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...imagine that the same joy accompanies waltzing in it. Dartbord, for instance, would simply be too afraid of being gonged out of the dance. How embarrassing! They may do it up right with lights and clear the floor of tables, but nothing beats swinging with your favorite teddy (bear...
Another cost that public but not private schools are required to bear is the special standards they must meet for hiring teachers, testing students, choosing curricula and public reporting. Giving public money to a private school provides a blank check for instilling any values in that school that its patrons want, even those we as a community would reject. Due to our communal social discourse about the public school system, schools have been able to promote racial and social integration. Vouchers may lead to increased self-segregation...
Throughout the winter, the self-conscious masses can mask their smelly feet problems with boots, leather armor and thick socks. But when warm weather brings out daisy dukes, tube tops and the requisite strappy sandals, rancid foot sufferers are caught in a bind. Do they dare to bear their toes and risk losing their friends to the stench? Smelly feet aren't a total loss. Andrew D. Hackbarth `99 attributes the name of his party-prone room in Kirkland House, The Swamp, to his roommate's notorious foot odor problem. But usually, the revealing skin of open toe cleavage, spaghetti...
Free market efficiency comparisons between vouchers and public schools are not valid. Since public schools must provide education for all students, they have special burdens (costs in free market terminology) that private schools do not bear. For the voucher market to be truly competitive, the government would have to pay subsidies to public schools for the special social burden they alone must bear, and provide lead time to make use of this subsidy...
Another cost that public but not private schools are required to bear is the special standards they must meet for hiring teachers, testing students, choosing curricula and public reporting. Giving public money to a private school provides a blank check for instilling any values in that school that its patrons want, even those we as a community would reject. Due to our communal social discourse about the public school system, schools have been able to promote racial and social integration. Vouchers may lead to increased self-segregation...