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Originally Posted by thrawn_aj
And it's not about anyone "deserving" a chance. It's about the motivated parents creating those chances for their kids, sometimes out of thin air.
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Arguing the core values behind the voucher system does not address the primary criticisms of it. It reminds me of a comedic pickup line:
Man- "Hey honey, you wanna get a pizza, then go back to my place and f---?"
Woman- "Uh, no."
Man- "What, you don't like pizza?"
The criticism I speak of is based on the reality of differences in access, i.e. transportation. The "But I can do it, why can't everyone else?" response is problematic in that not everyone, believe it or not, is you (general "you"). It's true. Also not every town is your town. I know this may come as a shock, but I promise it is accurate. This reality means that any voucher system that does not include funds for transportation will only replace one system of inequality with another.
Toss in the de facto segregation that will result when exclusive schools inentionally raise tuition or even relocate in order to protect their clientele's cloistered environment, and the whole idea fails after 10 minutes of critical thinking. I urge you to push yourself over the nine-minute mark and stop thinking about the pizza, because people would get f---ed.