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Originally Posted by haydnfan
Are you two just trolling? Of course it is the government's job to fund public libraries. Libraries improve literacy, and the US is so far behind other countries in education and literacy that libraries remain a vital service. Please spare us the ill thought out knee jerk libertarian sentiment.
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I would have to say the issue with in the US with literacy falls to the individual.
I have two children (both now adults) who are both avid readers and both
whom did well in school, BUT that was because that is what was expected
of them, It was their responsibility to learn, and my responsibility as a
parent to ensure they put in the effort and if they had difficulty it was
my responsibility as a parent to either assist them or to provide them
a tutor to help them to understand. And as a bonus they were required
(by me) to write a short report a week, it taught them to research
and to form their thoughts into a paper.
My Wife used to be a special needs teacher, and most of the kids she
had were just in need of discipline, only One student she had was truly
learning impaired the one child tried harder than any of the others.
She would have students (teenagers) say "Why do I need to learn to read".
The student had no desire to better themselves and their parents were
unwilling to push the child to learn. The real issue is with the individual.
I have no issues with libraries, but they should be libraries, and not
community centers where kids go to check out Games. My local library had
to hire a security guard since so many were stealing Games and Movies.
Maybe if the kids put down the Game, and turned off the movies,
and actually picked up a book they would learn to read.
There is nothing wrong with Personal Responsibility.