You know,this same line of reasoning is why I so much approved of the 1\8 of a cent increase in sales tax in order to fund a preschool program here in San Antonio.
I did not commit to memory exactly how much better kids performed in school all the way to completion having had pre-school training but the number was, substantial. The number of kids who did go to preschool in comparison to kids whom did go to preschool; that went on to graduate from high school was also very significant.
It gave these kids who would never have been exposed to learning before their first grade a far better chance, a foot up; and allowed them to perform equally in the standardized testing for their respective grade levels. This proved a definite difference in performance in those standardized tests - all the way through high school. A marvelous proposition indeed. Because these same kids who had pre-school training when fully grown are most likely to enter society as productive adults.
A Head Start from the starting line in the competitive footrace in life for success. Sounds a lot like a Great Society Agency. A place where these inner city kids start at a definite disadvantage. Behind from the Starting line. We simply cannot let these kids fall by the wayside because the future depends on it. The future of the City depends on it.
We do not want to be responsible for an entire sub-culture of failed adults roaming the streets of San Antonio creating an inner city ghetto in the future.
Those days are past. So many pitfalls await those kids who perform poorly in school. Inner city kids have far higher rates of out of wedlock pregnancies, incarcerations, alcoholism(people killed, cops run over), drug addiction, gang membership, not to mention the cost of court backlogs ( incarceration costs), etc. The cost of all these life pitfalls will be too high for future generations to pay.
One poster on another S.A. forum wailed that he worked HARD for his money. That the 1\8 cent raise in taxes is unfair. My response was,
"Yes, these kids are taking one eighth of a cent from the wrinkled, knarled hands of the Toiling masses earning a pittance out in the blazing hot south Texas Sun."
"How much do you tip waitresses ?"
Quote:
Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown
I think you hit the nail on the head. To put it succinctly, inequality breeds crime. If you do things as a society to provide opportunities for all, it will benefit all, including those who already have it all, because the benefit of helping those in need outweighs the cost of not doing so.
|
Prev
as I might urp up at the bottom.
Linear Mode
