Are reservations for poor kids in PRIVATE schools a good idea ?

[aneeshm]

Well , is it ? The government here is planning to make it compulsory for all private schools to have a 20% quota for poot students (ie , those who can't pay) .

WTF ?

This takes away the entire premise that these schools have autonomy . Govt. aided schools are already controlled by them , why do they have interfere in the workings of private schools ?

And what of the students themselves ? They are going to get massive inferiority complexes , form gangs , bully others , and destroy all sympathy these middle-class kids may have had earlier for them .

[Kuciwalker]

I agree it is a stupid thing. However, I also don't see where you are getting the idea that the government is planning to do this. Link?

[aneeshm]

I'm talking from India . I hope this measure is not implemented before I pass out of high school . Read it in today's and yesterday's papers .

[yavoon]

India is a craphole. I'm not sure what they need, but its a lot.

[Kuciwalker]

Oh. Well, frankly, I don't care that much if India wants to screw itself over.

Also, when you say "the government" here, people usually assume you are talking about the US unless you say otherwise

[aneeshm]

Please don't troll , yavoon . And yes , I didn't mention my nationality in the thread title so that more people will at least VIEW it .

[Kuciwalker]

Don't make deceptive thread titles.

[yavoon]

Originally posted by aneeshm
Please don't troll , yavoon . And yes , I didn't mention my nationality in the thread title so that more people will at least VIEW it .

wasn't meant as a troll. India is....ruh roh.

[Az]

aneeshm: If you're in India, you probably see very well for yourself, that the vast majority of people are rather poor. Maybe you, and your family, can allow internet access, and private schools, but many people do not.

Personally, I think that private schools are a bad idea and should be abolished, and instead, people should be taxed more, so that public schools for all levels of society can be built. But I am somewhat uncertain if that can be implemented in India.

You see, if you want all those poor people's kids to stop being so damn poor, you've got to educate them, because ignorant people can't be productive. Remember, if those people will be productive, we will ALL benefit, even in a capitalist society. That's why this quote is a step in the right direction, though personally, I would take a whole different path to that direction.

[Kuciwalker]

Abolish private education? Not only is that futile and pointless, but over here it would be unconstitutional.

[Az]

breaking the US constitution is a sure sign that we're doing something right.

Seriously, You people read into that constitution whatever you want to, anyway.

[Kuciwalker]

Seriously, You people read into that constitution whatever you want to, anyway.

Not true. It would be a CLEAR violation of freedom of expression.

[Az]

So is the ban on hardcore porn on aerial prime-time TV. what your point?

[Kuciwalker]

No it isn't, because hardcore porn isn't expression (by which I mean political or intellectual expression).

[Elok]

I never thought I would see a debate on THIS board as to whether we should have Reservations for Indians...