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LWolf

(46,179 posts) Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:18 AM Mar 2015

Thought germ for the day:

Since it was explained to me that anger germs generate the most energy and staying power, here's an anger germ:

High-stakes testing as a tool to destroy public education and the teaching profession. It makes me angry. What makes me even angrier are the people who vote for politicians that support and promote high-stakes testing, and that attempt to excuse and/or justify that high-stakes testing.

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Thought germ for the day: (Original Post) LWolf Mar 2015 OP

It's all about the money. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #1

Yes. LWolf Mar 2015 #2

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

1. It's all about the money.

Reply to LWolf (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:24 AM

Mar 2015

They want to cash in on every facet of life. They can't stand 'public' anything, and are always looking for ways to stick in ways for the private sector to cash in.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)

2. Yes.

Reply to Erich Bloodaxe BSN (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 11:29 AM

Mar 2015

At the root, it's capitalism's need to profit off of everything. I'd like to draw a line in the sand and quit allowing any further privatization of public services. That's a starting point.

Then I'd like to push back, and return what we've lost to the public sphere. Finally, I'd like to see capitalism go away; and, if not, at least be permanently, heavily regulated and limited.

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