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Originally Posted by Azure

There is a school in the US that is operating different from the public system and their students are getting fabulous results.

I can't remember the name though.

Either way, the education debate reminds me a lot of the health care debate. Instead of sitting back and being open to looking at different countries and what their education system is like and maybe implementing some of their ideas, people seem content with 'its good enough' because they fear we'll become a lot like the US. Which I agree doesn't have a very good public education system.

Our system is pretty good, although I have my own opinion on the stupidity of some of the things that are taught, and I do think some things need to be improved, but still, pretty good.

A stronger focus on offering more diversity for one, and more technological advances through the province. Especially with IPTV so that kids can take classes that their school can't provide a teacher for.

Also, physical education needs to be changed(if it already hasn't) to provide more enjoyment to the kids and to also offer more opportunities. Making kids practice soccer, volleyball and badminton for hours on end isn't giving them very good exercise, nor is it making what used to be a very fun class.....fun. More emphasis needs to be put on playing the actually game and getting more kids involved.

I think there probably are issues with the education system that need to be addressed. I also happen to agree that there should be choices for parents. Be that private or public schooling. I don't really agree with a high level of government funding for the private system though. There are regulations that should be in place, but if a school wants to be private, it shouldn't be funded like a public school. I do agree with public funding for education and think that its necessary that we as taxpayers invest a lot of money in our future. The benefits will be massive down the road. As a very rich province, provided our money is handled right, we have the ability to do that and need to continue.

I agree. There are legitimate things that need to be addressed. But simply pumping money into an alternative system won't make those issues go away.