>
> On Feb 3, 2008, at 8:31 PM, Vitaliy wrote:
>
> Jinx wrote:
>> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm? 
>> c_id=1&objectid=10489790
>>
>> You've got time for all that haven't you ?
>
> O.M.G. :-|
>
>> If you bought a product that took 10 years to make and it wasn't
>> finished, how would you feel ? You'd go back to the people who
>> are supposed (nay, required) to have made it properly, said it was
>> faulty, and asked for one that worked correctly
>
> We often get angry about our government's misuse of tax dollars. It  
> makes me
> even angrier when the solution is simple and obvious. In the case  
> of public
> education, the solution is "vouchers". As long as public schools  
> remain a
> government-run monopoly, situation will continue to deteriorate.
>
> On the business side, it should be every company's prerogative to  
> (1) select
> only the best and brightest, and (2) fire the incompetent ones.  
> Teaching
> employees basic literacy skills is definitely not the company's
> responsibility.
>
> Lastly, it is the individual who is ultimately responsible for  
> ensuring
> their employability.
>
> "The literacy level of about 800,000 workers is such that they might
> struggle to transfer printed information to an order form - a  
> deficiency
> cited as a factor stifling the country's economic growth."
>
> It is hard to believe that so many people in a country with a  
> population of
> four million have a learning disability.
>
> Vitaliy

I have a learning disability.  I have never learned to suck up to the  
government.
I vote for no vouchers, no 'public' education.  Let companies pay no  
taxes and
use the money to educate their employees. ( or not, as they see fit )
Cedric

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