(02-24-2011 07:19 AM)Mr. Peanut Wrote:  

(02-23-2011 05:02 PM)flyingswoosh Wrote:  i don't think we can fix education in this country. We can't overcome all these fractured families and sh*tty, irresponsible parents who expect teachers to be a parent-substitute. It's parenting that's the problem, not schools. Once fathers became "unnecessary," education was screwed

We have a winner! I learned my work ethic and moral principles by watching my Dad live his everyday life.

But it won't stop the left here in Minnesota from saying they need more than 20K a year per student to do anything decent in Minneapolis...

If Obama wants to moralize (which is a privilege that comes with the office) he needs to lift one of Bill Cosby's speeches about inner city values and family.

The only problem is that everyone is so afraid of hurting the feelings of single mothers (or their kids) that they won't come out and say its better to have to functional parents than only one. Nobody will come out and say

"If you regret your choice of mate too bad! learn to love and model it for your kids."

Like you Peanut I learned by watching my father do a job he hated for decades and by watching my mother put up with a man who had a wicked temper (thankfully not physically abusive) just as long.