Reply #252: Jeb seems smarter but also is much more religious, and much [View All]

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more dangerous and very in" with the religious right. This state is also is controlled by repugs in the 3 branches, FL house, FL senate and Governor's office. Thank god the FL supreme court is fairly centrist.
Jeb's doing a pretty good job destroying education among many other things, and privatizing everything. The bad thing is that out of staters think he's got this persona of being so much more likeable and smarter. He's is wolf in sheep's clothes, a crook and not to be trusted. I lived in NY state and my husband was educated there and in MA. The NY school system is a billion times better than Florida.

As far as covering up for each other...I don't have the same experience with teachers here. In general I find teachers are honest and don't necessarily cover up for each other because one bad one spoils it for the rest. Everything hinges on the FCAT (Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test) performance. An invention by Jeb fashioned after the test in Texas, with which many Bush family connections make a nice profit. If a school performes poorly on the FCAT , they lose funding, if they do well teachers get rewarded. In essence that is a good system, however the schools with the good school populations always get rewarded and get bonuses, the ones that need the most help get penalized. In the end, it's all about socio-economics.
I am disturbed about what happens in schools as well. One of my husband's colleagues was gunned down a few years ago. Hillary has got it right. "It takes a village"... and that's NOT what's happening today. Nice chatting with you.