Reader's Comments

In public school we are all "equal learners set before the teachers for molding." What if we don't want to be molded? My Global Studies teacher makes fun of me, and it hurts me on the inside.... Sometimes I cry myself to sleep. I'm sorry I'm white.

-- Jeremiah Pond, October 18, 1997

IF all people could afford private education then perhaps their children would already be there. Sending your children to private schools isn't the answer, you shouldn't just walk the other way.

-- anonymous anonymous, November 24, 1997

Maybe I missed something...when I was in public school beginning 40 years ago, I remember that information may have been controlled but none seemed to be denied if I could find it. Perhaps I had an advantage by realizing early that there was no requirement to actually believe what was being put forward. Shouldn't teachers spark curiosity instead of dispensing some political or religious- based rote? It seems in the 60's we began to find out that some of what we had been taught in the past was incorrect in so much as respecting points of view. Since that can no longer be hidden, the next best thing is to incorrectly teach it by making one feel responcible for the past instead of the future.

-- Mark Draper, March 29, 1999

First I'd like to say that I love this whole web site... however, I have never subscribed to the belief that sports figures are overpaid. I'm not as eloquent as other writers, so for support, I point anyone who reads this to www.lp.org, or alternately, read any of Ayn Rand's works. I think using this as an example on a web site like this is a blatant contradiction of itself - Should we regulate how much someone makes merely because we believe they should make a certain amount? Of course not... the job market is open to all. If a Catholic school teacher is unfulfilled at his position, he is more than free to move elsewhere.

-- Matt Thornhill, January 9, 2001

While I agree with you that Govt. shouldn't be concerned with the equality of pay between sports players and private school teachers. I must point out that comparing the two is not really what you should do to uphold the Libertarian and in most cases Ayn Rand's ideals.Private schools are built and funded entirely by private funds.They pay all of their own expenses,yet they supply a very valuable service to the community.On the other hand,Sport franchises have their facilities built for them using our tax dollars costing tax payers billions of dollars with limited advantages for the common taxpayer.Therefore the sportsfranchise can afford to pay their employees alot more, because they are subsidized by the American taxpayer and the private schools are forced to pay their own way.

-- Charles Flanigan, December 1, 2003