Caan

Modern pro sports are just Rollerball.

Never forget what an absolute loser Tom is

I’m just telling you that your assumptions about me and my life are wrong.

I think one difference between us is that I factor in a lot more things than my own lived experience.

Your assumptions are wrong all the way around

I spent a lot of years thinking about the things I talk about here, Peter, and one of the reasons that I find it difficult to engage with you is that I don’t think you’ve done that yourself.

Okay. We see it differently.

“Well spent” is a massive load-bearing phrase here

Noted :)

Because the voters could see it with their own eyes.

preach

That last sentence is the key. And there's an argument that more money backfires, because it can get spent on bloating administrative rolls and faddish programs, but sure, *as a general idea*, adding money (for desks, books, etc) can move the needle, but not in the way liberals hope.

We can do better, but it would involve doing things that would likely appall liberals, and no, I'm not going to list them. We had this debate in the 70s/80s, and conservatives lost. (Their answer: Exit the schools and set up their own, mostly white, alternatives.) I am deeply pessimistic on this.

WHAAAAAAAAAAT

Tell it to the people here who insist that "spending = success" I think it's a stupid idea, but it's a stupid idea that refuses to die no matter how much money we've lit on fire over the past 60 years

No. I'm going to take some time to fight as well with people who think they should be able to direct my activities on social media

I’ll say it again. The largest influence/indicator of student achievement is parental involvement.

Where I lived (Willimansett), people could see new housing being built in the 70s in Holyoke that was nicer than the apartments they were living in, and then watched them become slums again that gangs burned down within a decade. It is impossible to explain this to people who did not experience it.