Reply #33: No I want you to play the role of the mother [View All]

And remember the child needs more then just differentation for gifted students (did you even read my orginal post?) he is also ADHD and borderline asperger's. So your the mother in the above situation and you have been fighting for him for 8 years (well 9, they held him and his twin back a year). So you would honestly continue to send your son to a place where gets more and more depressed and less and less educated, rather then send him to that private/charter school. I don't believe you for a second. No mother puts her political values over her sons education.

Beyond that, you want to know the honest truth? I don't give a damn about teachers unions, I honestly don't. In most states teachers can't strike anyway (like they proably shouldn't be able to), so what power do teachers unions have anyway? I don't believe that the industry will become all privitized any more then I believe the RWers that say that the government will choose your doctor for you if we pass the public option (like they do in other government controlled areas... like education for example). I believe that is LW fear mongering (personally I distrust both extremes btw). So that takes away your two best scare tactics.

Then there was the issue of it taking away from other kids. I assume you mean money here, but like I have said before most schools would probably give him an invididual aide. That runs what, 20,000 a year? Maybe more? His current school is educating him for 13,000 a year. So no... it would be saving more money for the other kids.

So what other scare tactics do you want me to disbunk?