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[The One and Only...]

How did we get to talk about public education. Oh, yeah, I remember...

I would support a system much more if it simply created eductational libraries that students could use, without actually having school. It would certainly cut down on expenses, and likely provide better education... at least, for those who tried to educate themselves.

Better yet, offering books through online downloads would be a perfect way to modernize education, promote homeschooling, and reduce the cost of education even more. If you don't have access to a computer/internet, you could go to the local public library to print it out, or ask a neighbor, etc.

For those who like to have someone else to learn with, I would suggest forming small study groups. This would greatly help in the studies of some subjects, such as foreign language (which, BTW, should probably have some audio downloads).

All of this would essentially rid the U.S. of public schools, but still leave much opportunity for even the poorest of children to receive a good education, so long as they dedicate themselves to it. This would also, hopefully, promote learning a second language from a early age (something I still don't understand why we haven't done yet).

This would also lessen the disparity in quality of education between the social classes that exists in our current public education system.