Monday, April 17, 2006
education
I don't really know how the illegal immigration affects the economics in my small world. I have had experience with education and how it affects my family.
We have made the difficult financial choice to send our children to private school. The public schools have many more service options for special education and honors programs. Because my blond haired, white son is not enrolled in public school, he receives a small portion of services offered in public schools. The assumption is we can afford to pay for services.
The public schools are not allowed to ask if a child or parent is legal, but will go to extreme lengths to give this child an immense amount of services as part of "No Child Left Behind" legislation and "English as a Second Language." Arizona requires public school students to pass a test to graduate from high school. There is a LOT of money being poured into public schools to achieve this requirement. Teaching to the test, not really education. (another topic) Private schools are not under this obligation.
So, we educate illegal children or American born children of illegal parents. They graduate from high school. Without legal paperwork, they are not able to attend universities or apply for financial aid to universities. So, then what? They continue to work low wage jobs without legal staus and continue the illegal cycle waiting for amnesty. I'm not sure we are doing anyone a favor with this kind of education.
The marches were large and loud, showing lots of patriotism. I don't think the Hispanic vote will really make much of a kick with politicians. The illegals cannot vote. So, legal, voting Americans make the decisions. I vote and I donot support illegal immigration. There are laws regarding legal immigration and border enforcement. Too bad, not much of this happens.
Lots of talk, no action.
Ellie
We have made the difficult financial choice to send our children to private school. The public schools have many more service options for special education and honors programs. Because my blond haired, white son is not enrolled in public school, he receives a small portion of services offered in public schools. The assumption is we can afford to pay for services.
The public schools are not allowed to ask if a child or parent is legal, but will go to extreme lengths to give this child an immense amount of services as part of "No Child Left Behind" legislation and "English as a Second Language." Arizona requires public school students to pass a test to graduate from high school. There is a LOT of money being poured into public schools to achieve this requirement. Teaching to the test, not really education. (another topic) Private schools are not under this obligation.
So, we educate illegal children or American born children of illegal parents. They graduate from high school. Without legal paperwork, they are not able to attend universities or apply for financial aid to universities. So, then what? They continue to work low wage jobs without legal staus and continue the illegal cycle waiting for amnesty. I'm not sure we are doing anyone a favor with this kind of education.
The marches were large and loud, showing lots of patriotism. I don't think the Hispanic vote will really make much of a kick with politicians. The illegals cannot vote. So, legal, voting Americans make the decisions. I vote and I donot support illegal immigration. There are laws regarding legal immigration and border enforcement. Too bad, not much of this happens.
Lots of talk, no action.
Ellie
// posted by Ellie @ 2:24 PM 
