[MD] Value and the Individual

[pholden at davtv.com]

Quoting Krimel <Krimel at Krimel.com>:

> > [Krimel]
> > I would hope that judges like school officials believe that making a
> > contribution to social services and community minded groups will have a
> > transformative effect on the consciousness of one who gives service. 
> > What's funny about that?
> 
> [Platt]
> Because it's a pipe dream.
> 
> [Krimel]
> That's a pretty cynical take on programs that appear to have garnered lots
> of support from widely divergent sectors of society. I won't waste time
> asking why you think so; I will just accept that it lies concealed in your
> individual interpretation of Lila somewhere.

Consensus is hardly a reliable guide to truth.

> > [Platt]
> > To see the fallacy of the "lack of funding" cry, check the cost-per-pupil 
> > in the Washington, D.C. school system and the results.
> > 
> > [Krimel]
> > Certainly Washington, D.C. schools face challenges other districts do not.
> > This hardly an indictment of the whole public school system.
> 
> [Platt]
> Not an indictment, an indication that throwing money at the problem isn't
> the solution.
> 
> [Krimel]
> Well I don't know much about Washington, DC schools problems. Those are
> local problems and as I said are irrelevant, unless you care to state how
> withholding funds would improve the schools there.

Not a question of withholding funds. Also not a question of adding funds. 




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