Sorry, try as I might, I can't say that sending my child to public school is a moral obligation. I think that access to education is a moral issue, but that's another matter.

I can't say that sending my child to public school is a moral obligation

I don't even remotely see how it can be, especially if you're afforded the ability to better the publich school system without having any immediate skin (so to speak) in the game.

The word "moral" lost all meaning to me a long time ago. What does it mean to you all?

Sorry, try as I might, I can't say that sending my child to public school is a moral obligation. I think that access to education is a moral issue, but that's another matter.

I don't think anyone said it was. I feel it's a moral consideration, however.

AHHHH! a car horn is going off nonstop outside my window - annoying enough - sure, BUT it is 1/4 of a beat off with the music I am playing (Good Thing - FYC). I might have to go commit caricide.

The word "moral" lost all meaning to me a long time ago. What does it mean to you all?

Moral is a distinction between right and wrong. Other axes you score a decision along are possible/impossible, wise/stupid, long-term/short-term. The moral axis claims that there are decisions that can be most beneficial to you, but that you will not make because they're out too far on the right/wrong axis.

For instance, would you sleep with somebody else's husband if you were sure the wife wouldn't find out? That's a decision that is purely a moral decision, not a pragmatic one.

The word "moral" lost all meaning to me a long time ago. What does it mean to you all?

If the goat is emotionally scarred, then something immoral happened.

how does the goat consent, you crazy people.

also I can be emotionally scarred by something I consent to - emotional scarring can just mean that I made a dumbass decision, doesn't mean it was immoral.

- yes, I know we are being silly, but I'm just going with the examples.

If the goat is emotionally scarred, then something immoral happened.

What about physical scarring? Or, say, death, and being in my tummy?

You know, if you are able to, stick the kid in a private school. Believe it or not, one out of two Christian schools are uncorruptable. I know, this disturbs me too, but it's a safe enviroment.

Also, on the smart kids do not suffer in mediocre schools, they do. Your kids can have brain rebellions. It's when the certain work ( -cough- Math -cough- )feels beneath them and they subconciously start avoiding it, not doing it. They force themselves to stop learning.

And it fucking sucks. The "gifted" classes at one of the high schools I tutor at is filled with kids failing one or more classes. Not because they aren't able to learn it, but because they are choosing not to because the work is 'stupid.'

Of course, that gets the kids into easier classes, and it makes them act out more.

When child prodigies turn into teenagers, the result is frightening. Brilliant people who know every possible way of destroying you, can and will have the abition to do ist, will smile sweetly and know their low-budget school would never do a thing to such a high testing child, and feels no qualms about anything.

It sounds like frightened gibberish from here, but you've never seen a nine year old girl pick up a desk, throw it into the wall 90 feet away and yell, "Mrs. Eichner, you're a retard! What the fuck is this? WHat the fuck do trolls have to do with History?!"

By the way, what do trolls have to do with history?