tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567477.post114175051964827930..comments2023-05-18T02:44:57.204-07:00Comments on Open Space : Supreme Court Smack-DownMike Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05274746511721978414noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567477.post-1142033471318631262006-03-10T15:31:00.000-08:002006-03-10T15:31:00.000-08:00Exactly, Sage. The schools are expressly free to ...Exactly, Sage. The schools are expressly free to demonstrate, heckle, march, whatever they want, in opposition to the military recruiters and what they represent. They just have to provide them the same access the school provides to other recruiters, or risk losing federal funding. <BR/><BR/>And, if they want to go private and forego(sp?) federal funding, they are free to do that, and then they don't have to let ANYONE on their campus they don't want. <BR/><BR/>I just don't think there's a single university in America, "private" or not, that does not, in some fashion, take federal funds.Mike Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05274746511721978414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567477.post-1142005865490908102006-03-10T07:51:00.000-08:002006-03-10T07:51:00.000-08:00the interesting thing about this ruling, if I unde...the interesting thing about this ruling, if I understand it correctly, is that it went two ways. Schools had to give the same help for military recruiters that they provided for other recruiters, but schools were protected in their "free speech," which meant they while helping the military, they could also denounce it. It seems that schools were providing some help such as sending out flyers to students, but not the military. Although the ruling seemed fair, I was left wondering why schools had to do anything other than provide a space for recruiters to meet with students.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567477.post-1141872594818656112006-03-08T18:49:00.000-08:002006-03-08T18:49:00.000-08:00Ah... yes... the muddy waters clear some. ;-) The ...Ah... yes... the muddy waters clear some. ;-) <BR/><BR/>The beauracracy involved in public education is cumbersome and unresponsive to the nation's education needs, and something, eventually, must be done to fix that. On that I think we definitely agree.Mike Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05274746511721978414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567477.post-1141849633053340322006-03-08T12:27:00.000-08:002006-03-08T12:27:00.000-08:00I wasn't meaning to imply that other nations don't...I wasn't meaning to imply that other nations don't dip their hands into the education of their citizens. I only meant that since our government started getting heavily involved, our education has gone downhill. The way I worded it was confusing.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't say that the taliban (with a small 't') is on the top of the list but there are plenty of countries above us now that never used to be. What has changed to cause this shift?<BR/><BR/>I have a good article on how public education is cheating our children that I am planning on posting this Friday.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567477.post-1141801500795683882006-03-07T23:05:00.000-08:002006-03-07T23:05:00.000-08:00Other nations' governments aren't involved in educ...Other nations' governments aren't involved in education? That's a new one to me, to be honest. I thought just about every industrialized nation, at least, had some form of government sanctioned education. <BR/><BR/>Granted there are, all over the world, private institutions of learning. We have private religious schools, and home schools, and various academies, but they still have to meed certain state criteria for their cirruculum. <BR/><BR/>I wonder if those around the world, that do NOT have any government input, are really that much better? <BR/><BR/>I mean, I've heard the taliban (small "t", not capital "T") schools of Pakistan and Afghanistan give a fine religious muslim education. However, without oversight they've become breeding grounds for extremism, of a type you just don't see in western Christian schools, or in western society in general. <BR/><BR/>I do agree with you, though: I love the more conservative Supreme Court. I just hope my conservative comrades don't try to ram too much change through too quickly. Society just doesn't change on a dime, and I think if idealogues try to swing the pendulum to far to the right too quickly, there will be a huge backlash.Mike Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05274746511721978414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6567477.post-1141752623241950372006-03-07T09:30:00.000-08:002006-03-07T09:30:00.000-08:00In my opinion, I think that the government has no ...In my opinion, I think that the government has no right to be in the education business, but since we are, I agree with the ruling. I believe that since the government has dipped their hands into education, it has only gone downhill when compared to other industrialized nations. <BR/><BR/>All though this was as you described, "a smack down," I am anxious to hear their rulings on several more issues in the future. I love having a more conservative court.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.com