Comments On: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds by Goldy http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/18/obama-considering-proposal-to-fund-universal-preschool-for-4-year-olds Comments On: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 11:15:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]>
So they can learn how to cuss, smoke weed, watch TV, do nothing all day but sleep around and have multiple babies with multiple daddies? Better they be taken by the state 8 hrs a day.
Posted by They'll be Wards of the State at some point]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:29:57 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]>
Also pretty hilarious timing coming after this month's HHS report on the inefficacy of Head Start:
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports…
Posted by Billy Chav]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:47:34 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:44:22 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> Posted by murphtall]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:46:20 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]>
I've never heard of Kindergarten for kids younger than five, personally. Many, many decades ago, when I was four, I went to preschool, and then Kindergarten when I was five.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:58:38 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]>
Exactly. The less time po' kids spend around their mamas the better.
Posted by Give them to the State ASAP]]> Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:53:17 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> Posted by yucca flower]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:05:12 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> Posted by randoma]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:24:47 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> Posted by firewalkwithme]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:08:59 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> Posted by ScienceNerd]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:59:58 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]>
Typically, American kids have two years of preschool available to them, beginning at age 3. Depending on the district, it may or may not be offered through the public schools; there are always preschools with no affiliation to a school district, or to a private or parochial school. But it's completely voluntary, and parents usually have to pay tuition, even if it's at public school.
Posted by Matt from Denver]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:58:49 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]>
I started French immersion in the second year of Kindergarten - my first year had been English, but Sesame Street made me think that learning another language would be cool.

I had no idea that the US didn't have two years of Kindergarten.
Posted by TheLurker]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 12:05:38 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> Posted by Puty]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:00:16 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> Posted by 1971]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 09:15:44 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> Posted by Goldy]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:27:54 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]>
Poor kids, maybe.

Getting them out of their dysfunctional homes is advantageous to them.

But taking children from functional homes where they receive parental care and attention from competent loving parents (admittedly, rarer and rarer in the Qunited States of Gammorica...) sets those children back.

Your studies won't tell you that because your Liberal researchers are not looking to prove that and design their studies accordingly.

Surely you are aware how social "science" research (aka HomoLiberal Advocacy) works.....
Posted by Our Name Here]]> Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:27:43 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]>
For good measure: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-ar…
Posted by madcap]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:40:17 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> Posted by Sargon Bighorn]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:08:10 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> Posted by internet_jen]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:48:30 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> The sad part, to me anyway, is is that you're not seeing those years at home until 6 as precious as they are, and are willing to so freely subjugate the last 2 for what you see as the greater good as you see it. We can only agree to disagree on this one, there is no one size fits all.

Posted by Phoebe in Wallingford]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:37:09 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]>
(Most parents are probably able to teach children basic skills, such as reading and writing, whereas most parents are probably not able to teach Calculus or college level writing skills.)


You'd be surprised.
Posted by madcap]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:19:04 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> Posted by madcap]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:16:45 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]>
Not really. School tends to pound everyone down to the same level. It makes the teachers' jobs easier, and we all know teachers are the number one top martyrs anywhere. Anything to make their jobs easier. And no bragging! Everyone be the same, or at least learn to act like you are.
Posted by Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:03:30 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]>
You would be flamed, and quite rightly so, for being so dense as to spout your ill-informed wrong opinions on Slog. Yet again.

Even after folks have (politely) pointed out links to fact-based and peer-reviewed studies that prove the opposite of what you assert.
Posted by Dr_Awesome]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:45:34 -0800 The Stranger <![CDATA[Re: Obama Considering Proposal to Fund Universal Preschool for 4-Year-Olds]]> http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-ar…

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