nobody.
It's the teacher's job (not the job of bright students) to see that everyone learns, and putting children with a wide range of abilities in one class makes the teacher's job more difficult and less effective.
Capital gains: only long term capital gains are taxed less than ordinary income, and much of that isn't real gain, it's smaller dollars ("inflation") used to price assets that have unchanged value. Additionally, capital gains on stocks are representative of corporate gains, which have already been taxed.
Similarly, inheritances are gains from a person's lifetime that have already been subject to a whole array of taxes, primarily income and property. You are claiming that there's something wrong with a person passing along the whole remaining product of his life to his offspring. That is naked evil.
It's Democrats, in their blind fury against DDT, that has increased the insect population.
Chuckle. 78 years ago, Margaret Mitchell used "birth" as a verb to illustrate illiterate ignorance. Now it is commonplace, alas.
Last time I tried Pale Moon, about 2 months ago, it crashed unfixably due to some conflict with the desktop environment.
If I don't like it, I can write my own browser. Get real.
This is actually a very good definition, superior any of the 6 definitions in the paper dictionary by my desk. It also agrees with the critical distinction provided by "sjbe", who you needlessly flamed.
Then the question is wrong, not the answer.
That's a blatant non sequitur. Furthermore, people who send their children to private schools or who home-school are still forced to pay the same taxes as everybody else, despite the fact that they're already paying for more than the burden they're placing on the education system.
It gets worse. Many modern public schools are teaching political indoctrination and historical lies, and are generally crippling the minds of their students. That sort of education does not benefit me, it harms me.
We all benefit from living in neighborhoods full of happy people. Puppies make people happy. Therefor we should all pay taxes to buy puppies. Puppy ownership should be made mandatory.
We all benefit from the oxygen given off by plants. Therefor tax money should be paid to put grass on every possible surface.
This is fun, I could go on all day. "We should all pay for schools because we all benefit from a well educated society" is a completely broken argument.
Where'd you pick up that fiction? It doesn't take much thinking to realize that it's a complicated function closer to weight per unit area than weight alone. There's probably a critical point where added burden actually starts breaking up the road, rather than just wearing it faster. Old-style tire studs are very hard on roads, and metal treads or metal farm vehicle wheels are downright destructive (and often illegal on public roads).
You haven't been paying attention. Consumers will flock to a gas station that charges 1 per cent less than another a mile away. Gasoline retailing is very price competitive, and owners sometimes change the displayed price daily.
If you live within 5 miles of work you can damn well walk, or get a bicycle from the local junkyard.
Tolls generally cost less than the extra gas burned by driving around then, and certainly cost less than the time spent avoiding them. Seriously, is it worth 50 cents to lose 20 minutes of your life?
As long as taxes on semis reflect the actual expenses they cause in road maintenance, etc., then justice is being served.
Road maintenance has to be paid for through some mechanism. If that mechanism doesn't accurately track expenses, you're demanding that someone pay for things they have no responsibility for. That's an improper burden on them, and should be avoided if it's practical to do so.