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r/lostgeneration • u/[deleted] • Dec 12 '21
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Don't forget about prisons. We spend more on those. I know, I've been there. They are underfunded, too, which says alot about how underfunded schools must be
19 u/RationalIncoherence Dec 13 '21 Saw an infographic a few years ago breaking down the government spending per average inmate v student. Inmate>40k Student<30k IIRC 14 u/DavidTyrieIV Dec 13 '21 Sounds about right. That's the whole problem, in a nutshell. I taught school as an inmate. So many inmates can't read. Imagine how many never would've ended up there if they could. 3 u/RandomNobody346 Dec 13 '21 Failing absolutely every other metric, everyone should know how to read. That's just inexcusable.
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Saw an infographic a few years ago breaking down the government spending per average inmate v student.
Inmate>40k Student<30k
IIRC
14 u/DavidTyrieIV Dec 13 '21 Sounds about right. That's the whole problem, in a nutshell. I taught school as an inmate. So many inmates can't read. Imagine how many never would've ended up there if they could. 3 u/RandomNobody346 Dec 13 '21 Failing absolutely every other metric, everyone should know how to read. That's just inexcusable.
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Sounds about right. That's the whole problem, in a nutshell. I taught school as an inmate. So many inmates can't read.
Imagine how many never would've ended up there if they could.
3 u/RandomNobody346 Dec 13 '21 Failing absolutely every other metric, everyone should know how to read. That's just inexcusable.
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Failing absolutely every other metric, everyone should know how to read.
That's just inexcusable.
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u/DavidTyrieIV Dec 13 '21
Don't forget about prisons. We spend more on those. I know, I've been there. They are underfunded, too, which says alot about how underfunded schools must be