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privatize and do so

thanks but... how would people who couldn't afford private school pay??????

again tution assitantance for thpse who can't afford it

Sure, for the people who could afford to pay a private school tuition, that would work fine. But one of the things Americans like to forget is that we have many people living in poverity. It hardly seems fair to say "some of us who can afford it get a great education, sucks to be the rest of you."

Simple we don't have a right to a free education, you want to pay teachers better? privatize and do so, wanna improve education standards? privatize and do so. The goverment can't provide a good education it's the goverment. So we privatize the whole thing and charge tuition. To keep costs down the goverment provides tuition assitance.

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Solution to Education Issues? Privatize it all.

explain please

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1. No, we aren't the only country in the world.

2. We are not the best

I know this thank you very much but patriotism dosen't have to be at the cost of arrogance

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No, he cut spending of the billions of dollars needed for the DE.

The DE has never had billions, it has always gotten the budgetary equivlent of an F-15 fighter jet

Solution to Education Issues? Privatize it all.

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any one who lives here and loves this nation is patriotic.

1. No, we aren't the only country in the world.

2. We are not the best.

3. I'm not saying I dont like America. I'm saying that we cant act like we own everyone and are the #1 country. Thats my point.
Ampmaster: why dont you read the last post (that you posted) and read what you posted. Sound Familiar?

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yeah but the schools reacvied just as much cash before the war genius

No, he cut spending of the billions of dollars needed for the DE.

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don't try pin all the blame on bush, americas problems started way before him.

Yeah, but is he trying to help education?

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I wonder how a person from the south and the same climate of Puerto Rico! May I add that Puerto Rico is a common-wealth of the US.

I'm pretty aware of that, because I live in Puerto Rico.

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Hey, I'm a American! Geez, dont get so skeptical!

I am too, dope. And by the way, it's "I'm AN American" or "I'm American".

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same point, Bush leaves no money for the education department and cuts programs yearly. Not to mention over testing! You dont learn from tests!

don't try pin all the blame on bush, americas problems started way before him. He is just magnifying them.

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Hey: No one know everything! USA's school system doesn't get enough money to teach as good. Most of the funds are going to the war. Duh!

this isn't about education, at no point in my school life was i told that Iran speaks a persian dialect, no...it is common knowledge through understanding of the world around you. This was the quote of a university student, this person got into university only to utter this.

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Mostly top conservatives and older people that lived during World War II which was when everyone was extremely patriotic.

what the fuck are you talkin about? any one who lives here and loves this nation is patriotic. Hell I'm a patriot and I'm a moderate in general and I sure as hell didn't fight in th 2nd World War.

any one who lives here and doesn't love it can freakin move.

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Hey: No one know everything! USA's school system doesn't get enough money to teach as good. Most of the funds are going to the war. Duh!

yeah but the schools reacvied just as much cash before the war genius, a ton of money goes to foolish programs like welfare and social security.

Hmm, that would make sense.

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'what language to theys peak in Iran? islamic or something?'. Shocking.

Hey: No one know everything! USA's school system doesn't get enough money to teach as good. Most of the funds are going to the war. Duh!

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- uneducated
- ignorant
- can't locate their own country on a map

same point, Bush leaves no money for the education department and cuts programs yearly. Not to mention over testing! You dont learn from tests!

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kills deer and hangs them on walls

I wonder how a person from the south and the same climate of Puerto Rico! May I add that Puerto Rico is a common-wealth of the US.

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'USA! yeah we rule!'

I must mention that the White House gets people and advertises (mostly to conservatives) to attend foreign and non-foreign speaches / trips

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It is my opinion that Americans are proud and extremely patriotic, to the point where it maybe becomes a little excessive or arrogant.

Mostly top conservatives and older people that lived during World War II which was when everyone was extremely patriotic.

http://www.jokaroo.com/funnyvideos/end_womens_suffrage.html


this really sums up a lot. Theres also some of that useless sporadic cheering Americans love to do so much at the end.

Actually, amp, few people here think of Americans as rich.

Puerto Rican stereotypes of Americans:
- rednecks
- horny bastards and whore girls
- every girl in the US fakes being a lesbian
- idiots
- uneducated
- ignorant
- can't locate their own country on a map
- lives off frozen food and fast food
- fat
- arrogant
- think they own the planet
- overly cruel yet good at hiding it (this we think because we have plenty reasons to do so) I guess this is the one ALL Puerto Ricans agree on
- pretend to be religious but are immoral
- selfish
- cold
- cooks horribly unless it's on a grill
- kills deer and hangs them on walls

Of course, American stereotypes here vary according to what political party you're in, because those in the PNP (i.e: the local Idiot Money-Stealing Political Party see the US as the lord and saviour, but that's not the majority, and people are quickly leaving that party for corruption reasons).

just something i wanted to mention, the mindset is totally different in the US, everything is loud, brass and coarse. For example when Bush makes a speech in Europe he often pauses after delivering yet another 'we'll end terrorism!' line, and waits for applause, which is usually intense from Americans, yet the rest of the world sits buy and waits for him to say something relevent and meaningful, and the applause never comes. Politics is showbiz in America and thats something which causes a negative image.

I have experianced many Americans recently and this same attitude permeats everything they do, from the loud obnoxious cheers of 'yeahhh!' to the down-right boring chant of 'USA! yeah we rule!', it is just old boring pointless and annoying. It is this attitude and stereotype which pops into peoples minds when they think of Americans and the one they have to dispell as fast as possible.

Another is common lack of knowledge regarding international affairs as highlighted before, how many Americans who debate the complexities of the Iraq issue really know the history of the region? of course most people on here do, but it was to my great dissapointment to hear some various comments from American students at my university ranging from: 'is there a war going on in cyprus!?' to 'what language to theys peak in Iran? islamic or something?'. Shocking.

What do people think about Americans? That's always a question that's fascinated me, and as a result I have been looking at stereotypes attached to different countries for years.

According to wikipedia.org, common American sterotypes are obese, ignorant, pushy, aggressive, not afraid of bellicose solutions to international problems no matter how minor they are, and/or arrogant, indifferent towards international affairs. Also seen as conservative to a fault. Many international films tend to swirl American cultural stereotypes into one. A flaky, Valley Girl type American stereotype would often be portrayed wearing a cowboy hat or a New York Yankees baseball cap(Those stereotypes would be better fitting Easterners or Southwesterners)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_stereotypes

My personal opinion is based on several Americans i've actually met and not those of rumours and stereotypes. I ecspeically disbelieve the ones posted above.

It is my opinion that Americans are proud and extremely patriotic, to the point where it maybe becomes a little excessive or arrogant.
No offense.

Lots of Americans i've met also, ecspecially ones on here, tend to be very degrading and rude to others. I know that not all Americans are like this and i would love to see those who are not take a stand in this forum. Let people see what the real people of the U.S are like.

Anyways this is a very interesting thread. I'll be sure to keep checking back.

yes, pardon my over sight risk. I think in some communitys we are renound as being "zionist thugs" because we back the israelis.

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Originally posted by freedomordeath:
That Americans, including the starter of this thread, are numbskulls.

Hey, I'm a American! Geez, dont get so skeptical!

he forgot arrogant, loud, obnoxious and naive.