I would say that those people are mistaken since traditionally public school included a decent dose of character building, along with music and art before budget elements gutted most public school systems.
... now jumped to character building, art, and music.
Bloviate, much?
I was speaking of many things.
It's pretty clear that you prefer arguing over reading comprehension.here's my original quote:
nor are they adequately prepared for a variety of life skills, such as basic financial literacy.
Note that the language is "life skills". So, I was not speaking exclusively about "financial literacy".
I understand that you're a frequent poster on this forum but is that the reason you're also so generally unpleasant to others? I moderate on another forum and there's always a few people who think that their history with the community entitles them to be belittling and condescending to others.As I said to you the last we engaged in a conversation, I'm surprised to find such a person on a website that's supposedly about helping parents better advocate for group of kids that are treated unfairly.You seem indifferent to how your attitude could actually drive away those people who come here looking for assistance. But I'm also 99% sure that you don't care and prefer playing "queen of the castle" whenever you encounter people and opinions you don't like here in your special place on the interwebz.
Otherwise, why else would you throw around "bloviate" given the length and tone of your own posting?
philly103, your post contains several
personal attacks, which are disallowed on this forum.
Do not bully or insult. In any discussion, people may disagree with your opinions. This is a normal part of any discussion. If you do not agree with someone, feel free to post a thoughtful, constructive response, but do not bully or insult people.
While you label me as unpleasant and belittling, I will disagree, and assert that I my posts are factual, unemotional, add to a knowledge base, and provide many links to resources. Your experiences with others on a forum you mentioned moderating have nothing to do with me.
While my fact-based responses do not need to conform to your taste, in pointing out your recent change in topic, possibly you would have been more pleased had I said...?
You were speaking of life skills such as financial literacy... now jumped to character building, art, and music. Rather than prefer argumentation, as you suggest, I prefer clarification, defining and understanding what the issues and areas of agreement/disagreement are. I also notice apparent philosophical inconsistencies and inquire about those. Occasionally this brings out more context which was in the poster's mind but not expressed... adding to a common knowledge base. I believe these approaches show I value reading comprehension, although you stated that you believe I do not.
You asked, or rather theorized, why I used the word 'bloviate', which you seemed to find offensive, as you used an emotionally-charged phrase, claiming I
threw the word around, which would tend to indicate either frequent overuse and/or weaponized language. The reason I used the word "bloviate" is because it is my understanding that this word means winding speech, off-topic, such as filibustering, kitchen-sinking. The context was friendly, not offensive, followed by a wink emoticon.
You called out the length and tone of my posts.
- The length of my postings is the minimum number of words which I find will provide clarity of my position, as well as provide sources which inform my view when available.
- The tone of my posts is fact-based and not emotionally charged.
Back on topic:
- I believe most posters have agreed the price of tuition at US public colleges is too high for many American citizens.
- There are differing views on whether:
- - a broad array of individual solutions are more effective, efficient, and serve more US citizens...
- - or whether making tuition US-taxpayer-funded would be more beneficial to more US citizens...
- - or whether some are looking to maximize benefit to those who are not US citizens, at the expense of American citizens.
