tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912355419197967920.post8857326919590322806..comments2023-10-26T09:36:50.189-05:00Comments on Six In The Country: Good thing we have free speech!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10183421175434834004noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912355419197967920.post-2060881697748390082007-10-01T21:17:00.000-05:002007-10-01T21:17:00.000-05:00Interesting, many countries are pushing incentives...Interesting, many countries are pushing incentives to people to encourage them to bump up the falling birth rates. Russia is giving out cars to people who have babies on a given day next year. Italy & Japan have created incentives for working mothers to the tune of better benefits & on site child care.<BR/><BR/>America can't support itself on its current birthrate, the work force won't be large enough to support the geriatrics.<BR/><BR/>However, there's a country song that refers to "discount knowledge at the junior college" and I think that is SO true. A community college education is nothing like the first 2 years at Uni-and I teach at a community college! The students are for the most part moms going back to school & kids who can't do anything better. The expectation for the level of classes is very low, I've had to dumb down my curriculum over the last 4 years because I started out teaching at first year university level, and the students just couldn't follow it. It's more like a post-high school education, and it is cheaper, but it's not the same thing as going to a University.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6912355419197967920.post-81559861346638663992007-09-23T12:33:00.000-05:002007-09-23T12:33:00.000-05:00I've always found the education comments to be qui...I've always found the education comments to be quite ridiculous. All four of my children are very smart and all four are getting the best education I can give them. We don't take any handouts, or government funding either. Just those tax breaks. And like your dh, mine pays a rather large chunk in for them to play with too. What would happen if the government no longer had that resource?Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965010609333205529noreply@blogger.com