tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post6406125016105320335..comments2023-12-18T01:01:57.910-08:00Comments on Modern School: The Convict Who Stole Public Education—Milken’s Online Learning Cash CowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post-57209195224184569152012-08-29T23:56:48.417-07:002012-08-29T23:56:48.417-07:00There is a reason this person is listed as "a...There is a reason this person is listed as "anon"... he is a tool of the neo-cons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post-50800529675323550312012-07-19T19:36:15.407-07:002012-07-19T19:36:15.407-07:00You're missing the point of my article.
Neve...You're missing the point of my article. <br /><br />Nevertheless, I am not disparaging hardworking people. Most of the employees of these virtual ed companies are, no doubt hardworking. Most are, in fact, wage slaves. I am, however, disparaging the CEOs, investors and owners of these companies who are pilfering millions of taxpayer dollars from school districts that are firing teachers, nurses, counselors and librarians and cutting course offerings and services because of yearly revenue losses. Most of these folks are NOT hardworking. Rather, they are exploiters.Anonimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040156020859417287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post-35881005392567058282012-07-19T05:42:37.476-07:002012-07-19T05:42:37.476-07:00There really is no comaprison. When you are being ...There really is no comaprison. When you are being bullied at school, physically and in person there is no mouse to click or power button to push. Online bullying can be stopped with the push of a button. What button do you push when someone physicaly has you up against a wall? There is really no comparison. With online bullying there is a choice from the student who can stop it by just getting up and walking away. Nobody is going to come out of their computer and chase them down. I am not minimizing online bullying, it is wrong but to cast it in the same light as phyiscal and emotional bullying in person is a stretch at best. I dont think it is fair to judge an entire industry of hard working people that are truly making a difference in the lives of students based on a few losers that will always chose to do the inmoral or unethical thing due to their own broken moral compass. I have seen first hand the good that online education offers to students who are struggling and to students who excel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post-77783791095260736122011-06-07T21:01:31.059-07:002011-06-07T21:01:31.059-07:00Dear Anon,
You are right. It is a terrible argume...Dear Anon,<br /><br />You are right. It is a terrible argument. I glad I've never such a dumb thing.<br /><br />Please try to read more carefully before you jump on people. While I did criticize online schools, I never said that kids shouldn't be allowed to attend them, and I especially did not say that bullied or abused kids shouldn't be allowed to transfer out of schools where they are being abused. What I said was that the claim that online schools prevent sex, drugs and bullying is not true. <br /><br />Speaking of bullying, you should be careful about assumptions you cannot prove and the language you use. Telling me I have "no right" to do something is a form of bullying. The implication that only people who have been bullied could possibly understand or have anything of value to contribute is a form of intellectual bullying (i.e., only insiders have the right to talk; everyone else must shut up and listen).<br /><br />Not that it gives me any license, I actually was bullied in middle school, quite horribly, in fact. However, contrary to your presumption, this does not give me or anyone else any special rights. Likewise, not being abused doesn't prevent someone from having insights or intelligent commentary.Anonimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11040156020859417287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3988323189898113183.post-14580204338393565812011-06-07T12:29:50.844-07:002011-06-07T12:29:50.844-07:00So wait because students might be bullied and sexu...So wait because students might be bullied and sexually victimized online, you shouldn't remove them from an environment that has already become abusive? That is a really bad argument. Kids might be abused and sexually molested in foster care, does that mean we shouldn't remove kids from abusive houses? If a student is already being bullied in a public school, like for example Tyler Long was (or even like Alex Barton was), they should have a chance to leave that abusive environment. Furthermore, until you are being abused in a school, you have no right to tell someone that is being abused what they should or should not be allowed to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com